Singapore health ministry said on Thursday it will not allow entry to long-term visa holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history to India, which is battling a second wave of COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Wells Fargo plans to shift Asian hub from Hong Kong to Singapore
Wells Fargo, America’s fourth-largest bank by assets, has been quietly working on a plan to move its Asian regional hub from Hong Kong to Singapore as part of wider restructuring efforts. The move ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Bar Visitors From India on Worsening Situation
Singapore said it will further tighten border controls with India, including a ban on visitors from the country, because of a “rapidly deteriorating situation” there. ( read original story ...)
350 cases of COVID variants in Singapore, including 8 local so far: MOH
A total of 350 local and imported cases of various COVID-19 variants were detected in Singapore were detected in Singapore as of Tuesday (20 April), according to data from the Ministry of Health (MOH) ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore imposes India travel ban from Friday due to COVID-19
All travellers who have been to India in the preceding two weeks will be barred from entering Singapore from 11.59pm on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Plant-Based Innovation Lab
"That's unmistakable. Definitely Rendang Chicken." Plant-based protein is growing quickly in Asia driven by demand from China. Andrew Janes goes where the culinary magic begins: agricultural trader AD ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Singapore confirms 24 new cases, 17 recovered workers from dorm infected so far
The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore on Thursday (22 April) including 22 imported cases, one case in the community, and one dormitory resident, taking the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to isolate Indian travellers for 21 days to intensify defence against COVID-19
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 ...)