SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old man was sentenced to six weeks’ jail on Friday (Sep 30) for taking an upskirt video of a woman who was shopping for groceries in a supermarket. Abe Hidenori pleaded guilty to one count of voyeurism. The court heard that the victim went to The Clementi MallContinue Reading
Two major protest planned rallies on Bangkok streets on Friday afternoon for the Constitutional Court’s ruling on suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha term in office.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A pilot with the Singapore Airlines was charged in court on Friday (Sep 30) with various tax offences, including under-declaring his personal income tax over six years and submitting false documents when asked for details of his rental properties. As a result of his alleged offences of under-declaring hisContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: About 950,000 Singaporean households living in Housing Board (HDB) flats will receive their third quarterly Goods and Services Tax Voucher (GSTV) – U-Save and GSTV – service and conservancy charges (S&CC) rebates in October. The rebates are part of the permanent GSTV scheme and Household Support Package (HSP) announced during the 2022 Budget inContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Temasek Holdings said that market valuations had not yet priced in a global economic recession and that the state investor was waiting for further declines before stepping up investments. “Current valuations are not reflecting the risk of downturn we see in the next 12 to 18 months,” Temasek’sContinue Reading
Suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha went to work at the Defence Ministry on Friday morning and was expected to go home in the afternoon to hear the Constitutional Court’s ruling on his eight-year tenure.Continue Reading
The 15-month wait-out period may also affect the HDB resale market, particularly the bigger five-room and executive flats, say property analysts. Continue Reading
In announcing the cooling measures, Singapore authorities noted that market interest rates have risen significantly and are likely to rise further, which will affect borrowing costs for home purchases. “We urge households to exercise prudence before taking up any new loans and be sure of their debt-servicing ability before makingContinue Reading
First they came for factory jobs. Then they showed up in service industries. Now, machines are making inroads into the kind of white-collar office work once thought to be the exclusive preserve of humans. Read full storyContinue Reading
NAKHON PHANOM: An unidentified murder victim found in a suitcase in the Mekong River might be a Lao businesswoman missing from Vientiane since last week, relatives told police after seeing photos of her clothes.Continue Reading