KUALA LUMPUR – Business owner Ravi Rajamoney’s clothing shop was on the brink of permanent closure, but that changed after Malaysia announced the reopening of more economic sectors in states with high rates of vaccination against Covid-19. “I was ready to give up but the announcement really turned things around for me and my business. I […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s Covid-19 tracking application has been misused by “malicious scripts” to send unsolicited one-time passwords (OTPs) to random phone numbers. The team managing the MySejahtera app is investigating, it said. The app functions similarly to Singapore’s TraceTogether app and holds its user’s vaccination records while facilitating contact tracing. In a […]
SINGAPORE – Removing Housing Board priority schemes and limiting those who can buy prime HDB resale flats on the open market are two ideas the majority of Singaporeans support to keep public housing in prime areas accessible and affordable. The majority of Singaporeans also feel that owners should not be allowed to rent out the […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – What is the state of the Philippines as it prepares for general elections in May 2022? Ain’t pretty, and voters should wonder, unless it takes them for fools, why Malacañang has taken continuity for its theme and, through its candidates, is pushing more of the same for the […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Mount Aso, a volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu, erupted on Wednesday (Oct 20), Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, spewing volcanic ash 3,500m into the sky. The eruption took place at around 11.43am Tokyo time (0243 GMT), the agency said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage at […]
SINGAPORE – From the use of ivermectin to credible-sounding organisations, websites such as Truth Warriors cite a variety of sources including studies and organisations helmed by doctors and physicians. However, as The Straits Times has learnt, these sources and their claims are shrouded in controversy. One such claim that has gained tremendous international attention is […]
SINGAPORE – More than 800 people were found to have been eating at hawker centres in the past week despite not being fully vaccinated against Covid-19, ahead of enforcement action against such diners kicking in from Wednesday (Oct 20). Meanwhile, 92 people were caught for flouting Covid-19 safe management measures at hawker centres between Friday […]
SINGAPORE – The recent measures taken by the Energy Market Authority (EMA) to safeguard energy security in Singapore amid the global energy crunch may not immediately translate to lower electricity prices here, experts told The Straits Times. This is because the measures announced by EMA on Tuesday (Oct 19) – which include the establishment of […]
SINGAPORE – Aesthetics doctor Goh Seng Heng was sentenced to seven days’ jail on Tuesday (Oct 19) after the High Court found he had lied when he said he could not recall what happened to a sum of $17.9 million that he had received. Justice Lee Seiu Kin found that Goh was in contempt of […]
SINGAPORE – Professor Ng Wai Hoe stepped up from being medical director of the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) to become chief executive-designate of Changi General Hospital (CGH) in the midst of the circuit breaker lockdown in 2020. The Covid-19 situation had improved slightly by the time his new posting became official two months later on […]