SINGAPORE – There were 1,723 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore on Sunday (Nov 14), down from 2,304 a day earlier, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily report. The Covid-19 weekly infection growth rate dipped slightly to 0.97, from 0.98 on Saturday. The number refers to the ratio of community cases in the […]
SINGAPORE – What should you do when your kids are tested positive for Covid-19? How do you explain the home recovery programme to young children? A free e-book I Can Recover At Home! can help kids understand what the process will be like. Written by popular children’s author Emily Lim-Leh and illustrated by Josef Lee, […]
SINGAPORE – When it was time for Mrs Sher-li Torrey’s daughter Clarissa to choose a secondary school, they did a recce of five schools. Over two days at the end of last year, after the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), Mrs Torrey, 44, and Clarissa, 13, tested travel routes to these schools, some of which […]
Senior Malaysian politicians campaign in run-up to Melaka polls, despite ban on political gatherings
MELAKA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – With less than seven days to polling day in the Melaka state election, campaigning has ramped up with the presence of political bigwigs from both sides of the divide. These party leaders were actively reaching out to locals through various events in Malaysia’s smallest state by land size after […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Most people who died from Covid-19 in Malaysia suffered from diabetes and hypertension, said the Health Ministry. As of Oct 28, 37.3 per cent of Covid-19 fatalities had a background of diabetes, which is about four in 10 deaths. It was a small drop from 2020, when 38.8 […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – A fire at Pertamina’s refinery complex in Cilacap, central Java, was under control and being gradually extinguished, the Indonesian energy company said early on Sunday (Nov 14). The fire started around 7.20pm (8.20pm Singapore time) on Saturday at a fuel storage unit, and amateur videos broadcast by local media showed a large […]
North East District residents with intellectual disabilities to work in community under pilot scheme
SINGAPORE – A new programme to be launched next year will create employment for people with intellectual disabilities in community facilities. By the first half of 2022, about 30 individuals who live in the North East District will be employed in places such as community clubs and gardens, the district’s mayor, Mr Desmond Choo, announced on […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) deputy chief executive Anthony Tan will be leaving the company to join MOH Holdings, the holding company of Singapore’s public healthcare assets. He will be MOH Holdings’ managing director from Dec 15. His last day at SPH is Dec 7. Mr Tan joined SPH as the executive vice-president of […]
SINGAPORE – For three hours on Saturday (Nov 13) morning, car after car pulled up along Arcadia Road in Bukit Timah to pick up boxes of vegetarian pizza and samosas. This ad-hoc fleet of about 150 vehicles had one job – to deliver food and spread Deepavali cheer to migrant workers at work sites all […]
SINGAPORE – A commemorative stamp celebrating Singaporean women will be released on Monday (Nov 15) by Singapore Post. Featuring a design inspired by the Celebrating SG Women logo – which is modelled after Singapore’s national flower, the Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid – the stamp is a collaboration between SingPost and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) to […]