[ad_1] SINGAPORE – President Halimah Yacob formally accepted the third supplemental supply and budget adjustments bill that provides for an additional $ 8 billion in support of Covid-19, President Tan Chuan-Jin said when Parliament met on Tuesday (3 of November). The bill was introduced last month and 33 deputies expressed …
Read More »NParks clears a fallen tree, dark clouds resembling ‘tsunami waves’ loom over Singapore
[ad_1] A storm on Monday (November 2) not only caused flash flooding, but also caused several trees to fall, one of which was cleared by the National Parks Board (NParks) after it caused a blockage along MacPherson Road. Stomper Miguel I found a photo of the fallen tree and shared …
Read More »At least one Islamic State sympathizer behind Vienna attack, Austrian minister says
[ad_1] VIENNA: Attacks in central Vienna, in which gunmen killed at least three people and wounded several more, were carried out by at least one Islamic State sympathizer, the Islamic State minister said on Tuesday (November 2). Austrian interior, Karl Nehammer. In an early morning televised press conference, Nehammer repeated …
Read More »Family tortured woman with mild intellectual disability
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – After fleeing her home, a woman sought refuge in her friend’s family’s high school apartment. However, instead of security, the woman, who has a mild intellectual disability, only found cruelty at the hands of that family, who used pliers to twist her toes, a hammer to hit …
Read More »STI rises 1.4% Tuesday afternoon as investors watch the results of the US elections.
[ad_1] Tue, Nov 03 From 2020-13: 47 SINGAPORE shares extended gains from early in the day along with the rest of Asia on Tuesday afternoon, on expectations of a “blue wave” victory for Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the US presidential election. The best performance also comes after a Wall …
Read More »Physical contact points to be established for SingapoRediscovers coupon bookings
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Physical contact points will be established across the island for Singaporeans who need help making reservations with SingapoRediscovers vouchers, State Minister for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan said on Tuesday (November 3). Mr Tan was responding to a parliamentary question from GRC West Coast Member of Parliament Ang …
Read More »Flooded: Residents on the 7th floor of the Woodlands HDB block through the water up to their ankles, Singapore News
[ad_1] Floods in Singapore are normally associated with heavy rains, especially in low-lying areas. However, residents living on the seventh floor in Woodlands somehow found themselves wading in ankle-deep water on Sunday (November 1). Several of them came out of their apartments and were greeted by the rapidly flowing water …
Read More »‘You’re not my mother anymore’: a divided America will fight to heal after the Trump era
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: When longtime Democrat Mayra Gomez told her 21-year-old son five months ago that she would vote for Donald Trump in the presidential election on Tuesday (November 3), she removed her from her life. “He specifically told me, ‘You’re not my mother anymore, because you’re voting for Trump,'” …
Read More »‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ Slips Through COVID-19 Pandemic
[ad_1] BRISBANE: Ever since Li Cunxin was brought out of rural China to join Madame Mao’s elite ballet school, through his exile in the United States and now the pandemic, his life has been a reluctant pas de deux with the politics. The 59-year-old artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, …
Read More »Former Zam Zam boss released on bail, barred from approaching restaurant or rival Victory restaurant pending appeal
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Former restaurant manager Zam Zam was released on bail on Tuesday (November 3) after being detained for a week on new charges of reckless act and criminal intimidation against an employee of rival restaurant Victory. This was under strict conditions so that he would not go within a …
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