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Two men and a woman charged in Court for insider trading

On 19 January 2023, two men and a woman, aged between 59 and 62, were charged in court with insider trading offences under the Securities and Futures Act (“SFA”). The Singapore Police Force said that the decision to charge...

Some local banks’ fixed mortgage interest rates have fallen from all time highs

After a series of sharp increases, the fixed-rate mortgage packages of some local banks began to rise and fall, and the annual interest rate of some packages has fallen below 4%. OCBC told MediaCorp's English-language news site CNA that its...

ComfortDelGro investigates taxi driver after passenger TikToks that he kept sending her text messages for one-and-a-half years

A local female passenger recently shared online that a taxi driver was texting her every few months after allegedly getting her phone number through an old version of the app. The TikTok user Yatty said that she called a ComfortDelGro...

Tay Kheng Soon leaves NUS after accusations of being ‘racist’

Tay Kheng Soon, a well-known architect and an adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), has departed from the university. He shared on Facebook, "I left NUS because they were told that I am a racist." The 82-year-old...

Man who who used app loopholes to trick FoodPanda of $170,000 was sentenced to 31 months in prison

A man was sentenced to 31 months in prison for taking advantage of a loophole in the accounting system of food delivery platform FoodPanda to refuse to pay after ordering more than $170,000 of food and goods. A 25-year-old man,...

Three men who stole over $100,000 from coin-operated car wash machines dealt with by authorities

There are coin-operated self-service car wash systems in the multi-storey car parks of several government housing estates across the island; after three local men discovered that they could easily open the device and steal the coins inside with only...

Prices of some primary and secondary school textbooks to increase by up to 7%

The textbook price freeze period approved by the Ministry of Education during the period of Covid-19, has ended. Parents with children in primary and secondary schools may have to pay 7% more than last year when purchasing some textbooks...

Singapore police arrest man for loan shark harassment

The Singapore Police have arrested a 37-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of loanshark harassment. Since March 2022, the Police have been alerted to a series of loanshark harassment island-wide, where more than 30 residents received letters...

Non-PMETs less likely to find meaning and purpose in work compared to other workers: IPS

According to the Institute for Policy Studies survey, professionals, managers, executives and technicians are more likely than clerical workers, service workers, cleaners and manual workers to find their work meaningful. The Institute for Policy Studies at the National University of...

Will the next General Election in Singapore be held this year?

With the Finance Minister and Prime Minister Designate, Lawrence Wong, promising that Budget 2023 (which will be delivered on 14 February) will be his 'Valentine's Day present' to help Singaporeans cope with rising costs, speculation has been rife if...
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Two former Keppel FELS employees fined for accepting bribes from suppliers

Two former employees of Keppel's offshore and marine subsidiary Keppel FELS have been fined after being convicted of accepting...
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