Thai military junta to cancel general elections; 5th delay since 2014 coup The Thai military junta on Monday signalled that the long-postponed general elections will be delayed yet again, the fifth delay in less than […]
Parliament Briefs : CAAS to develop system to monitor drones The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) plans to develop a system to monitor unmanned aircraft systems. — Straits Times 32 O-level additional mathematics Paper […]
Singapore protests ‘provocative’ visit by Johor’s chief minister to Malaysian vessel in its territorial waters The Republic has sent a diplomatic note to Malaysia to protest against the visit by Johor’s chief minister to a […]
Pro-Election Rallies Causing ‘Chaos,’ Army Chief Says The nation’s army chief said protesters insisting that elections go ahead as planned next month are inciting “chaos.” — Khaosod English Smog serious threat to public health: experts […]
Security detail slain inside Pattani school during classes Four defence volunteers were shot dead inside a school in Yarang district shortly before noon on Thursday, as the violence shows no sign of easing in the […]
Property cooling measures had more bite than expected: DBS chief DBS bank’s property loans segment shrunk by 40 to 50 per cent after last July’s cooling measures, with the lender’s chief executive officer Piyush Gupta […]
Probe report on SingHealth data breach points to basic failings Staff who fell prey to phishing attacks. Weak administrator passwords. Not applying a patch that could have stopped the hacking. And an IT cyber-security team […]
Thai investment applications top $28bn in 2018, exceed target Investment applications in Thailand reached a total of 902 billion baht ($28.2 billion) worth of projects in 2018, 43 percent higher than requests the previous year […]
Whether emboldened by the outpouring of public support from around the globe or due to the boost it is giving the country’s stature, Thailand is continuing to play hard-ball defending the human rights of Rahaf […]
Honda Thailand Foundation’s (HTFs) Honda Khiang Khang Thai Fund (HKKT Fund) is a familiar site to the nations poor and minority rural dwellers, dispensing blankets and warm clothing ahead of the cold season, and pitching […]
Singapore’s greenhouse gas emissions top 50m tonnes: Report Singapore generated more than 50 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2014, the bulk of it from the burning of fossil fuels to generate energy for industries, […]
Commission lifts “yellow card” from Thailand for its actions against illegal fishing The European Commission delists Thailand from the group of “warned countries” as recognition of its progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. […]