Daily Debrief: What Happened Today

Singapore News News

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today
Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines
  • 📰 BusinessTimes
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 18 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 51%

Daily debrief: Singapore retail sales fall 8.5% in July as Covid-19 continues to pummel sector; 5,280 Singaporeans retrenched in first half of 2020: Josephine Teo; and more at

THE Self-Employed Person Income Relief Scheme is expected to cost S$2 billion in total with the disbursement of the third and final tranche in October, far more than the original S$1.2 billion set aside in the Resilience Budget in March, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said in Parliament on Friday.

ABOUT 400 companies are on the Fair Consideration Framework watchlist for reasons related to foreign hiring practices, but it would be counter-productive to name these firms instead of helping them to employ locals, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo in Parliament on Friday, responding to questions filed by various Members of Parliament.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

BusinessTimes /  🏆 15. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Daily Debrief: What Happened TodayDaily Debrief: What Happened TodayInvestors still interested despite Covid-19; Singapore cannot afford to turn inwards: PM Lee, IHH Healthcare completes acquisition of Prince Court Medical Centre for RM1.02b at
Read more »

Daily Debrief: What Happened TodayDaily Debrief: What Happened TodayBiofourmis raises US$100m in Series C round led by SoftBank, MAS introduces new SGD funding facility for banks, boosts access to liquidity at
Read more »

India reports record daily jump of 83,883 COVID-19 infectionsIndia reports record daily jump of 83,883 COVID-19 infectionsIndia reported another record daily jump of 83,883 coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking its tally to 3.85 million, just 100,000 behind ...
Read more »

India reports daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infectionsIndia reports daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infectionsBENGALURU (REUTERS) - India reported a daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infections on Friday (Sept 4), taking its tally to 3.94 million, health ministry data showed, as Asia's worst-hit country closes in on Brazil as the world's second most affected nation from the virus.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »

New South Wales sees biggest daily rise in infections in two weeksNew South Wales sees biggest daily rise in infections in two weeksSYDNEY Australia's most populous state reported the biggest daily jump in infections in two weeks yesterday, as new cases nationally also ticked up. New South Walesreported 17 new cases, the biggest one-day jump since Aug 12, while nationally the count rose to 109 cases fro...
Read more »



Render Time: 2025-04-20 16:28:10