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Singapore Awards 5G Spectrum and Aims for Nationwide 5G Coverage by 2025

Singapore Awards 5G Spectrum and Aims for Nationwide 5G Coverage by 2025

Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) recently named Singtel Mobile Singapore Pte Ltd (Singtel) and the Joint-Venture Consortium (JVCo) formed by StarHub ...
Singapore Appoints GS Engineering to Construct Integrated Train Testing Center

Singapore Appoints GS Engineering to Construct Integrated Train Testing Center

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a SGD 639.5 million contract for the design and construction of an Integrated Train Testing Center (ITTC) to GS ...
Plant-Based Meat Alternative Producer to Set Up Manufacturing Center in Singapore

Plant-Based Meat Alternative Producer to Set Up Manufacturing Center in Singapore

Growthwell Group, a Singaporean producer of plant-based meat alternatives, has secured USD 8 million in a funding round led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasek to ...
UK’s THG Group Partners Singapore Airlines to Charter 100+ Flights

UK’s THG Group Partners Singapore Airlines to Charter 100+ Flights

THG, the British online retailer, plans to charter more than 100 flights in cooperation with Singapore Airlines, taking distribution into its own hands instead of relying on ...
Singapore’s RWDC Raises USD133 Million to Produce Biodegradable Plastic Substitute

Singapore’s RWDC Raises USD133 Million to Produce Biodegradable Plastic Substitute

RWDC Industries Limited, a Singapore-based biotech start-up, successfully closed a USD 133 million two-stage Series B funding round. RWDC will use the funding to meet the ...
Singapore’s EMA and Keppel O&M Launch Grant Call for Energy Solutions in Marine Sector

Singapore’s EMA and Keppel O&M Launch Grant Call for Energy Solutions in Marine Sector

Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) have forged a SGD 10 million (USD 7 million) partnership to develop innovative ...
Singapore, Australia, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand Commit to Facilitating Cross-Border Flows

Singapore, Australia, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand Commit to Facilitating Cross-Border Flows

On 1 May 2020, the Trade Ministers of Singapore, Australia, Canada, South Korea, and New Zealand held a video conference session, followed by the Joint Ministerial Statement ...
US Approves Two Possible Attack Helicopter Sales Packages for Philippines

US Approves Two Possible Attack Helicopter Sales Packages for Philippines

The US State Department has notified the US congress that two possible sales of attack helicopters to the Philippines through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) were approved. The ...
Top Philippine Export Abaca in High Demand for Use as PPE Material

Top Philippine Export Abaca in High Demand for Use as PPE Material

A raw material sourced from a type of banana plant, Musa textilis, is now in high demand due to the global shortage of one of the most important tools against the coronavirus ...
Project to Generate Energy from Food Waste Project Obtains Japanese Funding

Project to Generate Energy from Food Waste Project Obtains Japanese Funding

METPower Venture Partners Holdings, Inc, a waste-to-energy venture of Metro Pacific Investments Corp (MPIC) with Dole Philippines, Inc was recognized as a joint crediting ...
Department of Science and Technology Proposes Creation of Virology Institute in Philippines

Department of Science and Technology Proposes Creation of Virology Institute in Philippines

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines announced that it has submitted a proposal for a creation of virology institute in the Philippines. The ...
ARUP Wins Contract to Develop New Water Source for Metro Manila

ARUP Wins Contract to Develop New Water Source for Metro Manila

UK-headquartered consulting engineer, Arup, has wont a contract to help develop a new water source for Metro Manila that will pave the way to addressing the water woes of the ...

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