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SINGAPORE - To help households cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic , all Singaporeans aged 21 and above will now receive a one-off payout of $600, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday (April 6), as the Government enhanced the payout for a second time in as many months. In February, the Government had announced payouts of between $100 and $300 for every adult Singaporean. In March, this was tripled to between $300 and $900 , with payouts due to be distributed from August to September. On Monday, Mr Heng, who is also Finance Minister, announced that $300 of that payment has been brought forward to April and supplemented with a further $300 to form what will be called the Solidarity Payment. Mr Heng said the additional payments announced on Monday will cost the Government an additional $1.1 billion. The rest of the payments will also be brought forward to June. All adult Singaporeans will thus receive $600 in April, with those who qualify for the … [Read more...] about All adult Singaporeans to receive one-off $600 Solidarity Payment in April to cope with Covid-19

By April 1, 75 per cent of taxpayers had filed their tax returns for the year - 4 percentage points higher than at the same time last year, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore said on Wednesday. By the due-date of April 18, 95 per cent of taxpayers had filed. This includes 820,000 who did so online, and over a million others on the No-Filing Service, which means that they will get their tax bill without having to submit an Income Tax Return. More taxpayers were also using Iras's SMS Return My Call service, which sends a text message to Iras to request a call back - saving time compared to calling Iras and waiting for a call to be connected. Almost 23,000 taxpayers used this service, 77 per cent more than over the same period last year. But overall, fewer taxpayers found a need to call at all. The 230,900 calls and SMSes made to Iras this year was 4 per cent lower than those received in the 2013 tax season. Iras will issue the tax bills or Notices of Assessment to … [Read more...] about More taxpayers filing earlier this year, with three-quarters doing so by April 1

LONDON: Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will be sidelined for at least five weeks after undergoing groin surgery, the Premier League champions said on Friday (Feb 26). The 30-year-old England international sustained the injury during Saturday's 2-0 home defeat by Everton. "Henderson has successfully had a corrective procedure carried out on the adductor injury. He will begin a rehabilitation programme immediately," Liverpool said in a statement. "No specific timescale is being placed upon his return; however, he is ruled out initially until after the March international break," the statement continued. Henderson will miss Premier League games against Sheffield United, Chelsea, Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers, as well as the Champions League last-16 second leg against Leipzig. Liverpool are sixth in the standings with 40 points from 25 games, five points adrift of fourth-placed West Ham United. … [Read more...] about Liverpool’s Henderson out until April after surgery

SINGAPORE - Catch up on the morning's top business headlines in Singapore with The Straits Times Money Desk's daily update. 1. The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) has elected Mr Gerard Ee as president with effect from last Saturday. He replaces Dr Ernest Kan, who is stepping down in line with the ISCA's policy of regularly refreshing the leadership team. 2. The Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Investment and Development Co has set up its first overseas representative office in Singapore. It will focus on enhancing relationships with collaboration partners, promoting investments into the Knowledge City, conducting research on relevant industries, exploring opportunities for collaboration, and coordinating event organisation and official visits. 3. Japan overhauled the world's biggest public pension fund on Tuesday. The government announced a reshuffle of the Investment Committee of the US$1.26 trillion (S$1.57 trillion) Government Pension … [Read more...] about Morning business news round-up for April 22, 2014

JOLIET, Ill. (CBS)– A murder-suicide in Joliet took the life of a man and his 1 1/2-year-old son this weekend, and has left a tragic mark on the community. The Kendall County Coroner’s office said 35-year-old Christopher Michael Miller and 18-month-old Colton Michael Miller both were found dead Saturday at a home on the 8300 block of Buckingham Road in Joliet. Autopsies determined both died of multiple gunshot wounds. The father’s wounds were self-inflicted. READ MORE: Two Convicted Cop Killers Paroled After Decades In Prison As CBS 2’s Jeremy Ross reported, it remained unclear Sunday night what led to the killing of the toddler. Police said moments before they arrived on scene, neighbors heard the sounds of gunshots. Before it all, people living nearby said they rarely saw police squads and never saw gun violence in their community – until this weekend. “We saw the big SWAT machine; the SWAT car come up – the green one,” said witness Lorena Watkins That’s when we knew, … [Read more...] about Father, 1 1/2-Year-Old Son Killed In Joliet In Apparent Murder-Suicide