[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A thief with a fetish disorder entered an HDB apartment and managed to escape with 10 bras from a room in which the owner slept. About four months later, Muhammad Iqbal Mohamed Rafe entered another department after seeing a bra on a coat rack inside. This time, …
Read More »Coronavirus: Government to absorb additional operating costs for dormitory operators during circuit breaker, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The government will foot the bill for the increased operating costs incurred by dorm operators due to dorm closings and home stay notices imposed on some 300,000 foreign workers in Singapore. Restricted movement measures confining this group in their places of residence have resulted in additional costs, …
Read More »The banking and pharmaceutical giant among the companies that returned or donated wage subsidies from the Employment Support Plan
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: British bank Barclays and German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim are among the companies that have returned or donated the Employment Support Plan (JSS) payments. A total of 32 companies returned wage subsidies worth a combined S $ 35 million, the finance ministry said on Sunday (May 10). Ad …
Read More »Singapore Airlines requires face masks on flights – Business traveler
[ad_1] Passengers traveling with Singapore Airlines and Silkair must bring their own face mask to wear throughout the flight, the airline said in a statement. The airline joins a number of companies that have made face masks mandatory for passengers on flights recently such as Emirates, Air Canada, and Air …
Read More »China warns of countermeasures to new US rules against Chinese journalists
[ad_1] BEIJING: China warned on Monday (May 11) that it will take countermeasures in response to a US decision to tighten visa guidelines against Chinese journalists and urged the United States to “correct its mistake” immediately. Last week, the United States issued a new rule limiting visas for Chinese journalists …
Read More »No new cases linked to Singapore’s largest COVID-19 cluster for the first time since April 1
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: No new cases of COVID-19 were linked to the cluster in the dormitory of foreign workers S11 @ Punggol for the first time since April 1, according to the update of the daily figures of the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (10 of may). The group, the …
Read More »19 killed as Iran’s warship hit by ‘friendly fire’ in tense Gulf
[ad_1] An Iranian warship was hit by a “friendly fire” missile during naval exercises, killing 19 sailors, state media and the military said Monday, amid tensions with the United States in Gulf waters. The Konarak was hit on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, on the southern coast of the Islamic …
Read More »The (moderate) rush back to McDonald’s, as depicted on social media, Digital News
[ad_1] McDonald’s is officially open for business islandwide after three weeks of closure, and considering our peculiar obsession with the fast-food chain, it’s safe to presume that Singaporeans will be making a beeline to its outlets today (May 11). Knowing this, the Golden Arches urged customers not to make a …
Read More »Ikea to open Singapore’s third outlet in Jem in 2021, Consumer
[ad_1] Mon, May 11, 2020 – 12:02 PM SWEDISH dumplings and home furnishings from Ikea will arrive in western Singapore, when the retailer opens a store in the Jem Mall in 2021. This will be its first small-store concept in Southeast Asia, whereby the Swedish home goods giant becomes a …
Read More »Singapore tackles costly setback
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he is still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined in his room in a sprawling foreign worker dormitory that has become Singapore’s largest viral group, Arif says he …
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