SINGAPORE – The first step for raising the retirement and re-employment ages beyond 62 and 67 respectively has been taken, as the Government, unions and employers agreed on the need for these changes. The tripartite consensus is a “significant milestone”, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Tuesday (March 5), sharing an update given to her by […]
With just 24 days left before Brexit, it can be hard to keep a hold on what’s going on – and how it will affect you. Theresa May still hasn’t agreed a deal with MPs and the EU – and if there’s no breakthrough, we’ll either leave with no deal or have to delay Brexit […]
SINGAPORE – There have been concerns about the Normal stream and its negative side effects, but without streaming, social stratification would have worsened, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Tuesday (March 5). In the early years of Singapore’s independence in the 1970s, a third of every cohort dropped out of school. Today, the figure […]
Hillary Clinton has confirmed that she will not run for president in 2020. She confirmed this in a TV interview with News12, saying she won’t be running, but she will keep “working and speaking and standing up for what I believe.” “I want to be sure that people understand, I’m going to keep speaking out, […]
Council tax for households in England will rise by 4.5% on average from April according to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (Cipfa). Its survey of local authorities found that an average band D property will be charged an extra £75.60 in 2019/20. Although the rise is less than last year it is […]
The volunteer president of the Royal Mayfair Golf Club is open to increasing public access, city councillors heard after a lengthy executive committee debate Monday. Councillor Ben Henderson put forward a motion that would require the club to make its facility more publicly available. Related Canadian Women’s Open to return to Royal Mayfair in Edmonton […]
A Saskatoon city committee has backed a multi-million dollar plan to expand the downtown cycling network and potentially alter the proposed route for bus rapid transit (BRT). Related Saskatoon man keeping WWI memories alive through 102-year-old bike Coun. Randy Donauer was the lone committee member to not endorse the report, which includes $300,000 in downtown […]
Calgary’s city council has voted to restore funding to a program to that hires students for summer employment at the city. As a cost-cutting measure, $1.3 million was saved between 2016 to 2019 by not having the summer jobs program, which hired about 100 students each summer. Ward 11 Coun. Jeromy Farkas — who was […]
An additional $300 million will be given by the Government to research and development (R&D) in frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security, in a continuing effort to ensure “smart” urban mobility and healthcare services can quickly become a reality in Singapore. This top-up in the service and digital economy sector is […]
Eric H. Holder Jr., the former United States attorney general, announced on Monday that he would not run for president in 2020 and would instead work to end gerrymandering. “Though I will not run for president in 2020, I will continue to fight for the future of our country through the National Democratic Redistricting Committee […]