Global IT Consultancy Xebia Acquires coMakeIT to Support Clients’ Continuous Innovation
Global IT Consultancy Xebia Acquires coMakeIT to Support Clients’ Continuous Innovation

Hilversum, the Netherlands, 22 June 2021 – Xebia, the global IT consultancy firm, has acquired software product engineering company coMakeIT to support clients’ continuous innovation and business growth. coMakeIT, founded in the Netherlands in 2006, helps product and software companies thrive by providing software product expertise, people and tools needed to meet ambitious objectives. Today,... » read more

Wintermar wins 5-year contract for 2 OSVs supporting Indonesian Oilfield
Wintermar wins 5-year contract for 2 OSVs supporting Indonesian Oilfield

JAKARTA, May 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Wintermar group has been awarded a 5 year contract to provide 2 Offshore Support Vessels for a multinational oil and gas company in Indonesia. Wintermar will supply 2 units of Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels to support production off the northern coast of East Java... » read more

950,000 S’porean HDB households to get $135m in S&CC rebates from April

SINGAPORE – About 950,000 Singaporean HDB households will receive $135 million in service and conservancy charge (S&CC) rebates from next month to March next year. This is part of the $900 million Household Support Package announced in this year’s Budget, to provide additional support to families during this period of uncertainty, said the Ministry of... » read more

More help urged for caregivers, most of whom are women
More help urged for caregivers, most of whom are women

MPs yesterday called for more support for caregivers, the majority of whom are women who have made sacrifices to look after children, the elderly and people with disabilities. On the second day of the Budget debate, various suggestions were put forward to help this group, including providing career counselling for caregivers to start and return... » read more

From The Backbench
From The Backbench

GAN THIAM POH (ANG MO KIO GRC) Extending childcare leave amid Covid-19 Mr Gan noted that currently, if a young child falls sick, he is given at least five days of medical leave by the doctor due to Covid-19 conditions. “At least one parent has to take leave to look after the child. If the... » read more

$11b Resilience package to help Singapore bounce back

A total of $11 billion will be set aside for a Covid-19 Resilience Package which will support a three-pronged approach to help Singapore bounce back from Covid-19. It will address immediate needs to safeguard public health and reopen the economy safely, support workers and businesses, and target specific sectors under stress, Deputy Prime Minister Heng... » read more

Moonstake Wallet To Start Staking Support as the World’s First Validator for Centrality
Moonstake Wallet To Start Staking Support as the World’s First Validator for Centrality

SINGAPORE, Feb 11, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – In anticipation of Centrality’s staking support, Moonstake has successfully launched the world’s first CENNZ validator. Moonstake will be the first wallet in the world to support CENNZ staking. Moonstake successfully completed the API connection to CENNZnet and has been preparing for development for staking support. Moonstake’s wallet... » read more

Budget 2021: More targeted support for firms, workers to seize new opportunities
Budget 2021: More targeted support for firms, workers to seize new opportunities

SINGAPORE – Five Budgets, nearly $100 billion committed in Covid-19 support measures, and up to $52 billion drawn from past reserves. A deficit to the tune of $74.2 billion – Singapore’s biggest since independence in 1965. This represents the unprecedented fiscal firepower the Government unleashed last year to save jobs, support workers and protect livelihoods.... » read more

Moonstake Wallet Officially Commences Staking Support for QURAS
Moonstake Wallet Officially Commences Staking Support for QURAS

SINGAPORE, Jan 15, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Today, Moonstake announced the support of staking Quras’s cryptocurrency XQC in Moonstake’s Web and Mobile Wallets. In April of last year, Moonstake announced a strategic partnership with QURAS, and two companies have been working together on the Moonstake’s development of all necessary functions as a node. QURAS... » read more

Sports World : Application for fund support opens today

Application for fund support opens today Aspiring athletes who are aiming to represent Singapore at international competitions this year will be able to apply for the Temasek Foundation Inspire Fund from today till Feb 12, said Sport Singapore and the National Youth Sport Institute. The $100,000 fund aims to provide more opportunities to athletes who... » read more

Moonstake Wallet Officially Announces Staking Support for Polkadot (DOT)
Moonstake Wallet Officially Announces Staking Support for Polkadot (DOT)

SINGAPORE, Jan 8, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Today, Moonstake announced the support of staking Polkadot’s cryptocurrency DOT, one of top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, in Moonstake’s Web Wallet. After Cosmos, IRISnet, Ontology, Harmony, Tezos, Cardano and Qtum became the 8th available staking coin on Moonstake Web Wallet. Polkadot is a next-generation blockchain protocol... » read more

95,000 receive financial help through Covid-19 Support Grant
95,000 receive financial help through Covid-19 Support Grant

Around 95,000 Singaporeans and permanent residents have received financial help through the Covid-19 Support Grant (CSG), including 22,000 people who successfully applied for a second tranche. Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli provided the update in a Facebook post yesterday. The minister did not state the total amount disbursed, but it was reported... » read more