The Government Technology Agency has retrenched 93 staff and expects a total of 7 to 9 per cent of roles in its workforce to be affected by restructuring over the next two years.

The restructuring is meant to take GovTech from managing projects delivered by vendors to running products itself, said its chair Chng Kai Fong in a note sent to the agency’s roughly 3,900 staff on July 15. This is so the agency can respond and adjust quickly to...

Singapore’s public accounts watchdog has flagged lapses and irregularities across government agencies in its latest audit, including issues with HDB housing grants and the enforcement of gambling exclusion orders.

It also highlighted financial governance issues relating to the development of the new National Cancer Centre Singapore.

A total of 136 audit findings were issued and conveyed to audited entities through management letters, the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) said in its latest report published on July 15.

The 2026 edition looked at...

A company whose employees were injured while attempting to replace a manhole cover on a pavement has been instructed by the Ministry of Manpower to stop all similar work until the cause of the incident has been established and measures are in place to prevent a recurrence.

Two workers from Hong Hock Global were injured when a flash fire occurred in a sewer manhole in Tuas on the morning of July 10.

The workers were carrying out replacement works on...

The High Court of Singapore declined a stay on the six-month jail sentence of Byju Raveendran, meaning the founder of the failed education startup risks going to prison if he returns to the city-state, news agencies reported.

The court on July 9 ruled against Byju’s application to have the sentence halted, the agencies said citing a statement on July 14 by Byju’s law firm Lazareff Le Bars. The court originally pronounced the sentence, for contempt, in May, and then granted...

Spain suffocated France deep in the heart of Texas on July 14, powering into their first World Cup final since lifting the trophy in 2010 with an utterly dominant 2-0 victory that left the tournament’s most feared attack gasping for air.

From the opening whistle, the Spaniards wrapped themselves around France like an anaconda, tightening their grip with every wave of pressing and every spell of possession until the life had been squeezed from a French attack that had looked...