SINGAPORE: Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums for cars and those in the Open Category closed lower in the latest bidding exercise on Wednesday (Sep 21). Premiums for Category A cars, or those 1,600cc and below with horsepower not exceeding 130bhp, closed at S$84,000, down from S$86,000 in the previous exercise. PremiumsContinue Reading
Open Category COE premiums also fell.Continue Reading
BURI RAM: A 60-year-old man accused of sexually molesting a neighbour’s 4-year-old girl has denied the charge and told police she tripped over a stick while walking with him in an orchard, which probably caused the bleeding found to her genitals.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The threat of terrorism remains “high and increasingly fluid” as terror networks have grown in sophistication, said Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen. Dr Ng was speaking at the inauguration ceremony for the opening of the Counter-Terrorism Information Facility (CTIF) on Wednesday (Sep 21). The multilateral, inter-agency facility bringsContinue Reading
BURI RAM: A 60-year-old man accused of sexually molesting a neighbour’s 4-year-old girl has denied the charge and told police she tripped over a stick while walking with him in an orchard, which probably caused the bleeding found to her genitals.Continue Reading
THE Philippine peso sank to a record low and other Asian currencies fell against the greenback on Wednesday ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision that is likely to determine the direction of financial markets for months. Read full storyContinue Reading
PHUKET: The annual Phuket vegetarian festival, which begins on Monday, is expected to attract more than 3 billion baht in visitor-spending this year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.Continue Reading
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Cambodian authorities said raids are underway this week at suspected cybercrime compounds across the Southeast Asian country, uncovering evidence of human trafficking, illegal confinement and torture. Read full storyContinue Reading
The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has ordered the confiscation of 136-million-baht worth of assets from Pol Lt Gen Somchai Nitayabowornkul, a former deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, who was found to be unusually wealthy by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, NACC secretary-general Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has agreed to recruit 10,000 workers from Sri Lanka after taking into account the state of the country which has been hit by an economic crisis, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. Read full storyContinue Reading