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 ...)
A spotlight on the death penalty in Singapore
The case of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian man sentenced to death in Singapore, has garnered considerable interest on both sides of the Causeway. In 2011, aged just 21, Nagaenthran was ... ( read original story ...)
‘Like house arrest’: Singapore migrant workers suffer under Covid curbs
Bangladeshi migrant worker MD Sharif Uddin used to spend his days off with friends outside his cramped Singapore dormitory, but coronavirus curbs have for 18 months left him stuck inside during his ... ( read original story ...)
Stamp celebrating Singapore women to go on sale on Monday
SINGAPORE: A commemorative stamp celebrating Singapore women will be available for purchase from Monday (Nov 15). The stamp is a collaboration between Singapore Post and the Ministry of Social and ... ( read original story ...)
Supervisors don PPE to help tackle surge in cleaning jobs in Singapore during Covid-19
SINGAPORE - Ms Yeo Shu Ming, 26, an executive at the National University Hospital's (NUH) environmental services department, oversees general and biohazard waste disposals as well as requests for ... ( read original story ...)
Calling Home: Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson in Singapore
This morning on Calling Home we talk to Grant Rawlinson. The Taranaki native lives with wife Stefanie and twin daughters Kate and Rachel. He's Calling Home this morning from Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 2,304 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore recorded 2,304 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 235,480, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement. Of the new cases, 2,179 were reported in the ... ( read original story ...)
COVID: 2,304 new cases, 14 more deaths in Singapore
The Ministry of Health on Saturday (13 November) confirmed 2,304 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore as well as 14 deaths due to the disease. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore migrant workers yearn for freedom as strict curbs persist
Curbs have been eased for most in Singapore, where vaccinated people can go out shopping and to restaurants; But the low-paid migrants remain subject to strict restrictions that m ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM Lee dons blue shawl and jade pendant necklace in time-honoured Apec summit tradition
A blue shawl and prominent jade pendant necklace are rare fashion choices for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, but this was one way Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders kept to a ... ( read original story ...)
Kaws: Holiday Singapore organisers served with court order to halt exhibition
Holiday Singapore exhibition at The Float @ Marina Bay were on Saturday (13 November) served with a court order to halt the event. The injunction was obtained by local non-profit outfit The Ryan ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladeshis among migrant workers suffering under Singapore Covid curbs
More than 300,000 migrant workers, many of them from Bangladesh, live in dorms in the prosperous city-state, where they are typically packed into shared rooms and sleep on bunk beds ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore court orders halt to display of Kaws’ Companion, giant inflatable sculpture, at ‘Kaws: Holiday’ event
Rarely has there been a case of holiday blues of such monumental proportions. On Saturday, a large group of VIPs in Singapore were attending the official unveiling of a 42-metre-long inflatable ... ( read original story ...)
KAWS: HOLIDAY Singapore Ordered To Halt Exhibition By Singapore Court
According to Yahoo News Singapore, on Saturday (Nov 13), the Singapore court issued the order “that the exhibition be stopped from taking place and the sale and distribution of relevant merchandise ... ( read original story ...)
US travellers to Singapore can now submit other vaccination certs to use VTL: CAAS
They can produce a physical vaccination record and a letter signed by the vaccination provider.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)