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There are no cases of the COVID-19 Delta Plus variant detected in Singapore to date, said the Ministry of Health’s director of medical services Kenneth Mak on Friday (6 August). ( read original story ...)

Singapore announced plans to ease Covid restrictions on daily life and begin slightly loosening border controls, citing a vaccination rate that now ranks among the best in the world. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s leaders have grappled with for over a year. And the repeated tightening and easing and tightening again of its virus rules have worn down its people and econ ... ( read original story ...)

Around 67% of Singapore's population has received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry said on Friday it will start easing COVID-19 restrictions, including allowing fully vaccinated people to dine in at restaurants in groups of five, from next Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Significant loan book exposure in China is helping them recover faster than their regional peers. Whilst their South and Southeast Asian peers are still struggling to contain new waves of COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)

A 56-year-old serial offender was today jailed another 10 months for permanently damaging another inmate’s ear by biting off a part of it during a fight at Changi Prison. Teo Chye Lye got into a ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has increased the number of hotels that can be used to quarantine people as the city-state seeks to control the spread of the virus amid the recent wave of infections. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is setting its sights on becoming a world force in esports. And they've built a 12,000 square foot, world-class live-streaming, pro-esports center just for it. @selinaxuxinyue reports from S ... ( read original story ...)

Saza Faradilla was 22 when she discovered her genitals had been cut when she was a baby, part of a quietly persistent traditional practice among Singapore's minority Muslim community. ( read original story ...)

Saza Faradilla was 22 when she discovered her genitals had been cut when she was a baby, part of a quietly persistent traditional practice among Singapore's minority Muslim community. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will welcome a new hotel in 2023. Boutique hotel brand The Standard has announced plans for its property in the city, which will sit on prime location on Orange Grove Road, right across from ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is easing quarantine requirements for visitors from Taiwan as local cases dip. Meanwhile, China has vowed to dramatically expand vaccine exports and the Biden administration is considering ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is easing quarantine requirements for visitors from Taiwan. Meanwhile, California will require health care workers to be fully vaccinated against Covid by Sept. 30. ( read original story ...)

A Singapore doctor has joined the ranks of billionaires after his company became involved in efforts to fight the pandemic, helping send its profit and stock surging. ( read original story ...)

Singapore was in shock this morning over a questioner in a public discussion of race relations asserted Chinese primacy over other groups. ( read original story ...)