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Think you're a fast runner? Then you may qualify for a year's supply of unlimited ramen. Yes, you read that right. Takagi Ramen is rewarding anyone who can run 2.4km in under seven minutes with free-flow ramen. The Japanese eatery shared this in a Facebook post on Tuesday (Sept 12). Only Singaporeans of any age and sex can participate in...

Good Morning International Construction & Development Corporation (GMICDC), a provider of construction equipment, recently announced the partnership with one of the leading machineries in United States of America (USA) – Powerplus Group, Inc.

Nearly a decade's worth of data collected across Singapore suggests increased concentrations of tiny particles in the air can trigger cardiac arrests, making the need to cut air pollution levels around the world even more urgent.

Researchers have found "strong evidence for the impact of air quality on health." Tiny particles may even cause heart attacks.

Scientists have long known that temperature changes impact the incidence of heart attacks. However, most of the research done so far has been in temperate climates, where temperatures range widely.

Sweta Dugar succeeds Marcus Ong, Franklin Templeton’s co-head of institutional business for Southeast Asia, who is leaving the company.

Franklin Templeton tapped BlackRock veteran Sweta Dugar to lead the firm's institutional sales and development efforts in Southeast Asia.

RNZ Sea front in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZI/ Johnny Blades After successfully stopping one sand mining project, Papua New Guinea environmentalists now want the government to tighten the rules around the industry. A Singaporean company, Niugini Sands, last week dropped plans to mine the black sands along the Madang coast, with director, Marcus Ong, saying bad publicity was pivotal in their decision. The environmental group, Mas Kagin Tapani, advocated for the more than 10,000 who liv...

Sea front in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZI/ Johnny Blades A Singaporean company, Niugini Sands, last week dropped plans to mine the black sands along the Madang coast, with director, Marcus Ong, saying bad publicity was pivotal in their decision. The environmental group, Mas Kagin Tapani, advocated for the more than 10,000 who lived in communities along a 38 kilometre stretch of the shoreline in Madang province. They also wanted to ensure breeding grounds for endangered Leatherback Tur...

A campaign to stop sand mining along 38 kilometres of Papua New Guinea's Madang coast has been successful.