Archive for April 11th, 2020
Climate change activists test strict Singapore protest laws
Young people questioned by police after sharing photos of themselves criticising oil companies on social media. On 13 March, Wong J-min skipped school and headed to a [...] » More
Singapore battles virus hotspots in migrant workers’ dorms
After managing to keep on top of the first wave of coronavirus outbreaks, Singapore is grappling with an alarming rise in infections among migrant workers housed in crowded [...] » More
Singapore teachers drop Zoom after online class gatecrashed
Singapore’s teachers have stopped using controversial video-conferencing app Zoom for remote education during the coronavirus lockdown, officials said Friday, after [...] » More
Singapore’s education ministry suspends use of Zoom after hijackers shared obscene photos in online lesson
Zoom will not be used for now for home-based learning online lessons by Singapore schoolteachers. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has suspended its use while it irons out [...] » More
COVID-19: LTA to install safe-distancing stickers, thermal scanners in public transport network
All trains and train stations, as well as buses, bus interchanges and bus stops, will be marked with safe distancing stickers, as part of additional measures in the public [...] » More
Man ordered to pay up over $270k of illegal income from online betting
A 59-year-old male Singaporean was ordered to pay more than $270,000 to the government for benefits believed to be gained by his illegal online betting activities. Lee Ah [...] » More
Commentary: In Singapore, laws are necessary for trickle-down policies to work
At one level, the unprecedented three-in-one Unity, Resilience, and Solidarity Budgets demonstrate the resolve of Singapore to ensure businesses and households are helped [...] » More
COVID-19: Stadiums to be shut, parents banned from leaving children with grandparents daily
Parents are no longer allowed to drop their children off with their grandparents on a daily basis, the government said on Thursday (9 April) while clarifying a ban on social [...] » More
Workers testing negative in Singapore allowed home quarantine in Johor
Johor Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad said tight measures had been taken to tackle the spread of Covid-19 among Malaysians returning from Singapore although the state government [...] » More
COVID-19: PM Lee appeals to Singaporeans to ‘stay at home’ in Good Friday address
SINGAPORE Please stay at home. In an address on his Facebook page on Good Friday (10 April), Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong made an appeal again to Singaporeans to [...] » More
COMMENT: Singapore’s treatment of foreign workers is a stain we can do without
How quickly fortunes can turn. It was only a few weeks ago that Singapore was smelling like roses with the country being praised, both here and abroad, for its efficient [...] » More
Singapore’s partial lockdown seen costing economy S$10 billion
Singapore’s partial lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus could cost the economy about S$10 billion ($7 billion) in lost output, Maybank Kim Eng Research [...] » More
Coronavirus could spark a financial crisis for struggling countries, Singapore’s trade minister warns
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic could cascade from a health catastrophe into a financial crisis in countries struggling to cope, Singapore’s trade [...] » More
World Bank extends fresh $500-M to Philippines’ COVID-19 fight
The World Bank has added to the Philippines’ fund pool to counter the impact of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on the economy after the agency approved a $500 [...] » More
What the Philippine economy could be like after the coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has forced governments to freeze economic activity to save lives. Lockdowns, along with mass testing, have been effective in taming the infection [...] » More
