Travellers from India will be isolated for 21 days instead of 14 to help strengthen Singapore's defences against a new double mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 as 14-days isolation does not detect the ... ( read original story ...)
How will Singapore’s coasts change amid rising sea levels?
In this first of three stories on the environment by Yahoo News Singapore in commemoration of Earth Day on 22 April, we take a look at the impact of the climate crisis on our shores. ( read original story ...)
Singapore navy dispatches submarine rescue vessel to Indonesia
The Singapore navy has dispatched its submarine rescue vessel to Indonesia to help in the search for the missing Indonesian navy submarine KRI Nanggala 402. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Navy deploys submarine rescue vessel to aid in search for missing Indonesian submarine
The Singapore Navy dispatched a submarine rescue vessel yesterday afternoon to aid in the search for an Indonesian navy submarine which had gone missing with 53 people on board earlier that day. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Hoping to Announce Hong Kong Travel Bubble ‘Very Soon’
Singapore's transport ministry said on Thursday it hoped a long-delayed air travel bubble with Hong Kong would start soon, but no date had been fixed yet. A hotly-anticipated travel link between the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore probing COVID-19 re-infections after cases in workers dormitory
Singapore's manpower ministry said authorities were investigating the possibility of COVID-19 re-infections among residents in a migrant workers' dormitory, after finding more positive cases in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Hong Kong Call Off Travel Bubble Announcement
Singapore and Hong Kong called off an announcement planned for Thursday on an air travel bubble between Asia’s two major financial hubs, according to people familiar with the matter, the second time ... ( read original story ...)
Over S$3.9m lost in four months: Cops warn of scammers impersonating Singapore High Court, Interpol officials
More than S$3.9 million (RM12 million) has been lost this year by victims of a new scam where swindlers pose as officials from the Singapore High Court or Interpol asking for payments to settle ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Finds 11 Dorm Workers Covid Positive, ST Says
Singapore is planning to move hundreds of migrant workers to a quarantine facility after identifying Covid-19 virus cases at a dormitory, the Straits Times reported Thursday, without saying where it ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Weighs IP Waiver, Singapore Has Dorm Outbreak: Virus Update
The Biden administration is weighing whether to accelerate global access to Covid-19 vaccines by supporting a waiver of intellectual-property protections. The move is backed by India, which had a ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Singapore asks travellers from India to quarantine for 3-week
All travellers from India should be isolated for 21 days instead of 14 to help strengthen Singapore's defences against a new double mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 that appears to be more infectious ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore newlyweds ditch limo for special cab ride by loving uncle
Why book a limousine for your special day when you can hop into a taxi driven with love? A Singaporean bride was touched by her taxi driver uncle’s unexpected gift that easily saved the newlywed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Shipping Industry Establish $90M Decarbonization Center
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is joining with six leading companies from the shipping industry to establish a maritime decarbonization center. The center, which will have an initial ... ( read original story ...)
50 India ‘double mutant’, 137 S Africa variant cases in Singapore so far: COVID database
At least 50 cases of a new "double mutant" Indian COVID variant and 137 of the South African strain have been detected in Singapore, according to the world's largest database of COVID genome sequences ... ( read original story ...)
James Dyson relocates to UK two years after Singapore move
Vacuum cleaner billionaire Sir James Dyson has relocated to the UK, two years after his controversial move to Singapore. The main residence of Sir James, who is ranked as the country’s richest person ... ( read original story ...)
PA to Singapore Food Agency director-general charged with leaking statement on school closures
SINGAPORE: The personal assistant to the director-general of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was charged on Wednesday (Apr 21) under the Official ... ( read original story ...)