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However, the two corruption charges were later amended to two more charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code. On 23 September 2024, Iswaran made a "voluntary disgorgement" (returning ill-gotten gains) of S$380,305.95 to the state. The trial began the next day at 10:00, with Judge Vincent Hoong presiding over the case. [22]
By 20 June 2024, a "large majority" of the oil spills in beaches in Singapore had been removed. Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat stated that it would take "some time" before all the oil deposits are completely removed because the clean-up efforts had thus far focused on oil clearly visible on the surface and the next step would be to "flush out ...
On 1 July 2024, the River Valley High School killer, who was then 19, filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal against his jail term, seeking to reduce the sentence to between eight and ten years' imprisonment. Defense lawyer Sunil Sudheesan argued that his client's mental problems and the mitigating factors of the case should warrant him a jail ...
Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scored 180 countries on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean") and ranked the countries by score. Singapore received a score of 84 and was ranked 3rd, where the country ranked 1st is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [3]
2 April – Joseph Schooling, who won Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal, retires from swimming at 28. [25]15 April – Lee Hsien Loong announces his resignation as the Prime Minister of Singapore effective on 15 May 2024, paving the way for the assumption of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong as the next Prime Minister of Singapore.
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Longer Retirements. Life expectancy in the United States is rising, which is generally a good thing. However, when it comes to the mathematics of Social Security, longevity is a killer.
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