Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Sept 14. 607 new Covid-19 cases in S’pore; new cluster with 28 cases at Ren Ci nursing home in Bukit Batok Twenty cases are nursing home residents while eight are staff, said MOH. READ MORE HERE Migrant worker enclaves in S’pore transformed after year and... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, Aug 23. US Vice-President Kamala Harris kicks off 3-day visit to S’pore She will be here until Tuesday afternoon, when she will head to Vietnam before departing the region on Thursday. READ MORE HERE 2 more people in S’pore die of Covid-19 complications They... » read more
SINGAPORE – Ten people have died from Covid-19 this month, even as more than three in four people here have been fully vaccinated. Against this, we had 37 deaths between January last year, when Covid-19 arrived in Singapore, and July 2021. Over that period, more than 64,000 people were diagnosed with the disease. So why has... » read more
SINGAPORE – In March last year, Dr Wee Teck Young left Afghanistan for Singapore after almost 18 years in the country. But he has continued to stay in touch with friends there, and of the 40 people he has been messaging regularly since the Taleban retook Kabul last Sunday, only a few have dared to... » read more
SINGAPORE – Civil defence officers evacuated motorists and passengers from about 13 vehicles stuck in the flooded waters caused by heavy rains near on Friday (Aug 20) morning. One person with leg pain was taken to Changi General Hospital, and five people were brought to safety at nearby sheltered areas, the Singapore Civil Defence Force... » read more
SINGAPORE – Lawyer Crystal Tan usually gets a seat when she boards the train on the North-South line to the city at 8.30am but on Thursday (Aug 19), most of the seats were taken. Alighting at Raffles Place, Ms Tan, 32, said: “There was quite a significant number of people on the train today. Usually,... » read more
Singapore, Aug 12, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – A new self-help book, How To Talk To Strangers by Kerrie Phipps, was launched globally along with the co-authors of the book, reaching over 1000 people through the event was aired live on Facebook and Youtube. The book is an invitation to think more deeply... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Aug 1. Deadly, more transmissible Covid-19 variant can’t be ruled out, but chances are low: Experts There’s no such immediate threat, and that gives Singapore a chance to get more people vaccinated. READ MORE HERE 8 new Covid-19 clusters, with one at Selarang work... » read more
SINGAPORE – Some teenagers are creating social media accounts using pseudonyms – to bash themselves or support comments posted on their “official” accounts. Social worker Eric Sng has encountered at least four teenagers engaging in such activities. The head of Shine Children and Youth Services’ community outreach team ResiL!ence, started in October last year, has... » read more
SINGAPORE – With nearly 200,000 followers, 22-year-old TikTok influencer Tan Yeo Shi Lee is sometimes subjected to more scrutiny than his peers when he expresses himself on social media. The second-year Singapore Management University student said: “It can be as simple as ‘this is not funny’ or ‘you’re ugly’ and you start wondering whether what... » read more
SINGAPORE – Eight food and beverage (F&B) outlets were ordered to close, while 13 other outlets and 56 people were fined for breaching Covid-19 safe management measures, said the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) on Friday (July 9). These penalties were issued following stepped-up enforcement checks over the past week, it added. Agencies... » read more
When schools in Singapore shifted to remote learning during last year’s circuit breaker, doctoral student Monica Chan, 26, and her friends started organising webinars for young adults to explore non-traditional career paths. “Since many scholarship and career events were cancelled suddenly during the circuit breaker, we heard that students in secondary school, junior college and... » read more
SINGAPORE – As Singapore accelerates its vaccination drive, more perks are being dangled for people who get vaccinated, a move that could persuade the undecided to take the jab. The lure of easier travel, for instance, was a factor in spurring Ms Eliza Xue to change her mind about not getting shots for herself and... » read more
SINGAPORE – More than 100 people have been issued fines for breaching safe management measures in parks and beaches since the start of phase three (heightened alert), which kicked off on June 14. The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment in a press release on Friday (June 25) said 117 people have been given fines for... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, June 19. Cautious reopening will give S’pore time to get more people vaccinated: Covid-19 task force Vaccination rates are not high enough to proceed with reopening more confidently. READ MORE HERE askST: If we’re a family of five, can we dine out together from... » read more
KARIYA and TOKYO, Jun 8, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – DENSO and NTT DATA today announced that they have completed a joint verification test to improve mobility experiences using data on vehicle and people flows. In the test, which spanned June 2020 to March 2021, DENSO and NTT DATA gathered participants’ “vehicle flow... » read more
People analytics start-up Mercurics’ chief executive officer Kai Reuber has always been fascinated by the study of the mind and human behaviour. This interest led him to pursue a psychology degree at the Singapore campus of James Cook University in 2008. “Back then, I came to a realisation that if you understand human beings, it... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, May 18. World Economic Forum cancels meeting scheduled to be held in Singapore in August Organisers cited the uncertain travel outlook and new Covid-19 variants as reasons for their decision. READ MORE HERE S’pore Poly and NIE students, NSF among 11 new unlinked Covid-19... » read more
SINGAPORE – Indoor activities for which masks are usually removed – including dining out, exercise classes and facial treatments – will be cancelled starting Sunday (May 16) until June 13. This is because recent clusters have shown that the new Covid-19 variants are more infectious, with transmission more likely to take place in indoor settings... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, April 26. Sunken missing Indonesian submarine found cracked open, officials say 53 crew members dead President Joko Widodo earlier confirmed the discovery in the Bali Sea and sent the families of the victims his condolences. READ MORE HERE Long queues outside Lucky Plaza, Peninsula... » read more