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Singapore’s core inflation rises to 4.4% in June, highest since November 2008
Singapore's core inflation in June hit its highest level since November 2008, with stronger price increases across most categories such as services, food, retail, as well as electricity and gas.
Core inflation, which excludes…
100% checks on departing vehicles will affect trade and travel, says ICA in response to fugitive…
While all vehicles entering Singapore's land checkpoints are checked by immigration officers, doing the same for every outgoing vehicle would have a significant impact on trade and travel, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority…
100 suspects arrested in islandwide raid, drugs worth S$470,000 seized
Drugs worth S$470,000 were seized in a five-day drug bust that saw 100 suspects arrested, said the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in a news release on Saturday (Jul 23).
The haul comprised 194g of heroin, 657g of Ice, 9,339g of cannabis,…
6 local cases of BA.2.75 subvariant detected in Singapore
Six local COVID-19 cases with the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 were reported on Friday (Jul 22) in the Ministry of Health's (MOH) daily update of infection statistics.
All cases were isolated upon testing positive for COVID-19 and had mild…
More frozen chicken from Indonesia expected in August, first shipment delivered to distributor
More frozen chicken from Indonesia is set to arrive in Singapore next month, after the first batch containing 50 tonnes of frozen chicken was shipped here last week.
The first shipment of products, comprising two containers of chicken,…
Singapore continuing to improve connectivity with Johor, says PM Lee
Singapore is continuing to improve connectivity with Johor, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Jul 20), adding that the southern Malaysian state plays a crucial role in maintaining close cooperation between the two countries.…
Johor Sultan awarded honorary degree by NUS during visit to Singapore
Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar was awarded an honorary degree by the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Wednesday (Jul 20).
In a press release, the university said Sultan Ibrahim was conferred the…
PM Lee Hsien Loong sends condolences to Japan leader Kishida over Shinzo Abe’s death
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday (July 9) conveyed his condolences to his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida over the death of former leader Shinzo Abe.
In a lengthy letter, PM Lee expressed his "deepest condolences…
Singapore: Measures to be put in place for cancer patients affected by changes to treatment claim…
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will put in place measures for a “small number of exceptional" cancer patients affected by a change to outpatient cancer drug treatment claims, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam on…
Singaporean jailed for deceiving Amazon, Google for S$7.6 million worth of cloud services
A man was sentenced to 10 years' jail on Thursday (Jun 23) for impersonating two others to deceive Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google for about US$5.4 million (S$7.6 million) worth of cloud computing services.
Ho Jun Jia, 32, also…