Day: 23 July 2021

17 posts

Increased testing needed to fight delta strain in Europe: WHO

Increased free testing, contact tracing and other steps are needed to fight…

Pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics open in low-key ceremony without fans

The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on…

Philippines orders children back indoors amid fears of virus surge

The Philippines sent millions of children back into lockdown Friday as hospitals…

S’pore should seriously study minimum wage as complement to PWM, says MAS chief

Singapore may seriously consider studying a modest minimum wage as a complement…

New lease of life for The Substation as arts centre slated to morph into arts company focusing on original programming development

In a drastic turn of events following the announcement of The Substation’s…

Crowds gather outside Tokyo stadium for Olympics opening ceremony

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday,…

133 new cases of COVID-19 infection in S’pore; 130 locally transmitted cases, 78 linked to Jurong Fishery Port cluster and 6 belong to KTV cluster

As of Friday noon (23 July), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has…

Netizens encourage people to support elderly cobbler near Holland Village MRT

Cobbling is a slowly dying trade, even before the pandemic which has…

Indian national air-con repairman from ST Synthesis with S$800 monthly salary gets 10 days’ jail for negligently causing fire at police HQ

A 30-year-old air-conditioner repairman from India has been sentenced to 10 days’…