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Thomson-East Coast Line Train Services Delayed Due to Train Malfunction for Third Time in a Week
A train failure caused a delay in Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) train services yet again on Thursday evening. Commuters on the TEL experienced the same disruption to their commutes...
Singapore Man Arrested for Allegedly Slapping Six-Year-Old Boy at Jurong Mall Playground
A 38-year-old man was arrested by the police on December 22 for allegedly striking a six-year-old kid during a playground altercation at the Westgate mall in Jurong East, Singapore.Aloy...
20 months’ pay in year-end bonus for staff at Taiwan shipping giant Evergreen
A TAIWANESE company that is known for giving employees big bonuses has done it yet again.
Shipping giant Evergreen announced on Dec 31 that its employees would get an end-year...
Opinion: If your phone had feelings would you treat it differently? It could happen sooner than you think
Whether it’s the virtual assistants in our phones, the chatbots providing customer service for banks and clothing stores, or tools like ChatGPT and Claude making workloads a little lighter,...
10-year average return on Singapore Savings Bonds slides to 2.82%
THE 10-year average return for the latest tranche of Singapore Savings Bonds (SSBs) continued to fall, to 2.82 per cent, in line with rate cuts by the US Federal...
Sias urges independent professional inquiry into SingPost’s dismissal of senior executives
AN INDEPENDENT professional inquiry should be commissioned to look into the circumstances that led to the dismissal of three Singapore Post (SingPost) senior executives.This is in light of the...
Singapore shares rise on first trading day of 2025; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, losers beat gainers 284 to 246, with 812.8 million securities worth S$581.4 million changing hands SINGAPORE shares rose on Thursday (Jan 2) despite declines across...
Thai government says Bank of Thailand chair appointment won’t take too long
THAILAND’S government expects a selection panel to quickly conclude the process to pick a new chairman for the nation’s central bank after its previous nominee was deemed unsuitable for...
Thai economic uncertainty has increased, central bank minutes say
UNCERTAINTY around the Thai economy has significantly increased primarily due to the unclear impact of possible US economic policies, minutes of the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) Dec 18 monetary...
Musk’s X, Google yet to apply for Malaysia’s new social media license
ELON Musk’s X and Alphabet’s Google, which operates the video streaming platform YouTube, have not applied for a social media operating license under Malaysia’s new law which kicked in...
