SINGAPORE – The last four members of a 12-person group who spent a day on Lazarus Island last year in breach of Covid-19 rules were fined $3,000 each on Wednesday (Feb 24). British nationals Helen Ann Sullivan, 31; Joshua Adam Roth, 31; James Riby Oram Trimming, 31; and Edward John Joseph Lee-Bull, 33, pleaded guilty […]
SINGAPORE – A 40-year-old man who was to face charges over allegations that he had laundered more than $10 million in a Covid-19 scam had his case postponed after coming down with a fever. Defence lawyer Thong Chee Kun on Wednesday (Feb 24) told the court that his client, Thye Wee Boon, has to take […]
SINGAPORE – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has cancelled her plan to visit Myanmar, in what would be the first known trip there by a foreign envoy after the military seized power in a coup on Feb 1. Speaking in a virtual press conference from Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, foreign ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said the […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, Feb 24. Workers, employers welcome progressive wages in Singapore’s retail sector But some retailers may find it harder to implement a progressive wage model than others, say experts. READ MORE HERE Cop’s wife admits starving, torturing maid to death; Myanmar victim was just 24kg […]
KATHMANDU (REUTERS) – Nepal’s top court on Tuesday (Feb 23) ordered the reinstatement of the nation’s Parliament, a court official said, dealing a political blow to beleaguered Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. The court order comes two months after Mr Oli plunged the Himalayan nation into political turmoil when he dissolved Parliament and called for […]
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippine military said on Tuesday (Feb 23) it had arrested a sister and three daughters of a slain leader of the Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf, among a group of nine women it said were plotting suicide bomb attacks. Lieutenant-General Corleto Vinluan, who heads the Western Command of the Philippine Armed […]
BEIJING — China’s Communist Party already wields outsized influence over Hong Kong’s political landscape. Its allies have long controlled a committee that handpicks the territory’s leader. Its loyalists dominate the Hong Kong legislature. It ousted four of the city’s elected opposition lawmakers last year. Now, China plans to impose restrictions on Hong Kong’s electoral system […]
Hi all, In today’s bulletin: Facebook to restore news pages in Australia; Western countries increase pressure on Myanmar’s military to avoid crackdown; WTO to examine US ban on HK label; Global chips shortage fuels export boom in South Korea, Taiwan; Philippines suggests nurses for vaccines, and more. Reading this on the web or know someone who […]
SINGAPORE – A local intervention programme meant to help children from low-income families has had a positive impact on them, a study showed. Children who had been through Circle of Care, a local interdisciplinary pre-school-based intervention programme, showed improvements in health-related quality of life for over a year, in particular in physical and school functioning. This […]
SINGAPORE – Patients who have recently taken the Covid-19 vaccine are advised to reschedule their yearly mammogram screenings as the presence of swollen lymph nodes, which is one of the known side effects of the jab, could be mistakenly identified as a sign of breast cancer. Doctors have advised them to move their mammogram screenings to […]