National Wages Council: 10% cut in basic pay or lower MVC, if wage cuts necessary
In the event that wages need to be reduced, it has been suggested by the National Wages Council (NWC) that...
Getting to know what is monetary policy in Singapore & the S$NEER
On Monday (30 March), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) stated that it will set the rate of the appreciation...
STI slid 2.4%, shares fell following monetary easing by MAS
Following the adjustment on the country’s exchange rate-based monetary policy on Monday (30 March) morning by the Monetary Authority of...
MAS lowers currency band to zero in monetary easing move
Earlier this morning (30 March), the central bank of Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has drawn back on its...
SIA stocks remained negative despite fund-raising and supplementary budget announcements
On Friday morning (27 March), following the announcement of the government’s Resilience Budget worth S$48.4 billion to combat the COVID-19...
Resilience Budget’s provision of unemployment benefit and wage subsidies may be insufficient
On Thursday (26 March), a large-scale supplementary budget was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat in order to...
EDB: Singapore factory output declined 1.1% in February
According to the preliminary data released by the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Thursday (26 March), Singapore’s factory output dropped...
Singapore: Nationally-developed Coronavirus encounter-tracing app TraceTogether to be open-sourced
A smartphone app developed by the Singaporean digital government team will be open sourced. The app allows the tracking of...
MTI: Singapore’s 2020 growth forecast turns negative as Q1 GDP shrinks 2.2%
The official gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) for Singapore for 2020...
Price of 95-octane grade petrol dropped 20 cents a litre due to oil price crash
In Singapore, the price of the most popular 95-octane grade petrol at pump stations dropped by S$0.20 per litre. This...
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Postponed Tokyo Olympics to open July 23 next year -
France urges companies to not pay dividends -
35 additional cases of COVID-19 infection; 14 unlinked local cases and three new clusters -
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura passes away due to complications caused by COVID-19 -
Spain announces 812 virus deaths in 24 hours, total 7,340 -
HDB to upgrade 230,000 flats with more contemporary and better quality fittings -
Medical experts from China and S. Korea underline importance of wearing masks during COVID-19 pandemic — contrary to WHO’s recommendation -
High Court dismisses all three Section 377A challenges -
57-year old seafood seller identified as first from Huanan Market to test positive for COVID-19 -
Moscow begins lockdown, as Russia regions prepare for confinement -
WHO refused to acknowledge Taiwan, praises Singapore instead -
National Wages Council: 10% cut in basic pay or lower MVC, if wage cuts necessary -
Columbia Sportswear’s CEO takes pay cut on own salary while continuing to pay employees amid COVID-19 crisis -
PM Lee cautions public about fake COVID-19 email allegedly sent by him asking for “contribution” -
Impossible Foods launches Earth Month campaign to highlight Singapore’s environmental impact
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Legal brothels in S'pore to close until the end of next month -
This is not a time for the government to be playing Jekyll and Hyde with Singaporeans -
PM Lee goes on walkabout in Ang Mo Kio, distributes bottles of hand sanitiser to patrons at Teck Ghee Court Food Centre -
Ministry of Manpower will not extend temporary housing support to Malaysian workers -
Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem -
Lightning never strikes twice? For Dr Tan Cheng Bock, it could even be thrice -
Resilience Budget: S'pore to freeze all govt charges and fees for one year until Mar 2021, temporarily suspend student loan repayments, says DPM Heng Swee Keat -
DPM Heng had responded to some requests for private-hire bus drivers facing challenges amid COVID-19 crisis, says WP’s chief -
More Indonesians carrying Covid-19 virus arriving to seek treatments in Singapore hospitals - PAP's eagerness for a general election during global pandemic may create unhelpful speculation for the government
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What are we to make of an opposition that is reduced to being a mere spectator in a crisis? -
Third death from COVID-19 infection in Singapore, 70-yr-old who had no recent travel history to affected areas and link to previous cases -
Lee Hsien Yang shares photo of late Lee Kuan Yew’s favourite carpet on his father’s fifth death anniversary -
Temasek's largest shareholdings plunged S$34.24 billion in three months -
Closing our borders to short term visitors but still going ahead with general elections, is contradictory
