SINGAPORE – The school term for all Ministry of Education (MOE) primary and secondary schools next year will start on Jan 4 and end on Nov 19. It mirrors the usual schedule for previous years after the disruptions to the calendar this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, including bringing forward the June school holidays […]
PORT LOUIS (Mauritius) • A ship that has leaked more than 1,000 tons of oil in pristine waters off the Mauritius coast has split into two, its Japanese operator said yesterday. The bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the south-eastern coast of Mauritius on July 25 and began oozing oil […]
SINGAPORE -For the past month, Officer Cadet Shin Won Tae’s has had a new “buddy” while training in the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). The “buddy” monitors his whereabouts and heart rate at all times during training, and will send an alert if he has over-exerted himself. Officer Cadet Shin, 27, and his fellow trainees […]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s central bank on Monday rolled over maturing medium-term loans while keeping borrowing costs unchanged for the fourth straight month. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said in a statement it was keeping the rate on 700 billion yuan ($100.74 billion) worth of one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans to financial institutions […]
SINGAPORE – Five people have been arrested at private residences over immigration-related offences, with the authorities urging employers and homeowners against hiring or renting to illegal workers. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a statement on Monday (Aug 17), that the five men – a Singapore and four Bangladeshis aged between 25 and […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia on Monday (Aug 17) recorded its biggest one-day rise in Covid-19 deaths, though the state at the epicentre of the country’s outbreak said the number of new infections held steady. The country’s second most populous state of Victoria said 25 people had died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, more than the previous […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar began Monday where it left off last week, caught between pressure from worries about the lagging U.S. economic recovery and support from rising U.S. bond yields and safe-harbour demand. A boost to sentiment from the postponement of the U.S-China trade deal review – which leaves the deal intact – […]
The focus on the Singaporean core should not be taken to the extreme, with Singapore becoming too closed to talent from beyond its shores, said Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) president Robert Yap. Some foreigners with specialised skills are needed to fill gaps and train locals so that companies here can be competitive. Also, a […]
SRINAGAR, INDIA (REUTERS) – India on Sunday (Aug 16) restored high speed 4G internet services in two districts of Kashmir after the Supreme Court last month said an indefinite shutdown of the internet there was illegal. The communications lockdown had been imposed after partial autonomy of the Muslim majority region was scrapped by the Prime […]
While he was out on bail for breaching Covid-19 measures, a 30-year-old got drunk with his friends in the middle of his shift as a security officer, and later shouted profanities at police officers after being taken to hospital. Yesterday, Kumaran Roy Rajendran was sentenced to one week in jail and a $4,700 fine for […]