[ad_1] KOTA BELUD: The first 15 general elections (GE15) can be held if Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) wins the Sabah elections on September 26, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin hinted on Friday (September 18). He said that the choice of the state of Sabah was vital as it would decide …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots agreed to make deeper pay cuts of up to 50 percent so that more of them can remain employed. This is in addition to a 10 percent cut in the monthly variable component (MVC) of their wages, The Straits Times found. With the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A man who suffered from a jealous-type delusional disorder when he stabbed his wife to death in their bedroom, also suffered from acute alcohol intoxication at the same time. This contributed to Krishnan Raju’s offense, as there was a deterioration in attention or memory during the episode …
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[ad_1] It is finally happening. An already terrifying Liverpool has struck fear into the hearts of their national and European opponents by signing one of the game’s best players in Thiago Alcântara. A long and drawn-out saga appears to have finally come to an end, with the Spanish midfielder ready …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The use of saliva testing to detect Covid-19 is undergoing field testing in Singapore as health authorities assess whether it can be scaled up for widespread use. In response to inquiries from The Straits Times, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (September 17) that it …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Policyholders feeling the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic now have more time to pay their premiums with the extension of relief measures by the insurance industry. The Singapore Life Insurance Association (LIA Singapore) announced on Friday (September 18) a second Deferred Premium Payment (DPP) window for new …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Labourtel Management Corporation, a company that manages dormitories for foreign workers, was fined $ 118,000 on Friday (September 18) after authorities inspected four of them and found that some rooms were dirty. During inspections in 2018 and last year, two of the facilities were also found to …
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[ad_1] Get your fix on the fun and wacky stories that happened this week. There’s no water? No problem. A woman hung a very long water hose from the 10th floor of an HDB block on Serangoon North Ave 4 to the ground floor just to wash her car. And …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Children in Singapore are more anxious about tests than Covid-19, according to a survey. Seven out of 10 children feel negative about upcoming school exams – “angry,” “worried” or “sad” – and more than three out of five feel “worried.” By comparison, six in 10 feel positive …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: Thousands of people in northwest China tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant that makes animal vaccines last year. Health officials in Lanzhou City said 3,245 people had contracted brucellosis, a disease often caused by close contact with infected animals or …
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