SINGAPORE – With Covid-19 now a manageable disease, Singapore should “drastically simplify” its healthcare protocols, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. “No more complicated flow charts. People must be clear what to do if they test positive, or if they come into contact with someone who is infected,” he said in a live address to […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday (Oct 9) to realise peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan, though did not directly mention the use of force, following a week of tensions with the Chinese-claimed island that sparked international concern. Democratically ruled Taiwan has come under increased military and political pressure from Beijing to accept its sovereignty, […]
SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 Home Recovery Programme (HRP) will be the default care arrangement for everyone, except certain groups, from Sunday (Oct 10). The following groups of people will be excluded from this arrangement: 1. Partially or unvaccinated individuals aged 50 and older; 2. Vaccinated people aged 80 and older; 3. Children below one year old, and […]
BEIJING – Junior doctor Li Shuduan, 26, spent most of her Golden Week holidays or five days at home in Beijing. Amid sporadic Covid-19 outbreaks across the country, employers and schools have discouraged staff from travelling. Those who leave their provinces would have to stay home for two weeks, on top of testing to prove […]
SINGAPORE – Six seniors aged between 67 and 93 are the latest to die from complications linked to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Oct 8). Three were men and three were women, all Singaporeans. One of them was vaccinated, three were partially vaccinated and the remaining two were unvaccinated. All except […]
SINGAPORE – In a landmark judgment on Singapore’s law against fake news, a five-judge Court of Appeal on Friday (Oct 8) upheld the constitutionality of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma). The court rejected arguments by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and sociopolitical website The Online Citizen (TOC) that Pofma was unconstitutional […]
SINGAPORE – A South Korean man who had served as an interpreter for the Singapore Police Force (SPF) during the Trump-Kim Summit here in 2018, was caught in February this year using a pinhole camera to take videos of women using a toilet. Gim Joo Hyung, a Singapore permanent resident and an operationally ready national […]
MANILA – Ms Sara Duterte-Carpio, who leads in surveys on voters’ choice to replace her father as Philippine president, stuck to her guns on Friday (Oct 8), insisting that she is running for mayor of Davao city, not as the president. “I am presenting myself to the Davaoenos as mayor for the third and last […]
LONDON (Reuters) -The high value of financial assets could correct sharply if investors reassess the prospects for the economy’s recovery from COVID-19 and there are signs of increased risk-taking at investment banks, the Bank of England said on Friday.FILE PHOTO: View of Canary Wharf business district at dusk in London, Britain March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Peter […]
SINGAPORE – Annual community fund-raiser Children for Children (CFC) is supporting the formation of a new community string orchestra its beneficiaries can join under a new initiative. CFC 2021 also continues with its tradition of treating children to an iconic Singapore attraction, to Adventure Cove Waterpark in Sentosa this year. A thousand children will receive […]