[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two former nominee MPs (NMPs), social entrepreneur Anthea Ong and Singapore Chinese Orchestra Executive Director Terence Ho, are seeking a second term in Parliament. Other new candidates who have applied include Mr. Johann Annuar, CEO of the nonprofit Engineering Good, community artist Terence Tan, playwright and poet …
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[ad_1] Mon, Nov 23, 2020 – 5:37 pm COVID-19 has put pressure on the financial health of Singaporeans, affecting their ability to pay off their home loans and reducing their passive income, according to the latest OCBC survey. OCBC’s Financial Well-being Index, which launched in 2019, has dropped to 61 …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported a record 1,884 new COVID-19 cases on Monday (Nov 23), following an increase in infections linked to workplace clusters in the Klang Valley. This is the highest daily number of new cases since the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, said Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah. …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A woman who fell into an open culvert on a pedestrian path and was injured five years ago went to court on Monday (November 23) to sue PUB for S $ 5 million in damages. Ms. Chan Hui Peng, 47, was walking down Simon Road at 10:30 am …
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[ad_1] JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held secret talks in Saudi Arabia on Sunday (November 22) with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, media said, in the first reported trip by an Israeli prime minister to the kingdom. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was in Israel last week, …
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[ad_1] RENNES, France: A man in the Brittany region of northwestern France was fined by police and faces new legal proceedings after breaking the country’s coronavirus lockdown with the written explanation that he was going to “smash the face of a man”. All people in France who go outside for …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Four men allegedly involved in an armed robbery at a licensed moneylender shop in Jurong East were indicted in court last Saturday (November 21). Kotta Kumar Jeswanth, 19, Karrtik Stalniraj, 21, Tusheintar Segaran, 21, and Arunasalam Kannan, 26, are charged with stealing OT credit located at Block …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Some flee in boats. Some hide on the stilts under their houses. Others run into the forest. Across Malaysia’s Sabah region, stateless residents and undocumented migrants are fleeing public health officials conducting COVID-19 testing, fearing arrest or deportation. Ad Ad The race to tackle COVID-19 in Sabah, …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump faces mounting pressure from prominent Republicans to begin a transition to President-elect Joe Biden, or even admit defeat, as Trump’s legal challenges failed to gain traction. Several key Trump allies appeared to lose patience over the weekend. Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – In the last three months, twenty cases of illegal drone operations have been detected that intruded into the airspace of Changi Airport and the culprits were arrested. But there have been no intrusions causing flight disruptions at the airport since July last year. Revealing this on Monday …
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