SINGAPORE – Students at madrasahs, aLIVE (Learning Islamic Values Everyday) classes at mosques and those attending classes at Islamic Education Centres and Providers (IECPs) will shift to home-based learning from Wednesday (May 19). However, madrasahs will remain open for the minority of students whose parents cannot make alternative arrangements for childcare, said the Islamic Religious […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India on Monday (May 17) reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases, though daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts warned that the count was unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas, where the virus is spreading fast. For months now, nowhere in the world has been […]
SINGAPORE – The Emerging Stronger Taskforce’s report is 118 pages long, but a Venn diagram on Page 38 neatly sums it up. The diagram depicts the task force’s vision of a Virtually Unlimited Singapore, one that sits at the intersection of three circles, or focus areas: creating new virtual frontiers; a sustainable nation; and one […]
SINGAPORE – A post-Covid-19 Singapore is one that breaks new ground in the digital space to offer unlimited opportunities for its businesses and people, and collaborates closely with them to be sustainable and stronger together. This is the vision put forward by the Emerging Stronger Taskforce, a year after it was launched last May to […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – Myanmar’s election last year reflected the will of the people and the army was unjustified in using alleged flaws as a reason to seize power, an international monitoring group said on Monday (May17) in its final report. The Feb 1 coup cut short a decade of tentative democratic reforms and led to […]
SINGAPORE – A Singaporean businessman linked to the alleged fraud of more than $1 billion had more cheating charges brought against him on Monday (May 17). Ng Yu Zhi, 34, had previously been charged with 11 counts of cheating, fraudulent trading and forgery. He was charged on Monday with seven more counts of cheating involving […]
NEW DELHI — Within the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are more coveted than an empty oxygen canister. India’s hospitals desperately need the metal cylinders to store and transport the lifesaving gas as patients across the country gasp for breath. So a local charity reacted with outrage when one supplier more than doubled the […]
SINGAPORE – A renovation contractor sued his friend of more than 20 years, seeking the return of $1.62 million in what he said were interest-free loans he had made in cash without any written agreement. However, the defendant, who works in the finance industry, said he borrowed only $550,000, was charged interest, and had repaid […]
SINGAPORE – Service centres at the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will operate at a reduced capacity to protect the safety of officers while community cases are on the rise in Singapore, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Sunday evening (May 16). This will last until June 13, in line with tighter restrictions […]
SINGAPORE – Full home-based learning for schools will only start on Wednesday (May 19) as most schools will need a day or two to prepare, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Sunday. Schools which had earlier reported confirmed cases of Covid-19 among their students have already “swung into action” and have either started HBL […]