SINGAPORE – Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister announced that Singapore will implement a 15 per cent increase in tobacco excise duty across all...
MALAYSIA — The President of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), Muhyiddin Yassin, is expected to be summoned by Malaysia’s anti-graft agency for investigations into the party’s...
NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND — Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday after Cyclone Gabrielle killed four people and displaced 10,500...
PERAK, MALAYSIA — Recently, Kajang police came under criticism for not allowing a woman to enter the police HQ to lodge a police report just because...
Singapore must find ways to keep Singaporeans rooted even as more citizens venture overseas to seize new growth opportunities, according to observers quoted by Channel News...
by Glenda Kwek MUMBAI, INDIA — Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship firm returned to profit in the December quarter, earnings reports showed Tuesday, as the tycoon...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — More than seven million children have been affected by the massive earthquake and a major aftershock that devastated Turkey and Syria last week,...
SINGAPORE – Singapore has banned the sale of arms to Myanmar for a long time and has not sold military weapons there, said Minister for Foreign...
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — There is “no chance” one of Cambodia’s last independent media outlets will be allowed to reopen, leader Hun Sen said Tuesday after...
SINGAPORE — According to the Traffic Police (TP) annual statistics report released on Tuesday, there has been a significant increase in the number of elderly pedestrians...
SINGAPORE — About 95 per cent of directors of Singapore-listed companies hold no more than two directorships, and over 80 per cent of directors hold only...
SINGAPORE — At his delivery of the Budget 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the creation of a new entity, known as jobs-skills integrators, to...
SINGAPORE — Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced in his Budget speech on Tuesday (Feb 14) that the buyer’s stamp duty rate for residential and non-residential...
The Singapore government has announced a scheme, “Platform Worker CPF Transition Support,” to provide support to lower-income platform workers as they make increased Central Provident Fund...
SINGAPORE — The Singapore government will increase the minimum monthly payout for the Retirement Sum Scheme (RSS) from S$250 to S$350 starting 1 June 2023, as...