[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Changi Airport will be further open to transit passengers, and Jetstar Asia announced on Friday (November 20) that those on its flights from six Southeast Asian cities will be able to transit through Singapore to other destinations beginning in December 1st. It is the fourth airline authorized …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: The New York attorney general has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for records related to consulting fees paid to Ivanka Trump as part of a broad civil investigation into the president’s business, a law enforcement official said Thursday (19 Oct November). The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Attorney Lee Suet Fern has been suspended for 15 months by the Three-Judge Court for handling the last will of her late father-in-law Lee Kuan Yew. In a written judgment issued on Friday (November 20), the highest disciplinary body of the legal profession found Ms. Lee guilty …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) and a group of environmental activists have presented their elections for nominated members of parliament (NMP). On Friday (November 20), the union announced Mr. Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab, Vice President of NTUC, as their nomination. Ad Ad READ: Public Invited to Submit …
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[ad_1] A man, who claimed to have been fired to mislead authorities into handing him Covid-19 relief funds, has been jailed. Chow Jia Chuan, 29, tried a second time after she managed to trick the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) into giving her $ 500 the first time. …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: South Australia’s drastic six-day lockdown was sparked by a “lie” to contact a single individual’s trackers and statewide restrictions would now be lifted much earlier than initially planned, authorities said Friday (November 20). The shocking announcement came just two days after the state government ordered people to stay …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has lifted the measures it imposed on Grab in September 2018 over its merger with Uber. This comes after Singapore’s new point-to-point (P2P) transport regulatory framework came into effect on October 30, the watchdog said in a press release on …
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[ad_1] Friday, November 20, 2020-9: 39 am SINGAPORE shares opened higher on Friday morning, reversing Thursday’s decline, and posted overnight gains on Wall Street. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 11.83 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,788.83 at 9:02 am. The STI was down 11.59 points, or 0.4%, to 2,777 …
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[ad_1] PARIS: The antiviral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat COVID-19 patients, regardless of the severity of their illness, as it “does not have a major effect” on the chances of survival, the World Health Organization said Friday. (November 20). Noting one of the few treatments that had …
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[ad_1] Deal Global stocks came under pressure on Friday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called for an end to pandemic relief for troubled companies, sparking a rare showdown between the central bank and the Treasury and weighed on the trust. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks …
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