SINGAPORE: A 46-year-old owner of a Novena penthouse paid more than S$152,000 to renovate his home, but over a year later, work remains unfinished while the contractor is nowhere to be found. Today, the more than 3,000 sq ft penthouse unit remains in a mess, with construction material piled up in the rooms and wires dangling...
KOTA TINGGI: A 48-year-old woman lost RM238,000 of her savings in a parcel scam. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Yusof Othman stated that the victim, employed in the private sector, received a call in August from a suspect posing as a courier company employee. The suspect alleged there was an issue with a parcel the victim sent. When the...
SINGAPORE: A risk and controls officer with an insurance firm, who earned more than S$11,000 a month used its corporate credit card to make 27 unauthorised transactions involving S$29,674 in total. Raul Randhawa, a 44-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal breach of trust and was sentenced to four months’ jail on Wednesday (Oct...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will announce a pay rise for all its 34,000 employees and be the first government-linked corporation (GLC) to raise its minimum wage to RM1,700 as stated in the Budget 2025, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said that the top management of TNB had agreed to this after...
CAIRO/RIYADH (Reuters): More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Most of dead were Egyptians. Security and medical sources told Reuters on Sunday that the Egyptian death toll had risen to 672...
PUTRAJAYA: Civil servants will take home a minimum overall monthly income of RM2,000 under the revamped Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA) said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. "Currently, the minimum overall income of civil servants is RM1,765. A new criteria and measurement will be introduced; the minumum overall income including allowances will be RM2,000," the Prime Minister...
PETALING JAYA: Nepali security guard Sherpa Dawa has been rewarded for handing in a suitcase containing over RM500,000 that he found in a parking lot. His employer, A5 Security Service, presented him an award and said that the 36-year-old's dedication to his job is something to be proud of. "We are proud to share that our dedicated...
KUALA LUMPUR: A company has come forward to claim the suitcase filled with over RM500,000 in cash found at a shopping mall's parking lot, says Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. He said that the company had lodged a police report in Shah Alam on the matter and added that while the company director...
CAIRO (Reuters): Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Feb 29 shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over. At least 112 people were killed and more than 280 wounded in the...
PUTRAJAYA: The RM2,000 Early Incentive Payment for civil servants will be made on Feb 23, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic). He said this when speaking at the Finance Ministry's assembly here on Tuesday (Feb 6) morning. Anwar added that this is the Early Incentive Payment of RM2,000 to all civil servants grade 56 and...
