LONDON (REUTERS) – Manchester United suffered an outbreak of Covid-19 among players and staff on Sunday (Dec 12), jeopardising their next Premier League game against Brentford. United, who won 1-0 at Norwich City on Saturday, are due to travel to Brentford on Tuesday. Website The Athletic reported that a small number of players and staff... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Oct 7. S’pore will stay the course in its reopening when new Covid-19 case numbers stabilise: Experts While the virus reproduction rate has slowed, the pace of reopening depends on the hospital load. READ MORE HERE 102-year-old woman among 3 new Covid-19 deaths; 3,577... » read more
SINGAPORE – Staff at Thye Hua Kwan Nursing Home in Hougang are soldiering on despite the challenges brought on by the surge in Covid-19 cases in the community, said the home’s chief executive Ardi S. Hardjoe. Mr Ardi said that most staff are working longer hours, doing 12-hour shifts, and staying away from social gatherings... » read more
SINGAPORE – Staff working at schools, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) have had to do fast and easy testing (FET) for Covid-19, swabbing themselves since mid-July, while autonomous universities here will start testing when term resumes this month and next. Cleaners, teachers and canteen vendors are among the staff at educational institutions... » read more
LONDON(AFP) – Liverpool midfielder Fabinho has signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League club, they announced on Tuesday (Aug 3). The Brazil international is the second key member of Jurgen Klopp’s first-team squad to extend their time at Anfield after Trent Alexander-Arnold completed a new deal last month. “I’m delighted to have signed... » read more
SINGAPORE – Staff and residents at the Grace Lodge nursing home who came into contact with an infected healthcare assistant have tested negative for Covid-19 thus far. All visits will be suspended until further notice, but the nursing home will facilitate phone or video calls for families who wish to connect with their loved ones... » read more
SINGAPORE – All residents of MINDSville @ Napiri Adult Disability Home have not been on outings or returned to their own home since May 7, the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (Minds) said in a media statement posted on its website. This means that the residents have not left MINDSville @ Napiri since May 7, except for... » read more
SINGAPORE – The McDonald’s outlet at Canberra Plaza in Yishun is cheerfully decorated with pop colours and cartoon characters. But with dining in not allowed until June 13 under phase two (heightened alert) rules, it was largely empty and forlorn. A few young boys who came in were directed, after scanning in and sanitising their... » read more
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) will be testing about 5,000 inmates, staff, vendors and volunteers over the next few days after a chef working in the prison kitchen at Changi Prison Complex tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday (May 13). In a statement released on Saturday, SPS said inmate activities including rehabilitation programmes... » read more
SINGAPORE- Providers of pre-event testing (PET) for Covid-19 are ramping up resources and hiring or training more staff as they handle a spike in demand. They were already taking bookings for large-scale events when the Ministry of Health (MOH) last Tuesday (May 4) announced a tightening of restrictions after a surge in local cases. From... » read more
SINGAPORE – A man who is accused of stealing vitamins from a Watsons claimed that the staff were hallucinating. Maniram Kese Sunar, 50, faces one charge for theft and another for skipping bail. He is alleged to have stolen two bottles of multivitamins from Watsons in Tampines Mall on the evening of June 15 last... » read more
The upcoming ATP 250 Singapore Tennis Open will start on Monday behind closed doors but up to 250 fans may be allowed for the semi-finals and final if there are no tournament-related positive coronavirus cases, among other factors like local transmissions, organisers said yesterday. At least 200 players, staff and officials from overseas are expected... » read more
SINGAPORE – A woman who was caught on video spitting at KFC staff last year was convicted on Thursday morning (Jan 28). Lin Si Ting, 43, pleaded guilty to one count each of harassment and using criminal force on the staff. A third charge under the Covid-19 regulations will be taken into consideration for sentencing.... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, Dec 21. Singapore’s first longitudinal study on kindergarten children shows home activities boost maths, language skills The study followed 1,537 children from 80 preschools from kindergarten 1 to Primary 1. READ MORE HERE Singaporeans ‘behaving as if we are already in phase 3’, as... » read more
Nursing home staff in Singapore are now being tested for Covid-19 once every two months as part of measures to ensure that senior citizens in the homes are kept safe from the virus. In response to queries from The Straits Times, a Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman said that all nursing home providers will complete... » read more
(From left) OncoCare employees Wallace Chai, Wong Poh Yee, Peter Ang, Christine Lim and Lim Siew Bee warming up before running in the company’s Bright Future Move 2020 event at the Singapore Sports Hub yesterday. In the Nov 1-Dec 14 event, 80 employees from the cancer centre are aiming to collectively run, walk or hike... » read more
Staff at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are not allowed to have intimate relationships with an undergraduate student, even if it is consensual. According to the university’s code of conduct for staff, found on the NUS website, the rule also extends to graduate students or any other student over whom the staff member “exercises... » read more
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has made a police report against former Tembusu College don Jeremy Fernando following allegations of sexual misconduct made against him. It had also advised the two female students who accused Dr Fernando of misconduct to do the same. In a statement last night, NUS said it made the report... » read more