SINGAPORE – A new reality television show will put a Singapore twist on The Apprentice, with 16 candidates from around the world competing for a lucrative job offer worth US$250,000 (S$330,700). The Apprentice: One Championship Edition was shot in Singapore and will feature landmarks such as Jewel Changi Airport and the Singapore Zoo. It airs […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Monday, Feb 22. Cleared Kranji woodland: All agencies reviewing land clearance projects to avoid repeating mistakes “The public service will learn from this and improve,” said Minister Chan Chun Sing. READ MORE HERE Environmental impact assessments to be further strengthened: Desmond Lee Three areas […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Triumph, a male koala born without a foot, has been climbing and running since he was fitted with a prosthetic one made by a neighbourhood dentist, an Australian wildlife carer said on Monday (Feb 22). Veterinarian nurse Marley Christian had rescued the joey koala in northern New South Wales in 2017, after […]
MANILA – The Philippines is set to further ease quarantine restrictions next month, even as experts report a slight uptick in Covid-19 cases in the capital, officials uncover more infectious coronavirus variants and the vaccination programme flounders. A task force overseeing the government’s efforts to combat Covid-19 has advised President Rodrigo Duterte to place the […]
BANGALORE – The Indian National Congress-led coalition in Puducherry lost a trust vote in the assembly on Monday (Feb 22), leaving the southern Indian union territory without a government. A former French territory also known as Pondicherry, the beachy tourist destination has a population of 242,000 and was one of the few bastions of power […]
HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam will begin its Covid-19 vaccination programme next month with frontline healthcare staff and the elderly in line for the first doses as the country tackles a new wave of coronavirus infections, state media reported on Monday (Feb 22). The South-east Asian country expects to receive 60 million doses this year, including […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other top officials will receive Covid-19 vaccines on Monday (Feb 22), as the Asian financial hub prepares to begin its delayed roll-out of inoculations. Mrs Lam and the heads of various government departments and bureaus will receive the coronavirus shots at a community vaccination […]
SINGAPORE – Engineering and architecture students joining the National University of Singapore (NUS) from this year will know more about net-zero buildings and electric cars as part of a new common curriculum. They will also take a new compulsory module to help them communicate, for instance, in situations where they might have to work in teams […]
MANILA (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – The Philippines approved Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus shots for emergency use, paving the way for the nation to get its first vaccine shipment of 600,000 doses possibly within days. The Chinese developer’s shots may be effective to prevent Covid-19 and can be used for healthy people aged 18 to 59, Food and Drug […]
WELLINGTON (AFP) – Rescuers were racing on Monday (Feb 22) to save dozens of pilot whales that had beached on a stretch of New Zealand coast notorious for mass strandings, wildlife officials said. The Department of Conservation (DOC) said the pod of 49 long-finned pilot whales was found early on Monday at Farewell Spit, about […]