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Only 30 who experience serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccines qualified for financial assistance, out of 104 applications: Minister Gan Kim Yong
About 104 residents who experienced serious side effects related to COVID-19 vaccines have applied for financial assistance, but only 30 applications were qualified for compensation, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong in Parliament on Tuesday...
PSP’s Leong Mun Wai accepts challenge by Law Minister K Shanmugam to file a motion on CECA to debate in Parliament
Singapore’s Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has thrown down a challenge to Progress Singapore Party’s (PSP) Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Leong Mun Wai to file a motion to debate the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic...
S’pore has sent 256 oxygen cylinders and more to support India’s COVID-19 efforts: Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
Singapore has sent 256 oxygen cylinders to support Indian’s pandemic response, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, delivered directly to West Bengal by two Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) C-130 aircrafts. In...
Businesses hard hit by tighter border controls; BTO delayed up to a year: Minister Lawrence Wong
Singapore is “fully plugged into the world” with trade and travel being its lifeblood, which is why its borders cannot remain closed over a prolonged duration, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong who is also co-chair...
SAC-M: Deporting DVB reporters to Myanmar would violate international law
The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says that three DVB reporters and two associates who fled violence and persecution in Myanmar must not be forced back by the Thai authorities. To do so would...
30-year-old man arrested over alleged assault and racial slurs against 55-year-old woman
The Police has announced that a 30-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged assault and racial slurs against a 55-year-old woman at Choa Chu Kang Drive last Friday. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said...
Bottom 20% of households “got more” in GST vouchers than the amount of GST payable: Minister Lawrence Wong
The bottom 20 per cent of households “got more” from both the permanent and one-off goods and services tax (GST) vouchers, than the amount of GST payable, said Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong in...
SPH restructuring: Pritam Singh and S Iswaran cross swords on issues of govt funding and editorial independence
Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh earlier this week crossed swords with Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran on issues on the Government's possible influence over the Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) new media entity. The...
Indian doctors warn against practice of applying cow dung on body to ward off COVID-19
As the number of COVID-19 cases in India continue to soar, doctors in the country are now facing another new problem after members of the public were discovered to be applying cow dung all over...