Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt guaranteed that Bangkok will never experience a do it again of the epic flood in 2011 following their inspection of flood-mitigation work in the capital.Continue Reading
labour: More than sixteen million informal employees received income via 67 projects to improve their livelihoods a year ago, a high-level meeting was told last night.Continue Reading
A total of S$227. 8mil (RM732. 69mil) was dropped to the top 10 scam types in the first six months of this yr, up from the S$142. 5mil (RM458. 33mil) lost in the same period last year. Read complete story Continue Reading
He was informed over the phone simply by someone claiming to be a court official which he was involved in unlawful money laundering actions, and while John (ofcourse not his real name) knew he had completed nothing wrong, fearfulness set in. Read full story Continue Reading
BEIJING/TAIPEI: China upon Monday (Aug 29) dismissed complaints from Taiwan about repetitive harassment by Chinese language drones very near to Taiwanese-controlled islands as not anything “to make a fuss about”, compelling Taipei to tag Beijing as nothing more than thieves. Since China started war games and military drills near TaiwanContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will consider adding vegetables from arch-rival India to mitigate floods fallout, Financial Minister Miftah Ismail said on Monday (Aug 29), because food prices have risen significantly. “We can consider importing veggies from India, inch the minister informed local Geo News TV. Chicken and Iran could also be otherContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: The Worldwide Monetary Fund (IMF) board on Mon approved the seventh and eighth reviews of Pakistan’s bailout programme, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail mentioned, which will release US$1. 17 billion within funds to the cash-strapped country. He also said the IMF had agreed to extend the particular programme by aContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Early estimates put the damage from Pakistan’s fatal floods at greater than US$10 billion, the planning minister stated on Monday (Aug 29), adding that this world has an obligation to help the Southern Asian nation cope with the effects of man-made environment change. Unprecedented flash surges caused by historicContinue Reading
More than one, 130 have died in devastating floods triggered by the heaviest monsoon rains inside a decade.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A 49-year old bus driver was arrested on Monday (Aug 29) after a fatal accident involving an 80-year-old pedestrian along Tiong Bahru Road, at a bus stop near Redhill MRT Station. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and police told CNA they were alerted to the accident at aboutContinue Reading