[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Clinics authorized to conduct Covid-19 (PDT) testing prior to departure for outbound travelers will have to issue digital test result certificates starting March 10, instead of current physical certificates. The initiative was supposed to start on February 10, but was delayed a month to allow clinics and …
Read More »Myanmar Police Release Japanese Journalist After Brief Arrest: Media
[ad_1] TOKYO: Myanmar police released a Japanese independent journalist on Friday (February 26) after briefly detaining him during a protest in the commercial capital of Yangon, Radio Free Asia showed in a live broadcast on Facebook. The arrest of Yuki Kitazumi, who runs a media production company in the city …
Read More »The government will double the equivalent amount in CDA to S $ 6,000 for the second child
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Parents who have a second child this year will receive additional financial support through their child’s CDA (Child Development Account). The Government will double the maximum dollar-for-dollar amount in the CDA from S $ 3,000 to S $ 6,000 for Singapore’s children who are the second child, the …
Read More »Budget Debate: Reach for Further Review of Singapore’s Wealth Tax, Says DPM Heng, Politics News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – There is scope to further review Singapore’s wealth taxes, but the imposition of such levies will not replace the need to increase the goods and services tax (GST), Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday (26 February). Responding to questions from MPs about the intensification …
Read More »Singapore Develops New Standard for Cross-Border Verification of COVID-19 Test Results
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore has developed a “globally interoperable” standard based on blockchain technology to facilitate cross-border verification of health documents, such as COVID-19 pre-departure test results, said the minister in charge of the Smart Nation Initiative. , Vivian Balakrishnan on Friday (February 26). Speaking at the Procurement Committee debate for …
Read More »Captured Punggol boar, euthanized after dramatic chase on Friday, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The wild boar believed to have been involved in several attacks in Punggol was captured on Friday (February 26) after a dramatic manhunt. He was humanely executed due to his aggressive behavior. Residents were relieved by its capture, following two wild boar attacks last Saturday (February 20) …
Read More »Myanmar Police Detain Japanese Journalist At Yangon Protest – Colleague
[ad_1] Myanmar police detained a Japanese independent journalist at a protest in the commercial capital of Yangon, one of his colleagues said on Friday (February 26), the first arrest of a foreign reporter since the February 1 military coup. The Japanese government later confirmed that a Japanese national in his …
Read More »Former actor Huang Yiliang jailed for assaulting worker, prosecutor calls him ‘nothing but a bully’
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Former actor Ng Aik Leong, better known as Huang Yiliang, was sentenced on Friday (February 26) to 10 months in jail after personally making a defense that the prosecutor called “ridiculous.” Ng, 59, was convicted last month of voluntarily causing harm with a dangerous weapon for assaulting a …
Read More »The SMRT worker who died in the Bishan warehouse was hit by a 5 kg bar that was thrown from the machine, the forensic court heard
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An SMRT technical officer in a fatal work accident at Bishan Depot last year was struck by a rod that shot out of a machine it was operating, a forensic court heard on Friday (February 26). Muhammad Afiq Senawi, 30, was operating a hydraulic pressing machine in the …
Read More »Jail for British man, Singaporean wife who met at the hotel where he was serving a stay-at-home notice
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A British man and his Singaporean wife were jailed on Friday (February 26) for conspiring to violate a stay-at-home notice so they could spend time together in a hotel room. Nigel Skea, 52, was sentenced to two weeks in jail and fined S $ 1,000. Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai, …
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