MALAYSIA: The Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) has welcomed the Board of Directors and Management of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance (MIDF) Berhad for a strategic engagement focused on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone’s (JS-SEZ) investment landscape and emerging op...
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A 16-year-old male student in Malaysia allegedly attacked a female teacher while live-streaming the incident with a phone attached to his forehead. Police later found an axe, a penknife and firecrackers in the student's school bag. The student was eventually restrained, and the t...
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Baby Trevor Neo, who died after being abused by his parents, was not referred to the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)’s Protective Service or any social service agency before his death. Trevor was admitted on Jan. 18, 2024, when his father brought him to the hospit...
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Senior Counsel Jimmy Yim and former LawSoc vice-president Samuel Chacko, the two heavyweight lawyers contesting in groups this election, were both successfully elected to the council....
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A former Indonesian trade minister Muhammad Lutfi has taken to social media to criticise Singapore and Malaysia's responses regarding the role of Indonesian companies in what is turning out to be the most severe and longest haze episode in the past decade. In one of his Instagram...
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This was the second of three rounds of retrenchments announced in July this year, as GovTech seeks to let go of 7 to 9 per cent of its workforce amid a transition to a new operating model....
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has issued an advisory warning the public about a surge in WhatsApp account takeover scams where fraudsters impersonate account owners to solicit loans and money transfers from their contacts, with at least 128 cases reported and total ...
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Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has said the use of fire to clear or manage land is not allowed throughout its supply chain. This comes after the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) issued a temporary restriction notice on APP's enhanced Singapore Green Labelling Scheme (SGLS+) certifica...
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Vulnerabilities had resided in the programming software for years until they were uncovered by AI.
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Toh now has a total of four medals at the Games this year, but no gold.
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Malaysian UMNO Youth chief (Melaka) Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh is selling his motorcycle and farmed tilapia fish to raise RM300,000 (S$93,884) after losing a defamation lawsuit against Democratic Action Party (DAP) (Kuala Lumpur) MP Teresa Kok. In a Facebook post on Oct. 21, Akmal sa...
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A 24-year-old man in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of murdering a 39-year-old woman who tried to end their relationship. According to a press release by the Metropolitan Police , Deepak Sandhu, an Indian national, was sentenced on ...
