[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Leong Sze Hian may not have known that the allegations he shared were false, but he made no attempt to determine the truth in any way, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, taking the stand as a witness in the second half of Tuesday’s libel hearing. In …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The construction contractor and the Housing Board are rectifying around 200 defects reported by apartment owners in the Woodlands Glen Build-To-Order (BTO) project, said Second Minister of National Development Indranee Rajah. Defects in the 888-unit project completed in 2017 include cracked toilet seat covers, rusted doors, and …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A teacher accused of embezzling about $ 40,000 in funds belonging to students claimed in court that she had not kept records or counted the funds she had raised. Maslinda Zainal, the suspended English department head (HOD) at Woodgrove Secondary School, said she had relied on teachers …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: With the aviation sector hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, “now is not the time” to talk about imposing an environmental tax on Singapore Airlines (SIA), Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said at the Parliament on Tuesday (October 6). ). Doing so will make the situation worse for the …
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[ad_1] THE HAGUE, The Netherlands: A gynecologist working in an artificial insemination program at a Dutch hospital fathered at least 17 children using his own sperm without informing the parents, the hospital announced on Tuesday (October 6). Gynecologist Jan Wildschut, who has since died, worked at Sophia Hospital, now known …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – One of the two antibodies in the cocktail used to treat US President Donald Trump for COVID-19 was developed using blood samples from three patients in Singapore, according to a report by Asian Scientist magazine. Trump had received a high dose of REGN-COV2 on Friday, a combination …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: A Hong Kong teacher was fired for allegedly promoting independence in class, a move hailed by the city’s leader on Tuesday (October 6) as a blow to the “black sheep” who work in the education system. The decision marks the first time that the Hong Kong Bureau …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Legislation on downsizing benefits does not guarantee better outcomes for employees who were laid off, Human Resources Minister Josephine Teo said in Parliament on Monday (October 6). Responding to a question from Member of Parliament Louis Chua on whether a benchmark cost reduction benefit can be legislated, Ms …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Twenty-one diners have been fined $ 300 each for disobeying Covid-19 measures at food and beverage outlets, such as not wearing a mask immediately after eating or drinking, mingling between tables, and sitting in groups of more than five diners. These violations were noted at Resorts World …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Two restaurants have been ordered closed after failing to comply with measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment (MSE) said on Tuesday (October 6). At the traditional Tong Xin Ru Yi Hotpot located at 6 Lorong Telok, nine customers sat at …
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