The national police chief has ordered an investigation into the revocation of a warrant for the arrest of a senator suspected of involvement in a drug and money-laundering case allegedly connected to a Myanmar tycoon.Continue Reading
Employers in the smoggy North and other areas are being advised to allow their employees to work from home whenever possible because of the high levels of PM2.5 dust in the air.Continue Reading
Silicon Valley Bank, which catered to the tech industry for three decades, collapsed on March 10, 2023, after the Santa Clara, California-based lender suffered from an old-fashioned bank run. State regulators seized the bank and made the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation its receiver. SVB, as it’s known, was the biggest US lender to fail since […]Continue Reading
The 88-year-old wrote books about pacifism and coping with a son who had learning difficulties.Continue Reading
Masatoshi Iso’s company brought 7-Eleven to Japan – where a quarter of stores are now located.Continue Reading
Indonesia currently grants visa-on-arrival for citizens from more than 80 countries.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
JAKARTA – Papuan rebels and captive New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens have trekked deeper into the heart of the rugged Central Highlands as they seek to evade elite Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus) troops who have shadowed them for the past three weeks. Sources familiar with the unfolding hostage drama believe it is nearing a crucial […]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
The majority of activities will take place at Fort Magsaysay, the Philippines’ largest military camp, and one of the five existing sites the US has access to under its Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with Manila. Under the agreement, the US can use the bases for joint training, pre-positioning ofContinue Reading