SINGAPORE – It used to take 12 hours to convey patients above 70 years old who test positive for Covid-19 in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to hospital. Now, it takes between 48 and 72 hours, from the time they get their results. Senior Minister of State for Health, Dr Janil Puthucheary, cited this […]
SINGAPORE – A petition to seek further consultation and scrutiny on a proposed law against foreign interference will not delay the debate on the law, after Parliament voted to discuss both the petition and the law at the same time. This was decided after Deputy Leader of the House Zaqy Mohamad said that the petition […]
SINGAPORE – The judicial and legal services will be separated to reap the benefits of greater specialisation, if proposed structural changes to Singapore’s legal service are passed in Parliament. The Government has proposed creating a separate Judicial Service, which will be overseen by a newly established Judicial Service Commission (JSC) led by the Chief Justice. […]
An explosion outside a mosque in the center of Kabul killed at least two people on Sunday, a Taliban spokesman said, underscoring the challenge of maintaining security for the country’s new rulers after decades of waging war. The blast struck around 3:30 p.m. outside the Eid Gah mosque in central Kabul during funerary prayers for […]
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH (AFP) – Five Rohingya men have been arrested over the killing of a prominent community leader in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, police said Sunday (Oct 3), adding that they were probing links to a militant group. Mohib Ullah – a high-profile figurehead for the more than 800,000-strong Muslim minority who fled […]
JAKARTA – Preventing forest fires in Riau has become easier, according to a top official in the Indonesian province. “Doing slash-and-burn practically no longer crosses their mind,” said Mr Edwar Sanger, an adviser to the Riau governor on disaster management and fire occurrence, referring to the decades-long method adopted by farmers and illegal squatters to […]
NEW DELHI (AFP) – India’s army chief has said China is sending troops to their disputed border in “considerable numbers”, prompting a matching deployment by New Delhi in a development he called a “concern”. Tensions have been high between the nuclear-armed neighbours following a deadly border battle in June last year in the strategically important […]
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TAIPEI (REUTERS) – A total of 39 Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defence zone on Saturday (Oct 2), the defence ministry in Taipei said, setting a new high for missions which have infuriated the island’s government and further raised tensions with Beijing. Taiwan, a democratically governed island that is claimed by China, has […]
MANILA (REUTERS) – Philippine President Rodrigo’s daughter would run for president in next year’s election and her father’s long-time aide, who filed his vice presidential candidacy, would be her running mate, broadcasting firm ABS-CBN news reported late on Saturday (Oct 2). Ms Sara Duterte-Carpio is currently mayor of Davao, the Philippines’ third-largest city, and filed […]