[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Malaysia’s low-cost carrier AirAsia has launched its food delivery service in Singapore as it continues to seek alternative sources of revenue outside of the struggling aviation sector. Its airasia food platform will initially feature some 80 restaurants, including Swee Choon Tim Sum Restaurant and No Signboard Seafood. …
Read More »‘Sounded like a plane dropped from the sky’: Toh Yi resident whose home was damaged by a downed tree, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A rain tree fell on the four-story Kismis Court condominium on Toh Yi Road, damaging at least three units and two cars. No one was injured in the incident that occurred on Monday (March 1) around 10 p.m. The owners of one of the damaged units, on …
Read More »COVID-19: Curbs to be eased in Malaysia when Selangor, KL, Johor and Penang return to CMCO
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia announced that it will ease COVID-19 restrictions and reinstate the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. Making the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday (March 2), Chief Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that these areas, originally under the …
Read More »Remains found in marijuana case: Mom gets fired that does not amount to acquittal for murder of young child
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A woman accused of killing her two-year-old daughter, whose remains were found in a metal pot five years after the alleged crime, has been temporarily released for murder. The 32-year-old was granted an exoneration on Tuesday (March 2) that does not amount to an acquittal on her …
Read More »Terence Cao and guest accused of violating COVID-19 regulations during birthday party
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Mediacorp artist Terence Cao Guohui and his guest were charged on Tuesday (March 2) with disobeying COVID-19 regulations during a birthday party in October last year. Cao, 53, broke the law by allowing 12 people who were not part of his household to enter and remain at his …
Read More »Slightly hazy conditions with burning smell in parts of Singapore Tuesday morning due to hot spot in Johor: NEA, Environment News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Smoke billowing from a hot spot in Johor caused slightly hazy conditions with the smell of burning in parts of Singapore on Tuesday morning (March 2), the National Environment Agency (NEA) said. The hot spot was detected in Johor late Monday afternoon. The plume of smoke was …
Read More »Third of Hin Leong founder’s ships sold to pay off debt: Sources
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: About a third of the roughly 150 ships owned by companies controlled by Singaporean magnate Lim Oon Kuin and his family were sold as part of efforts to pay off billions of dollars of debt with creditors, two sources told Reuters . Accounting firm Grant Thornton, the court-appointed …
Read More »Southeast Asian ministers brace for Myanmar talks as crisis intensifies
[ad_1] Foreign ministers of Southeast Asian countries prepared for a special meeting with Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday (March 2) in an effort to quell deadly violence and open a channel to address its growing political crisis. The talks will come two days after the bloodiest day of unrest since …
Read More »One-third of Hin Leong founder OK Lim’s 150 ships sold to pay off debts
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – About a third of the roughly 150 ships owned by companies controlled by Singaporean tycoon Lim Oon Kuin and his family were sold as part of efforts to pay off billions of dollars of debt with creditors, two said. sources to Reuters. Accounting firm Grant Thornton, …
Read More »Novavax COVID-19 Injection Could Be Authorized For Use In US In May: CEO
[ad_1] MARYLAND: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine could be licensed for use in the United States in May if US regulators authorize it based on data from the company’s British trial, which could be completed “in the next few weeks,” said its CEO on Monday (March 1). However, CEO Stanley Erck added …
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