As per the report release earlier this week, public administrations of 120 countries were ranked and the city-state topped the list.
Category: Singapore
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh, Ding Liren settle for draw in Game 9, reach 4.5 points each
The two players signed peace after 54 moves. While Friday is a rest day, Gukesh and Liren will play game 10 on Saturday.
Singapore Bird Paradise welcomes gentoo penguin chicks; rescued rockhopper penguin has a shot at love
Pascale, the one-year-old female northern rockhopper penguin, arrived in Singapore from Perth Zoo on 28 November 2024. Following a two-week isolation period for close monitoring, she makes her debut in the Bird Paradise penguin habitat in the second week of December.
Singapore Art Museum exhibiting works of SEA Artists Yee I-Lann and Pratchaya Phinthong
Titled Yee I-Lann: Mansau-Ansau and Pratchaya Phinthong: No Patents on Ideas, these exhibitions showcase the practices of two leading artists from the same generation.
PM Wong named secretary general of Singapore’s ruling party
Wong succeeds Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who stepped down in May this year from the premiership.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh, Ding Liren play out yet another draw, score tied at 4 after Game 8
The drawn match left both the players on an identical tally of 4 points each, still shy of 3.5 points in order to win the championship.
Singapore tycoon and wife arrested in Malaysia after 19-year manhunt in SGD 72 million embezzlement case
The arrests of Ng and Thor were made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), whose agents then handed over the two fugitives immediately to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Further investigations are currently on-going.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh squanders advantage, settles for draw in Game 7
Earlier in the day, Gukesh yet again tightened the noose in the opening. He has clearly been the better player when it came to springing surprises at the start. Moving his knight forward on the first move, the Indian faced the Neo-Grunfeld defense from Liren, and as early as in the seventh turn, Gukesh came up with a surprise idea.
MAS slaps penalty of SGD 2.4 million on JPMorgan Chase Bank for misconduct by relationship managers in 24 bond transactions
In 24 over-the-counter bond transactions, the RMs had made inaccurate or incomplete disclosures to clients, resulting in the clients being charged spreads that were above the bilaterally agreed rates. These transactions took place between November 2018 and September 2019, said MAS.
Singapore-based PIO entrepreneur helps violence-hit Manipuri women crochet stuffed dolls, sell products
Karam further said that his team had seen displaced women involved in making candles, incense, and washing powders, only to struggle with selling the finished products. He said they decided to make the doll-making project much simpler.
