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Eagle News — Thailand’s police chief said, a Canadian suspected of robbing a Singapore bank of s$30,000 ($22,250) will be sent abroad. But he did not say whether he would be sent to Singapore or Canada. The rare bank robbery in Singapore sparked a flurry of debate about whether the country has grown too complacent about security, with crime rates among the lowest in the world. Thai immigration police named the suspect on Tuesday (July […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A top Singapore bank said Thursday it has suspended loans to anyone wanting to buy property in London, citing uncertainty from Britain’s vote to quit the EU but dealing a blow to investors looking to make the most of the weak pound. United Overseas Bank (UOB), one of the city-state’s three homegrown lenders, said it was monitoring the market closely to determine when the loans would resume. “We will temporarily stop […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message, the carrier said. No one was injured aboard the Boeing 777-300ER, but one passenger described those moments as a “so-close to death” experience. SIA said in a statement the plane was en route from Singapore to Milan when an engine oil warning […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore on Monday crushed and burnt almost eight tonnes of ivory confiscated over two years to try to deter smugglers as activists called for tighter enforcement. Over 2,700 elephant tusks weighing 7.9 tonnes were fed into an industrial rock crusher before incineration. It was the fist time seized ivory had been destroyed in Singapore, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said in a statement. Previous hauls were returned to the originating country, […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore confirmed Wednesday it would cut off Internet access for government work stations within a year for security reasons, a surprise move in one of the world’s most wired countries. The decision will not disrupt government operations, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) said after local daily The Straits Times reported that some 100,000 computers would be affected. “We have started to separate Internet access from the work stations of a selected […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The remains of Australian troops killed in the Vietnam War and their families were returned to Sydney Thursday in a formal military ceremony, half a century after being buried in Malaysia and Singapore. Thirty-three bodies, interred in Malaysia’s Terendak Cemetery and Singapore’s Kranji War Cemetery, were brought home in flag-drapped coffins on two Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft. Almost 60,000 Australian military personnel fought alongside the United States in […]
Here are just some of the photos of the distribution of Iglesia Ni Cristo pamphlets in Singapore. The intensive distribution was done on Saturday (May 14) and Sunday (May 15) in preparation for the Reconnect: Worldwide Intensive Propagation on May 22, with an evangelical mission to be broadcast all over the world at the Philippine Arena to be officiated by INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo.
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) Tuesday 5/3/2016 – The Singapore government on Tuesday announced the arrest of eight Bangladeshi men who allegedly plotted terror attacks, including assassinations, back home to establish an Islamic state. The suspects were arrested under the tough Internal Security Act in April and had originally planned to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group, the Singapore home ministry said. Items seized included bomb-making manuals, and a list of government and military officials targeted for […]
Seven Filipino overseas voters who were not registered at the Philippine Embassy in Moscow were able to vote at the Embassy on April 26 following a new Comelec rule allowing this. The new Comelec rule provides that all registered overseas voters with active registration status may vote at the Foreign Service Post (FSP) near their current residence or work. A day after the Philippine Embassy in Moscow circulated this new rule, six voters registered in Hong […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A Singaporean couple were convicted on Wednesday of violating employment laws for starving their Philippine maid until her weight dropped to 29 kilograms (64 pounds). Trader Lim Choon Hong and his wife, Chong Sui Foon, both 47, admitted failing to provide enough food for a foreign domestic worker over a 15-month period. They will be sentenced at a later date. The offence is punishable by up to a year in jail plus […]
