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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Nearly half of 1.4 million homes in Singapore have switched to buying electricity from a retailer, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) said on Thursday (Nov 26). Since the nationwide launch of the Open Electricity Market (OEM) two years ago, about 48 percent of all households have switched to …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The family of a pharmaceutical company executive, who died at the age of 44 following a liposuction procedure in 2013, received an award of approximately $ 5.6 million from the High Court on Thursday (November 26) . Surgeon Edward Foo, who was sued by Madam Mandy Yeong …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission formally named the country’s fisheries minister on suspicion of taking bribes related to lobster larvae exports and alleged that he used the money on a luxury shopping spree during a visit to the United States. Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo was arrested upon …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Judicial Commissioner Chionh Sze Chyi Mavis has been appointed Judge of the High Court, while Attorney General Kwek Mean Luck will be Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court and Mr. Tai Wei Shyong will be Deputy Attorney General. All three appointments were made by President Halimah Yaacob on …

[ad_1] Thursday, November 26, 2020 – 1:00 pm SINGAPORE’s factory output fell 0.9 percent year-on-year in October with a drop in electronics production, confusing economists’ expectations of 7.3 percent growth, figures from the Singapore Economic Development Board. It was a sea change from September’s revised growth figure of 25.6 percent, …

[ad_1] A few weeks ago, a GrabHitch driver got into trouble after it was revealed that he sent a female passenger some reprimanding messages over a profile photo banner in support of the Ready 4 Repeal movement. The affected passenger had taken to Reddit on November 12 her brush with …

[ad_1] LONDON: AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford acknowledged a manufacturing error on Wednesday (November 25) that raises questions about the preliminary results of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine. A statement describing the error came days after the company and the university described the injections as “highly effective” and failed to …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic Development Board (EDB) managed to secure fixed asset investment commitments worth S $ 13 billion in the first four months of 2020. That was one of the highest in recent years, reflecting business confidence in Singapore’s “high levels of connectivity, openness …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Six people have been fined $ 3,000 each for participating in an illegal gathering on Lazarus Island amid the Covid-19 outbreak on August 8. They were part of a 12-person gathering on the island that violated Covid-19 regulations, which prohibited social gatherings of more than five people …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The life expectancy of Singaporeans is among the highest in the world at 81.4 and 85.7 for men and women respectively in 2019, according to the latest public sector report released on Thursday (Nov 26). Singapore’s Public Sector Outcome Review, which is released every two years, also touched …