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Shopee lays off more Singapore staff, will give ‘appropriate compensation’
Employees affected by e-commerce platform Shopee's latest round of job cuts will be given "appropriate compensation packages" in line with market norms, the firm said in a joint statement with the Creative Media and Publishing Union (CMPU)…
Sections of Ulu Pandan Park Connector briefly closed after flash flood warning
Sections of the Ulu Pandan Park Connector in Ghim Moh were closed on Sunday morning after water levels in the Ulu Pandan Canal almost reached the level of the park connector.
Flash flood warnings issued by national water agency PUB at…
One firefighter injured, 115 evacuated in Woodlands Industrial Park fire
Firefighters took three hours to extinguish a blaze at an industrial park in Woodlands on Saturday morning, with one fireman injured in the operation.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said on Facebook that it was alerted to a fire…
No significant disruption to rice supply in Singapore, but some may raise prices due to…
Rice importers here have not faced any significant disruption in bringing in rice from India so far, while Singapore's rice imports from countries, such as Vietnam and Thailand, are still healthy.
In addition, the nation's Rice Stockpile…
Jail for 2 ex-directors who pocketed over $1.2m in their firm’s gold investment Ponzi scheme
Two former directors who pocketed a total of more than $1.2 million in their firm's Ponzi scheme were each sentenced to three years and 10 months' jail on Monday.
At the time of the offenses between December 2009 and October 2010,…
6 taken to hospital after traffic accident at junction of Keppel Road and Cantonment Link
Six people were taken to hospital on Saturday night after a traffic accident at the junction of Keppel Road and Cantonment Link.
One of them was a 50-year-old male ComfortDelGro taxi driver who suffered leg and chest injuries.
The police…
Activist Jolovan Wham chooses to serve 15-day jail term in lieu of fine over assembly outside State…
Activist Jolovan Wham chose to start serving a 15-day jail term in lieu of paying a $3,000 fine on Friday, after the High Court dismissed his appeal for holding a one-person assembly outside the former State Courts building.
The…
Oil tumbles to lowest since January over global demand concerns
Oil retreated to the lowest level since January on concerns that a global slowdown will cut demand in Europe and the US just as China's zero-Covid-19 strategy hurts consumption.
West Texas Intermediate sank below US$86 a barrel, after…
Marcos gets grand welcome from Filipinos in Singapore
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was mobbed by his Filipino supporters on the first day of his two-day state visit to Singapore on Tuesday.
The Office of the President estimated close to 2,000 Filipinos were at the University…
Canadian warship docks at Changi Naval Base in deployment to Asia-Pacific
Canadian warship HMCS Winnipeg arrived in Singapore on Tuesday as part of a six-month deployment to the Asia-Pacific region - the seventh Canadian ship to visit here in five years.
The frigate will be docked at Changi Naval Base for a week…