The Omani Health Ministry Wednesday recorded 143 further cases of the novel coronavirus, taking to 2,274 the country's overall infections including 10 deaths. The newly diagnosed cases are 42 Omanis ... ( read original story ...)
Ooredoo Oman reports 27% decline in Q1 profit
Ooredoo Oman has reported a 27.1 per cent decline in its net profit for the three months period ending March 31, 2020. The company's net profit in the first quarter of 2020 came at RO6.2mn as compared ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Cases in Oman climb to 2,274 after 143 new cases detected
Oman reported 143 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,274, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. For more coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Oman announces new safety measures for aviation sector
Oman's Public Authority of Civil Aviation (PACA) has announced new measures to maintain the safety and sustainability of the aviation sector in the sultanate during the Covid-19 crisis, said a report ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Employment Plunges Most Since SARS Outbreak in 2003
Employment in Singapore began the year with its sharpest quarterly contraction since the SARS outbreak in 2003 as the city-state contends with the highest number of coronavirus infections in Southeast ... ( read original story ...)
New services in Singapore to tap spike in demand for online delivery
Google Pay Singapore introduces feature to enable the discovery of food pickup and delivery options, while taxi operator ComfortDelgro launches food delivery service that doesn't charge additional ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Launches First Drone Delivery Service
Singapore's first drone delivery service has begun by taking vitamins to a ship, with its operator saying Wednesday the devices are crucial in reducing human contact during the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s first-quarter jobless rate highest in a decade, foreign employment drops
Singapore's unemployment rate edged up in the first quarter to its highest in more than a decade, as the government warned that labour market conditions were likely to further worsen due to the ... ( read original story ...)
Australian High Commissioner to Singapore says more digital agreements are in the works
Australian High Commissioner to Singapore Bruce Gosper has hinted that Australia is in talks with other countries in the region about inking additional bilateral digital economy agreements after it ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s Central Bank governor defends his role amid crisis
Lebanon’s Central Bank governor is defended himself against scathing criticism by the country's prime minister who has accused him of orchestrating the crash of the national currency ... ( read original story ...)