[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Singapore Internal Revenue Authority (Iras) will send tax invoices directly to select taxpayers in lieu of filing notices this tax season. The vast majority of taxpayers already on the No-Filing Service (NFS), which means they are not required to file a tax return, do not make …
Read More »Legislative ‘levers’ may be needed to deal with hostile information campaigns, says Josephine Teo
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Legislative “levers” may be needed to enable Singapore to better respond to hostile information campaigns, as part of efforts to protect against foreign interference in the country’s politics. These levers will allow the Government to obtain the information necessary to investigate hostile information campaigns to determine whether they …
Read More »Myanmar court files another charge against Aung San Suu Kyi; Protesters march again after the bloodiest crackdown
[ad_1] A Myanmar court brought another charge against the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday (March 1), said a lawyer representing her, as protesters marched in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people on yesterday. Suu Kyi appeared healthy when she participated …
Read More »2 people who participated in an illegal gathering on pleasure boats fined $ 3,000 each, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two people who broke Covid-19 rules when they participated in an illegal gathering on a pleasure boat on December 26 last year were fined $ 3,000 each on Monday (March 1). British Amy Grace Ropner, 28, and Singaporean permanent resident Mark Lau San Mao, 30, were the …
Read More »Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin reiterates that he will advise the king to dissolve parliament once the pandemic is over
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin reiterated on Monday (March 1) that he will dissolve parliament once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. In a speech taking stock of his first year in office, he said: “The main focus of this government at this time is to keep this …
Read More »Comment: Bicycle lanes and housing in the CBD? Here’s how COVID-19 could transform cities
[ad_1] PARIS: Rue de Rivoli, a boulevard that runs through the heart of Paris, has developed in fits and starts. Napoleon Bonaparte began construction in 1802, after years of planning and debate, but construction stalled after the emperor’s abdication in 1814. Commercial Commercial The boulevard remained in limbo until another …
Read More »Singaporean man living in Indonesia dies of COVID here
[ad_1] EdgeProp Buy in Sentosa Cove – discounted luxury homes on the mainland SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – Buying activity at Sentosa Cove has certainly picked up, especially in the second half of last year, after the “circuit breaker,” says Steve Tay, senior associate vice president at List Sotheby’s International Realty. Bungalows …
Read More »Biden on track to apply Trump-era rule targeting Chinese tech supply chain concerns
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The Biden administration plans to allow a Trump-era rule targeting Chinese tech companies to take effect that is seen as posing a threat to the United States despite objections from American companies, it said on Friday (February 26) the United States Department of Commerce. The department issued an …
Read More »DPM Heng says the independent budget office would be a ‘useless duplication’ of functions after Pritam Singh mentioned the need
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: With independent audits from the Auditor General’s Office and parliamentary scrutiny of government spending, an independent Budget office would be a “useless duplication of these functions,” Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday (February 26). He responded to leading opposition MP Pritam Singh (WP-Aljunied), who on …
Read More »Myanmar Police Release Japanese Journalist After Brief Arrest: Media
[ad_1] TOKYO: Myanmar police released a Japanese independent journalist on Friday (February 26) after briefly detaining him during a protest in the commercial capital of Yangon, Radio Free Asia showed in a live broadcast on Facebook. The arrest of Yuki Kitazumi, who runs a media production company in the city …
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