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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A 13-year-old boy was among 316 people arrested for his alleged involvement in loan-robbery activities, police said in a press release on Tuesday (February 9). They were detained in simultaneous raids across the island during a three-week operation that ended Sunday. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and …

[ad_1] Tue, February 9, 2021 – 10:18 am UPDATED Tuesday, February 9, 2021 – 11:36 am TEMASEK Holdings CEO and CEO Ho Ching will be retiring from the group on October 1. It will also leave its board of directors on the same date. Ms. Ho will be replaced by …

[ad_1] Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) Jamus Lim was hit with an avalanche of criticism from supporters of the Minister of Law and Interior, K Shanmugam, after the latter declared that rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-offenders in society “not a new issue” in the Singapore Parliament. In a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – In an attempt to broaden the diversity of its student body, the National University of Singapore (NUS) law school will select more students for the admissions test and interview for its LLB program. Under a pilot initiative starting this year, students in the top 5 percent of …

[ad_1] Monday, February 8, 2021-11: 19 am UPDATED Monday, February 8, 2021 – 12:36 pm Shares in the entertainment group mm2 Asia, which is traded on the motherboard, fell as much as 29 percent to a record low of 8.5 Singapore cents in early trading on Monday, when the market …

[ad_1] It’s a matter of pure conjecture, but next week may well be the time for investors to see the beginning of an end to the bounty that helped propel emerging markets to record highs. Although few expect a sudden turn of events, Russia’s decision on interest rates and the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A staff member at the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC) mistakenly received the equivalent of five doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. This occurred during a vaccination exercise on January 14 and was due to human error resulting from a failure in communication between members of the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An employee of the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC) incorrectly received the equivalent of five doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine due to human error, the public health institution said on Saturday (February 6). The error occurred on January 14 during a vaccination exercise conducted at SNEC for …

[ad_1] YANGON: Myanmar saw its biggest protests against the coup thus far on Saturday (Feb 6) with young protesters taking to the streets to denounce the country’s new military regime, despite a nationwide internet blackout aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent. Some 3,000 protesters gathered on a …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Friday (February 5) that Donald Trump should not be allowed to receive classified intelligence reports, a courtesy that has historically been accorded to outgoing presidents. When asked in an interview with CBS News what he feared if Trump continued to receive the reports, …