Remember the infamous ‘Chao ni ma’ Trans-Cab driver who recently made headlines after being caught on video violently harassing a motorist and berating a couple in two separate incidents? Well, apparently the cabby finally decided to share his side of the story in what seemed to be a comically peculiar interview that dwells on his equally comically peculiar persona. As …

A global survey of institutional investors commissioned by financial automation software leader BlackLine, Inc reveals that 92% of Singapore investors believe companies in their portfolio often resort to legal but ‘creative’ accounting tactics in order to attract or satisfy investors, causing investors to increase scrutiny over portfolio company financials. The survey, which covered over 760 institutional investors across the world including …

DHL Global Forwarding, the leading global brand in the logistics industry, and a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group (“DPDHL Group” or “the Group”), has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer in Asia Pacific, as well as in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, for 2020, in its first attempt applying for this prestigious …

by Euler Hermes Hong Kong, 3 December 2019 – Higher uncertainty and higher global tariffs are taking a toll on trade: In 2019, the volume of global trade of goods and services should grow at its slowest pace in a decade (+1.5%). As a result, exporters are likely to see USD420bn in losses this year, according to Euler Hermes’ latest Global …

The Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) continues to break through with exciting debuts and triumphant conclusions in its 43rd year of festival-making. The first wave of productions for Singapore’s pinnacle performing arts event features new works from local theatre companies Nine Years Theatre, The Finger Players, and The Necessary Stage created in collaboration with international artists. Toy Factory Productions …

Creative Nation, a new social impact organisation, will officially be launched this coming Saturday (7 Dec) with the support of the National Youth Council of Singapore (NYC). This event will be Singapore’s first-ever youth-driven social impact convention. The Creative Nation launch, which will be held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Cassia Ballroom, Level 3, from 11am …

Last Friday (29 Nov), Gojek celebrated its first year in Singapore with a new milestone of 30 million completed trips. The number represents a threefold increase in completed trips in just six months as the company hit the 10-million mark back in June. Since its launch on 29 November 2018, Gojek Singapore has seen exponential growth. Singapore is now Gojek’s …

Following two videos that went viral last Friday (29 Nov), featuring a Trans-Cab driver violently harassing a motorist in one and berating a couple in another, TOC reached out to Trans-Cab for their comments on both incidents but was left out in the cold. However, as reported by The Straits Times (ST) on 30 November, Trans-Cab has terminated the contract …

A dramatic video of a Trans-Cab driver on frenzy mode as he violently harassed a motorist by slamming and kicking his car has been making rounds on the Internet in the past couple of hours. The video was also uploaded on Facebook page Singapore Road Accident just before noon today with the title “Strong elbow hitting car windows”. Nonetheless, it …

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, announced at CyberCrimeCon 2019 earlier today (29 Nov) a collaboration with Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) to further strengthen Singapore’s cybersecurity talent pipeline and raise awareness of modern cyber threats in the region. Mr Ilya Sachkov, Group-IB CEO & founder, and Mr Patrice Choong, Director of NP’s School of InfoComm Technology, signed a …