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: 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: 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 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 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 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...
Singapore arrests Indian boy over Facebook bomb threat SINGAPORE, Jan 1, 2013 (AFP) - Singapore police on Tuesday arrested a 13-year-old Indian boy for posting a Facebook message in which he allegedly threatened to bomb a luxury casino resort in the city-state. The unnamed boy vowed t...
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...
