Employers in Singapore no longer need to put up security bond when hiring Filipino helpers

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SINGAPORE: The Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers and Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Wednesday (Sep 7) announced that a banker’s guarantee and performance bond would no longer be required when hiring Filipino domestic workers in Singapore.  Singaporean employment agencies and employers are required to purchase a $5,000 security bondContinue Reading

Weighing the risks of a Zaporizhzhia nuclear meltdown

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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has called on Russia and Ukraine to set up a “safety and security protection zone” around the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar. The plea, made on September 6, 2022, by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), comes amid mounting concern that the facility – […]

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Putin meets Myanmar junta chief, hails ‘positive’ ties

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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed “positive” ties with Myanmar on Wednesday (Sep 7) as he met with the country’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok. “Myanmar is our long-standing and reliable partner in Southeast Asia … Our relations are developing in a positiveContinue Reading