M'sian workers in S'pore to stay put in the Republic for another two weeks, says M'sia Health Director-General

As Singapore begins its “circuit breaker” measures against further local transmission of…

Parliament: Living conditions at Punggol dorm could have been better maintained, says Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad

Conditions at the dormitory in Punggol that currently houses around 13,000 migrant…

COVID-19 exposes how we really treat our foreign labour

The Corona virus is certainly, for want of a better word, unprecedented.…

Singaporeans face problems in applying for TRF while their employers refuse to help

As a form of support for Singaporeans to power through the COVID-19…

Ong Teng Cheong asked and got stonewalled, Pritam Singh asked and got an earful

by Augustine Low There are no two ways about it. The secret…

【冠状病毒19】本地新增142确诊 一印度籍男子病逝后确诊

根据卫生部文告,今日(8日)本地新增142起确诊病例,其中140里都是本地感染,创下单日新高。我国累计确诊病例也达到1千623例。 其中55例都与此前感染群有关联。至于S11榜鹅客工宿舍感染群,累计确诊增至115例。卓源路Westlite 卓源客工宿舍,也增至38例。卓源东路回利阁宿舍也累计23例。目前上述三座宿舍都被列为隔离区。 今日再有29人出院,累计治愈出院人数406人。仍有669例需留院治疗,大多情况稳定或有起色。不过,也有29人病重需待在加护病房。 文告称一名32岁持长期准证印度籍男子,昨日曾到国家传染病中心接受冠病检测,回家等候结果。当时胸部X光检查显示未患上肺炎。不过,他在今日病逝,之后才确诊患上冠状病毒19。目前当局仍在调查其死因。 至于542例康复良好,惟冠毒检测仍呈阳性反应病患,则转移到各个隔离设施。  

MAS loosens capital requirements for financial institutions, but disallows share buybacks

The capital and liquidity requirements for banks during the pandemic have been…

Heng tells Workers’ Party: Not in the interest of S'poreans to repeatedly ask about size of reserves

In Parliament yesterday (7 Apr), responding to Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam…