While it is nice and timely for Singapore to have a Malay president, the Malay candidate must meet the same exacting standards demanded of candidates from other communities, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said. "We do not want, and...
Come the next National University of Singapore (NUS) freshman orientation, there will be one more person attending: a student safety officer to whistle-blow on inappropriate activities. Workshops will also be conducted beforehand with student leaders and staff advisers to ensure...
Educators in publicly funded pre-schools in Boston are on the same pay scale as those teaching in primary schools if they have the same qualifications, learnt some Singapore pre-school principals visiting the American city. Mr Jason Sachs, the director of...
Some 10,000 healthcare workers are needed in the next three years to look after the swelling ranks of ageing Singapore residents. More than one-third of the vacancies will be for professional, managerial, executive and technical (PMET) jobs such as doctors,...
A stroke in May last year did not kill Mr Goh Keng Char, but the depression that followed almost did. Before the stroke, Mr Goh, then 77, lived alone in a one-bedroom Housing Board rental flat in Toa Payoh. His...
Home. Nursing home. Hospital and community hospital. Ageing in place. Mrs Theresa Hogan, 88, has experienced them all over the past 15 years. The widow was living with her son when she suffered a stroke that took away her ability...
They have been married for 54 years but were forced to live apart for 11/2 years in different nursing homes due to a lack of beds. When the once inseparable couple was finally reunited under one roof late last year,...
The parting, nearly 30 years ago, was painful for Madam Luzviminda Baraquel and the two children she helped to raise in Singapore, and the recent reunion was just as emotional. Between 1984 and 1988, the Filipina worked here as a...
Even as water-efficient devices helped Singaporeans cut water use by nearly 4.5 per cent over the last decade, a renewed call to do more has been made amid worries that water levels at Johor's Linggiu Reservoir, the country's main...
On Friday, Dream Cruises by Genting Hong Kong, which also owns Star Cruises, launched its first vessel Genting Dream, touted as the first cruise ship to be built from scratch to cater to the Asian luxury market. Among other attractions,...
