After planning for 18 months and spending more than $15,000, Ms Vivian Kwok has had to put her dream of a perfect wedding on hold indefinitely. Her nuptials, which had been slated for April 5, which is also her...
SINGAPORE - Rumours that the Government will raise the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) alert to Red, the highest level, are false. "We are aware there has been false information purveyed on various platforms that we are going...
A global pandemic (just like the one we’re going through right now) would mean that the time is nigh for the world to start deploying robots en masse. Machines can’t get infected, after all. Singapore-listed company DiSa (apparently short for...
PETALING JAYA - Malaysia and Singapore will be implementing "reciprocal arrangements" to transfer symptomatic travellers detected at the entry points of each other's country to help curb the spread of Covid-19. The Malaysia-Singapore Joint Working Group (JWG), in its second...
At any other time, getting diagnosed with pneumonia would be a bummer. But in the midst of a global Covid-19 pandemic, this man says he's "never been happier". Writing from his isolation ward at the National Centre for Infectious...
SINGAPORE - Cash payouts announced in Budget 2020 last month will be tripled, with all adult Singaporeans receiving $300, $600 or $900 depending on their income, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Thursday. The amount for parents...
SINGAPORE - Patients who have acute respiratory symptoms and are issued a five-day sick leave by a medical practitioner must not leave their homes starting on the day the medical certificate is issued, according to the latest update of the...
SINGAPORE - The Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers and other political office-holders - as well as the President - will take a three-month pay cut to stand in solidarity with Singaporeans in this difficult time, Deputy Prime Minister Heng...
By now you should be familiar with a couple of coronavirus-related lingo, such as social distancing, quarantine order and stay-home notice (SHN). From March 27, travellers arriving in Singapore will not only need to submit a health declaration to enter the...
In case you haven't heard, with stricter social distancing measures in response to rising coronavirus cases, all cinemas, bars and entertainment venues will be closed from 11.59pm tonight until April 30. So what's one to do? Well, you can stay home...
