“An immediate human rights response to counter the COVID-19 and the global recession ahead is an urgent priority,” says UN expert

GENEVA (20 March 2020) – The best response to a potential economic…

S’porean Redditors recount experiences of Good Samaritans returning their lost items

On Friday (20 March), in a thread on a Reddit platform titled,…

S’pore churches form “Home Away from Home”, collaborate with NHCS to provide shelter for stranded M’sian workers

With the recent border lockdown by the Malaysian government beginning 18 March…

SDP chief Chee Soon Juan: COVID-19 crisis exposes S’pore’s “over-dependence” on foreign manpower

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has exposed one of the biggest “structural…

Governments provide financial aid to airlines, but with conditions

While politicians in New Zealand and the United States are outlining the…

At least 21 SGX-listed companies closed factories in M’sia in observance of restricted movement order

Complying with Malaysia’s restricted movement order, at least 21 firms listed on…

We elected a president without casting a single vote, are we to cast 2.6 million votes for a pandemic election?

We may be flogging a dead horse because if the government wants…

President Halimah Yacob: COVID-19 is a huge threat, and we’ve not reached the peak yet

Seeing how the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is rising in Singapore,…