INDIA — Local media reported last week that Accenture India – one of the leading IT services providers in India, uncovered a scam in which applicants for jobs...
SINGAPORE — Former GIC chief economist opines that an additional $500-$600 payout from the Silver Support Scheme (SSS) is needed for a dignified retirement for Singapore’s...
Below is an open letter sent by a member of the public, Jeffery Ho to the Singapore President, Mdm Halimah Yacob on 13 Nov via her...
SINGAPORE — The Workers’ Party has elected its Central Executive Committee (CEC) for the new term, with Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Pritam Singh being re-elected as Party Chair...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — Crisis-struck cryptocurrency platform FTX has gone bankrupt in the United States and its chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned, it said...
by Roy Ngerng When I left Singapore in 2016, I thought Singaporeans were disempowered. Why did Singaporeans not fight back, I thought then. But living in another...
by Teo Kueh Liang I refer to the report, “PAP conference: Urgent social and political challenges have to be tackled” (ST, Nov 11). Undoubtedly, living in a...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesian President Joko” Jokowi” Widodo and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are scheduled to oversee a dynamic virtual test of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed...
MALAYSIA — Several candidates contesting in Malaysia General Election 15 (GE15) have called for Election Commission to repeal a rule that requires permits for election walkabouts...
by Teo Kueh Liang I read with interest the Straits Times editorial, “The growing importance of engagement“ (6 Nov). Foremost, the prerequisite for any top-down engagement to...
It has been reported that the 606 households in the Ang Mo Kio Selective En Block Redevelopment Scheme (SERs) will receive compensation that is about 7.5 per cent...
INDIA — It was reported in media, detailing how a British software engineer, who goes by the pseudonym Jim Browning, was able to outwit scammers in India and...
by Juliette Michel NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — Even for a sector regularly rocked by bankruptcies, the collapse of FTX – a cryptocurrency platform worth $32...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency platform, said in an abrupt reversal Wednesday that it was scrapping plans to acquire rival FTX.com,...
SINGAPORE — The Court of Appeal has ruled that the former town councillors and its employees of AHTC, had acted in good faith when they awarded...