SINGAPORE – For the first time in her life, Singaporean Joyann Lim, 27, heard the sound of gunshots. She had just had lunch in a teahouse near her office in Yangon last Tuesday (March 2) when a clash broke out in the same street between Myanmar security forces and protesters. “I wasn’t scared. In fact, I […]
DHARAMSALA, INDIA (NYTIMES) – The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, received his first shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday (March 6) in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala. He used the moment to also encourage people to take the vaccine, saying it would prevent “some serious problem.” “This injection is very, very helpful,” […]
SINGAPORE – Classified non-combat-fit due to a mild cardiovascular condition, university student Ong Li Han was initially posted in 2018 to a signals support vocation, before being recruited to the army’s pioneer batch of mobile app developers. He picked up skills relevant to his passion and current field of study in computer science. Please subscribe […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – Myanmar security forces fired gunshots as they carried out overnight raids in the main city Yangon after breaking up the latest protests against last month’s coup with teargas and stun grenades. The South-east Asian country has been plunged into turmoil since the military overthrew and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Several hundred people gathered in Sydney on Saturday (March 6) to protest against last month’s military coup in Myanmar and urged the Australian government to take a strong stance against the junta. The South-east Asian country has been plunged into turmoil since the military overthrew and detained elected leader Aung San Suu […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – Authorities in Myanmar have asked India to return several police officers who have sought refuge to avoid taking orders from a military junta that seized power in the South-east Asian country last month, an official in north-east India said on Saturday (March 6). Around 30 Myanmar police officers and their family […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, REUTERS) – More than two million Malaysians have registered for the Covid-19 vaccine, said the health ministry. Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a Facebook post that as at 11am on Friday (March 5), 2,024,356 people have registered through the MySejahtera app. This is a jump of more […]
SINGAPORE – Each of the more than 1,900 pre-schools here will have to appoint an inclusion coordinator among their staff from the second half of 2023 as part of efforts to better support children with developmental needs. These coordinators will receive training and will work with other pre-school educators to identify children with potential developmental needs […]
SINGAPORE – The Community Link (ComLink) programme, which provides comprehensive and coordinated support to low-income families, will be expanded nationwide to 21 towns over two years to cover all 14,000 families with children who live in highly subsidised rental housing. The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) piloted the programme in 2019 in four […]
SINGAPORE – The Community Chest will launch a new initiative, called Change for Charity, that partners businesses to provide opportunities for their customers to donate to the Community Chest through their payment platforms. For example, a firm can enable its clients to convert their points or rewards into cash donations. It can also provide a […]