SYDNEY: Survivors of a 2009 firestorm which killed 119 people in Australia Monday launched a class action against a Singapore power company over the disaster which lawyers described as entirely preventable. The Kilmore East blaze was the largest of the Black Saturday February 2009 wil...
Singapore ruling party needs to reconnect SINGAPORE: This island republic's ruling party needs to reconnect with voters or face more severe setbacks in national polls, analysts said Sunday after a massive swing to the opposition in a by-election dominated by debate over the rising cos...
SINGAPORE: Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 1.3 per cent last year from 5.2 per cent in 2011, mainly due to weaknesses in the externally-oriented sectors, the Ministry of Trade said. For 2013, the ministry is maintaining its economic growth forecast at 1.0 to ...
Singapore under pressure over global match-fixing ring SINGAPORE: Singapore's reputation for low corruption came under fire Tuesday after revelations that a criminal gang based in the city-state rigged hundreds of football matches in Europe and elsewhere. While police had no immediate...
SINGAPORE: Singapore's investment in Iskandar Malaysia is set to soar with Global Capital & Development's (GCD) deal worth S$1 billion in gross development value with Link (THM) Holdings Pte. Ltd. to develop the Media Village @ Medini Iskandar. In a statement Thursday, GCD, the conces...
Singapore Straits Times lied about Anwar's shadow cabinet? KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) communication director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has denied that the party’s de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had promised to form a Pakatan Rakyat shadow cabinet, as reported by the...
SINGAPORE: Singapore's governing party faces a poll test this month to fill the seat of the ex-parliamentary speaker who quit over an affair, officials said Wednesday, at a time of growing criticism of its rule. The January 26 by-election will give a new snapshot of the public mood tw...
