[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Mr. Philip Jeyaretnam has been appointed as Supreme Court Judicial Commissioner, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Monday (December 7), and his one-year term will begin on January 4 of next year. Jeyaretnam was appointed by President Halimah Yacob on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien …
Read More »Sembcorp expects losses for fiscal year 2020 after recording S $ 89 million in impairments, companies and markets
[ad_1] Mon, 07 Dec 2020 – 9:05 am SEMBCORP Industries expects to incur a loss for the full year ending December 31, 2020, as a result of S $ 89 million in impairments, net of tax, recorded in the second half of 2020. However, the industrial conglomerate expects to maintain …
Read More »Singapore Director in Wirecard Case Filed 3 More Fraud Charges, Banking News and Highlights
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore authorities added three other counts of fraud against the head of a local accounting firm in a case involving German payments firm Wirecard, which has fallen out of favor. R. Shanmugaratnam, Director of Citadelle Corporate Services, was charged with three counts of falsifying Citadelle letters …
Read More »Two new parks in Bukit Batok will be part of the natural corridor connecting Central Catchment and Tengah, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two new nature parks will add to the green glow of Bukit Batok and will be part of a natural corridor connecting the Central Network of Natural Parks and the future Tengah Forest Corridor. The first, the Bukit Batok Hillside Nature Park, will be located between Bukit …
Read More »13 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, all imported and none in the community, Health News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 13 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Monday (December 7), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,273. The 13 new cases were imported. They had been placed on stay-at-home notices or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no …
Read More »Former ITE speaker jailed for taking videos under the skirts of 335 women with a modified laptop bag
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A former senior professor at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) was jailed for eight months on Monday (December 7) for taking videos under the skirts of hundreds of women with a modified laptop bag. Chia Teck Huat, 41, placed mini cameras inside her purse and scoured shopping …
Read More »Preschool teacher fired after roughly handling 4-year-old
[ad_1] A teacher at a preschool in Ang Mo Kio was fired immediately after it was discovered that she had physically abused a female student. Little Seeds Preschool told AsiaOne that an investigation was carried out after the four-year-old boy was found to have suffered abrasions on the back of …
Read More »Banks Face Two Major Risks in 2021, Says Singapore DBS CEO
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Global banks will face two big hurdles next year: rising defaults and ultra-low interest rates, said Piyush Gupta, CEO of Singapore’s largest bank, DBS. Government support around the world has cushioned the economic damage of the pandemic, but has also They “masked the true size” of the …
Read More »Why the percentage of students moving from elementary school to high school has stayed the same for 5 years
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education (MOE) did not “forcefully fit” the PSLE scores of elementary school students on a bell curve, a spokesperson said on Monday (December 7). The percentage of students “assessed as fit to progress” from elementary school to high school has remained the same for the …
Read More »Why the percentage of students moving from elementary school to high school has stayed the same for 5 years
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education (MOE) did not “forcefully fit” the PSLE scores of elementary school students on a bell curve, a spokesperson said on Monday (December 7). The percentage of students “assessed as fit to progress” from elementary school to high school has remained the same for the …
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