SINGAPORE: Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighters are battling a fire at 28 Tuas South Avenue 8 and SCDF has advised people to avoid the area. In a Facebook post on Monday (Mar 13) at about 8.10pm, SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at the location almost twoContinue Reading
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Masatoshi Iso’s company brought 7-Eleven to Japan – where a quarter of stores are now located.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Two food establishments owned by Spize have had their food hygiene grades downgraded from A to C, said the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Saturday (Mar 11). Fifteen people reportedly developed gastroenteritis symptoms following the consumption of food prepared at Spize @ Simpang Bedok from Jul 5 to Jul 6,Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Nearly 600,000 TraceTogether tokens have been collected in a return exercise that ended on Sunday (Mar 12), Communications and Information Minister Josephine Teo said on Monday. In an update on the LinkedIn platform, Mrs Teo said the collected tokens would “come in handy if digital contact tracing is neededContinue Reading
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SINGAPORE: Former Sakae Holdings director Ong Siew Kwee went on trial on Monday (Mar 13) over the alleged misappropriation of S$15.8 million from a joint venture. The 52-year-old Ong, also known as Andy, claimed trial to one charge each of criminal breach of trust, abetting the forgery of a leaseContinue Reading
Xi Jinping’s new deputy says efforts have to be redoubled to meet the country’s 5% growth target.Continue Reading
Insurgents says junta soldiers shelled the village before killing survivors hiding in a monastery.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Despite the rising costs of operating a food stall in hawker centres, food courts and kopitiams, many stall owners did not increase prices between late last year and early this year, a study has found. Of those who did, the majority increased prices only by a small margin – not exceedingContinue Reading