[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s household electricity tariff will increase by an average of 1.83 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) during the October-December period, the SP Group said on Wednesday (September 30). For households, the electricity rate before the 7 percent goods and services tax (GST) will increase by 9.3 percent from …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – For the first time, an adult was convicted of offering drugs to three minors last year, two of whom were 14 at the time and the third 13. Noor Fadhilah Azlan had allowed the three high school students to use methamphetamine, a drug also known as Ice. …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Electricity and gas rates will go up in the next three months, but will continue to be among the lowest in years. Roughly half of Singapore’s 1.4 million households can expect electricity rates to increase by an average of around 9 percent from today to December 31, …
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[ad_1] ROME: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Rome on Wednesday (September 30), just a month before the US elections and on the heels of a diplomatic rift with the Vatican, which experts see as an effort to win conservative Catholic votes . Pompeo will not meet with Pope Francis …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Angered by the way a maid had arranged her clothes, a woman threw a bunch of hangers at the maid, causing bleeding around her brow. Wee Yee Nee’s relationship with Felisilda Sheila Marie Juromo, 37, had worsened in the three months that the Filipina had been employed …
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[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a press conference on COVID-19 on Wednesday (September 30) as he deals with a second wave of the rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak and mounting anger on his own. party by the restrictions imposed on citizens. Britain, which has the worst official …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singaporean actor Mark Lee competes for a Golden Horse award. The 51-year-old comedian, a prolific Singaporean television and film host and actor with works such as Money No Enough (1998), received a Best Leading Actor award for his portrayal of drag queen in the No.1 family film. …
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[ad_1] Singapore ordered Wirecard to cease payment services in the city-state, marking the most dramatic regulatory intervention in the remaining operations of the German payments group since its collapse in June. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s de facto central bank, said on Wednesday that it ordered Wirecard entities …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A series of industry-specific Human Resources (HR) manuals is being developed to guide HR professionals in addressing and solving industry-specific challenges, announced on Wednesday (September 30) the Minister of State for Human Resources, Zaqy Mohamad. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Institute of Human Resource Professionals (IHRP) …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: Chinese authorities formally approved the arrests on Wednesday (September 30) of 12 Hong Kong activists captured last month when they allegedly tried to flee the city for Taiwan. The group was caught about 70 kilometers southeast of the city on August 23 while trying to escape by boat, …
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