The Singapore government has seized US$4.4 billion (S$6 billion) worth of illegal assets related to crime and money laundering. Almost half of these illegal assets were seized from last year’s record financial scandals. Bloomberg reported this information in a report on Wednesday (June 26). These assets have been seized between January 2019 and June 2024. […]
Read MoreSingapore is a global shipping and fuel bunkering hub. The environmental impact of the oil spill remains unclear, but local newspaper The Straits Times reported that fishermen were on alert for a spike in the number of fish deaths over the next few days Workers clean up the oil slick at Tanjong Beach in Sentosa, […]
Read MoreDozens of passengers suffered injuries on a Singapore Airlines flight due to “rapid changes” in gravitational force and a 54-metre altitude drop, a preliminary investigation has found. A 73-year-old British man died of a suspected heart attack and dozens of passengers were injured last week when Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 was buffeted by severe turbulence, […]
Read MoreBy Nicholas Yong Singapore – A popular South Korean DJ ‘monk’, known for donning a cleric’s robes and combining electronic dance music with Buddhist mantras, is stirring controversy among the faithful in Singapore who claim he is denigrating the religion. On Sunday, May 19, the Singapore Buddhist Federation called for NewJeansNim’s two performances at a […]
Read MoreA Singapore Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Thailand after a mid-air jolt. The flight that landed on Tuesday was traveling from London to Singapore. A passenger on the flight described the terrifying moment. The 68-year-old British passenger was named Jerry, who was on the flight with seven members of his family. He was […]
Read MoreOne passenger was killed and 30 others were injured when a Singapore Airlines plane flipped mid-air due to strong winds. The incident happened while the plane was coming from London to Singapore. On Tuesday (May 21), Singapore Airlines announced the casualty in a statement. In a post on social media Facebook, Singapore Airlines said, “We […]
Read MoreAstraZeneca plans to build a $1.5 billion manufacturing facility in Singapore to produce a promising category of cancer-killing drugs called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said on Monday. The facility, which will be the drugmaker’s first end-to-end ADC production site, will be supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board. The company did not provide […]
Read MoreThe payout is in effect higher than Singapore Airlines’ previous year’s earnings high, which resulted in a profit-sharing bonus equivalent to 6.65 months’ pay and a maximum of 1.5 months’ salary of ex-gratia bonus related to the pandemic. Singapore Airlines declined to comment. The city-state carrier delivered a record S$2.67 billion ($1.98 billion) annual profit […]
Read MoreLawrence Wong will take office as the new Prime Minister of Singapore on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian country is getting a new prime minister for the first time in 20 years. Lee Hsien Loong has been the Prime Minister of Singapore for the past two decades. He will be replaced by 51-year-old Lawrence. Since August […]
Read MoreA state-of-the-art F-16 fighter jet has crashed in Singapore. The plane crashed at the country’s western military airfield on Wednesday (May 8). Singapore’s Ministry of Defense said the fighter jet crashed at Tengah Air Base. However, there was no loss of life. The pilot of the plane managed to get out safely after the accident. […]
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