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Foreigner charged for submitting fake degree to MOM

Document counterfeiters openly ply their trade in Manila The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has charged a Myanmar national, Kyaw Swar Win, for submitting a forged academic certificate to the Controller of Work Passes to obtain a work pass. Kyaw pleaded guilty to the charge in Court yesterday (30 Oct) and was sentenced to 4 weeks'...

Economy slows down but Government’s tax revenue & surplus go up

Despite the slowdown of the Singapore's economy, MAS yesterday (30 Oct) reported that the Government's operating revenue hit $26.7 billion for the first 6 months of the year, beating the $25.5 billion collected in the same period last year. GDP growth last year in 2011 was 4.9%. For this year 2012, MTI estimates growth to be...

More than meets the eye on The Sunday Times’s ‘millionaire’ cabby

After the Sunday Times featured a cab driver earning $7,000 a month last Sun (28 Oct), there has been a flurry of exchanges among netizens on the Net. Most were quite skeptical and wondered if the Sunday Times' story is true. In the ST story, the cabby, Mohammed Hasnor Bin Hashim, 32, was said to have given up his $5,000 security...