SINGAPORE – TraceTogether tokens will be distributed nationwide from next Monday (Sept 14), starting in the Jalan Besar and Tanjong Pagar districts, as Singapore ramps up its contact tracing efforts. Announcing this, Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said these areas have a higher proportion of seniors who are more vulnerable to Covid-19 […]
KARACHI (BLOOMBERG) – An anti-graft court in Pakistan indicted former President Asif Ali Zardari and declared ex-premier Nawaz Sharif an absconder in corruption cases, the latest move in multiple legal proceedings against the political opponents of Prime Minister Imran Khan. An accountability court judge, Judge Syed Asghar Ali, framed charges against Zardari, the co-Chairman of […]
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – New York-based money manager VanEck is eyeing a mutual fund license in China, two sources told Reuters, which will allow it tap the country’s $2.6 trillion retail fund market that Beijing fully opened up for foreigners this year. The company is also considering launching products under the so-called Qualified Domestic Limited […]
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has assessed that Mustafa Centre’s cost-cutting measures, which include reducing its foreign manpower, are being implemented fairly. The ministry said it is in touch with the company and the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union on the recent measures, which include sending back foreign workers whose work permits […]
KUALA LUMPUR – A former aide to the wife of former Malaysian premier Najib Razak told a court on Wednesday (Sept 9) that he received RM100,000 (S$32,800) a month from Rosmah Mansor in 2012 to pay a team of “cyber troopers” to monitor content on social media and defend her from online attacks. “This team was also […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Israel’s largest lender Bank Hapoalim (POLI.TA) expects to start working with banks in the United Arab Emirates once the two Middle East states sign a normalisation agreement, its chief executive said on Wednesday. The UAE and Israel are due to sign the agreement, brokered by the United States, on Sept. 15 at […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Israel’s largest lender Bank Hapoalim (POLI.TA) expects to start working with banks in the United Arab Emirates once the two Middle East states sign a normalisation agreement, its chief executive said on Wednesday. The UAE and Israel are due to sign the agreement, brokered by the United States, on Sept. 15 at […]
SINGAPORE – A 53-year-old man was sentenced to three weeks’ jail after admitting on Wednesday (Sept 9) to shooting ball bearings at bridal cars in Woodlands in 2017. Singaporean Samuel Tan Joo Soon had pleaded guilty to committing a rash act. According to court documents, Tan used a wooden catapult to shoot metal ball bearings. He […]
SINGAPORE – Miss Tan Li Ling remembers trying to hold on to one of her pupils – even as he grabbed and pulled her hair – to stop him from hurting himself. The Primary 1 pupil at Geylang Methodist School (Primary) had anger management issues and acted out in class. After that incident in 2017, the school spoke […]
SINGAPORE – Miss Tan Li Ling remembers trying to hold on to one of her pupils – even as he grabbed and pulled her hair – to stop him from hurting himself. The Primary 1 pupil at Geylang Methodist School (Primary) had anger management issues and acted out in class. After that incident in 2017, the school spoke […]