Articles by Kiersnerr Gerwin Tacadena

Singapore: Unemployment rate and retrenchments ease in Q2

According to Singapore Labour Market Advance Release, the seasonally-adjusted (SA) unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.2 percent in June.

Jul 31, 2017

MTI, STB seek feedback on amendments for travel agents law

Singapore: Bank lending sees the biggest growth in over two years

Bank loans in Singapore have grown from last month's growth of 6.8 percent.

Jul 31, 2017

Singapore: Strong interest income boosts UOB's net profit to S$845m

In the past quarter, the group was supported by a robust net interest income, which increased 12% to S$1.36 billion.

Jul 28, 2017

Check out Singapore's 50 richest people this year

Holding the throne as the richest in Singapore are Robert and Philip Ng, with a net worth of $9.4 billion.

Jul 28, 2017

Singapore: OCBC alerts public on rising phone scams impersonating the bank

OCBC's net profit climbs 22% to S$1.08b in Q2

OCBC CEO said the strong business momentum was achieved across all three business pillars – banking, wealth management and insurance.

Jul 27, 2017

Singapore SMEs lag on debt repayments

According to the released by the DP Information Group, the percentage of SME debt paid on time fell to just 37 per cent in the second quarter of 2017.

Jul 27, 2017

Scoot to fly to 5 new destinations starting next year

Scoot also unveiled the new uniform designs of its Scootees crew members.

Jul 27, 2017

Singapore to impose visa requirements on North Koreans from October

Visa expands global transaction processing with new data centre in Singapore

The two facilities will commence processing global transactions next year.

Jul 26, 2017

SIA Engineering's net profit nosedives by 81.8% to S$36.2m

According to the group, its profit attributable to owners of S$36.2m was 81.8% lower than last year's S$198.4m.

Jul 26, 2017

Changi Airport to host open house for upcoming Terminal 4

T4 will be the first one to offer end-to-end Fast and Seamless Travel (FAST) for departing passengers.

Jul 26, 2017

Biomed sector boosts Singapore's manufacturing output growth to 13.1%

The ever-strong electronics cluster reflected a 25.5 percent output expansion in June.

Jul 26, 2017

Singapore: Consumer price index eases in June, down to 0.5%

Singapore's inflation for the month of June moderated to 0.5 percent from 1.4 percent in the preceding month.

Jul 24, 2017

SIA flight to Istanbul turns back to Singapore after suicide attacks at Turkey airport

Singapore: Airfares and hotel prices to rise due to higher fuel oil costs

This forecast is higher than the expected airfare increase in the Asia Pacific region, which is at 2.8 percent.

Jul 22, 2017

AI tech to boost Singapore's annual economic growth to 5.4% in 2035

The city-state is even ahead of the largest economies in the globe including the United States, Germany, United Kingdom and Japan.

Jul 22, 2017

Philippine troops kill 4 Abu Sayyaf militants in Bohol

Singapore army to aid Philippines battle terrorism

Singapore's support was announced during a meeting with Philippine Secretary of National Defence.

Jul 20, 2017

Singapore: Sales of new private homes rises in July

HDB to help young Singapore couples to get their homes sooner

This is to slash the waiting time for couples who are eyeing to snap up their first homes.

Jul 20, 2017

Weak affordability sentiment haunts Singapore's property market

However, overall customer satisfaction with the real estate climate has already improved since its lowest point in 2013.

Jul 19, 2017

Singapore economy expands by 1.8 per cent in Quarter 1

Singapore Telco: M1's half-year net profit slumps 17.6% to S$68.8m

M1's mobile telecommunications and international call services clocked in a revenue of S$345 million in the first half of the year.

Jul 19, 2017

changi airport voted world's best airport

SIA Group's load factor for June hits 82.7%

For Singapore Airlines (SIA), passenger carriage increased by 5.4 percent compared to the previous year.

Jul 18, 2017

Singapore: Developer sales on a temporary lull in June

According to real estate firm JLL, the decline is due to the mid-year vacation period.

Jul 18, 2017

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