Growing consciousness about where our food comes from has prompted more businesses to track the provenance of their produce. Leong Jia Yu reports on how food tracing also helps in sustainability ... ( read original story ...)
Expo 2020 Dubai: Khaled bin Mohamed visits Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore pavilions
Sheikh Khaled praised their use of ground-breaking technology and exploration of ... prosperity by caring for ‘people and place’. Singapore’s net-zero pavilion features a rainforest ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 1,723 new COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 1,723 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (Nov 14) as 10 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus. The fatalities were aged between 60 and 96. All ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore travellers can still enjoy quarantine-free travel to European VTL countries, minus Denmark
SINGAPORE - Vaccinated Singapore residents will still be able to travel without quarantine to seven of the eight European countries that have vaccinated travel lanes (VTL) with the Republic. According ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore – MAS Consults On FI-FI Information-Sharing Platform For AML/CFT.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) is consulting on the introduction of a regulatory framework and secure digital platform for financial institutions (“FIs”) to share risk information with ... ( read original story ...)
Jump in trading volumes on DBS’ digital exchange
DBS Digital Exchange logged trading volumes - for the two months since going 24/7 in August - that exceeded total volumes for the first eight months of the year by 40 per cent.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
E-sports can help boost tourism in Singapore: Tan See Leng
He noted that events like the OUE E-Cities Championships can help showcase the country.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
COP26 outcome important as Singapore won’t be spared climate impacts, says its environment minister
Singapore will not be spared the impacts of climate change, which is why the outcome of the COP26 climate summit is something the Republic must pay attention to, said Minister for Sustainability and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate now at 0.98, slight drop from Friday’s numbers
There were 2,304 new Covid-19 cases reported on Saturday (Nov 13), down from 3,099 a day earlier, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily report. ( read original story ...)
‘Singapore has decided to hit the unvaccinated where it hurts most—their wallets’
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said that unvaccinated patients who end up needing care in an ICU may need to shell out a whopping S$25,000 for their hospital bill. ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: 2,304 New Cases And 14 More Deaths In Singapore; Weekly Infection Growth Rate At 0.98
Covid-19: 2,304 New Cases And 14 More Deaths In Singapore; Weekly Infection Growth Rate At 0.98. Ili Nadhirah Mansor/TODAY. | 11:4 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to review its climate change target as world leaders agree strike COP26 deal
GLASGOW: The Singapore Government will go back and review its climate change target after top level talks concluded late on Saturday (Nov 13) at COP26. The Glasgow Climate Pact was f ... ( read original story ...)
‘KAWS:HOLIDAY’ Singapore Has Been Ordered To Stop, Due to Court Order
HOLIDAY installation at The Float @ Marina Bay in Singapore has been ordered to stop, due to a court order. Reports note that The Ryan Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting arts awareness ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore eases rules on vaccination records for travellers from US after complaints
After some US-based Singaporeans expressed frustration at being unable to use a quarantine-free travel lane between the city state and America because they did not have a permitted proof of ... ( read original story ...)
Travellers in Singapore gear up for opening of vaccinated travel lane with South Korea
Come Tuesday (Nov 16), tour leader Kenneth Lee, 58, will finally lead his first tour to South Korea after two long years of odd jobs amid the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Shipowners make payoffs to free vessels held by Indonesian navy near Singapore- sources
More than a dozen shipowners have made payments of about $300,000 apiece to release vessels detained by the Indonesian navy, which said they were anchored illegally in Indonesian waters near Singapore ... ( read original story ...)