SINGAPORE – The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) is setting aside a record $36 million for programmes and schemes that will help needy students and their families next year as more seek help amid the Covid-19 pandemic. These will include new initiatives such as a coaching programme for students and cash grants of up to […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan, France and the United States will hold joint military drills on land and sea for the first time in May next year as the Chinese military steps up activity in the region, the Sankei newspaper said on Sunday (Dec 6). The exercises, conducted on one of Japan’s uninhabited outlying islands, will focus […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS, XINHUA) – Pfizer has applied for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India, media said on Sunday (Dec 6). As of Sunday morning, India has 9,608,211 confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 139,700 deaths, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University. Globally, India is the second worst-hit country by the Covid-19 […]
SINGAPORE – The second batch of $150 grocery vouchers to help less well-off Singaporeans living in one- and two-room Housing Board flats will be given out over the next four Saturdays, this time directly to the homes of recipients. This comes after about 229 sets of the previous batch of vouchers were stolen from letterboxes, […]
SINGAPORE – The second batch of $150 grocery vouchers to help less well-off Singaporeans living in one- and two-room Housing Board flats will be given out over the next four Saturdays, this time directly to the homes of recipients. This comes after about 229 sets of the previous batch of vouchers were stolen from letterboxes, […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Dec 6. SIA, other firms look to build on existing vaccine handling capabilities Significant volumes of Covid-19 vaccines are set to pass through Changi Airport. READ MORE HERE Bangladeshi worker who beat Covid-19 after 5-month battle in S’pore longs to go home Mr Raju […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines is taking steps to raise the limit of dry ice it can carry per flight, so it can transport any Covid-19 vaccine on a larger scale in future. The national carrier on Saturday (Dec 5) said it is working with vaccine manufacturers and regulators to increase the amount of dry ice […]
SINGAPORE – The upcoming NoMa condominium is not the only residential development in Geylang that sits on a site once occupied by landed properties. In recent years, a number of such properties have been bought over by real estate developers to build boutique-size condos. Nearby, along Lorong 28 Geylang, for instance, is freehold La Brisa […]
SINGAPORE – A Singaporean who had travelled to Indonesia under the Business Travel Pass was one of the 12 new imported Covid-19 cases announced on Saturday (Dec 5). He is the second known person holding such a pass here to be infected. The previous patient was announced on Nov 9 after returning from travels to […]
NEW DELHI (XINHUA) – India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Saturday (Dec 5) issued a statement over a vaccine trial volunteer’s report of Covid-19 infection. The company said its vaccine trials are based on a two-dose schedule, given 28 days apart, and that its vaccine Covaxin is designed to be protective two weeks […]