Current Affairs
Breaking news, hot topics of the day, etc.
Breastfeeding is allowed in public including trains and buses, says Transport Minister
New mothers will be able to breastfeed their children in public as the government will provide nursing rooms at all...
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India extends ban on international commercial passenger flights until 14 April
All scheduled international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended until midnight local time on 14 April, the Directorate General of...
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Businessman and politician Osman Sulaiman in agreement to close schools for the safety of children
On Thursday (26 March), Khan Osman Sulaiman, a businessman and Reform Party candidate in the 2015 General Election, took to...
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SBS Transit clarifies worker in viral video was not COVID-19 case, but has Meniere’s disease
Viral footage of an SBS Transit Ltd worker being escorted to the hospital by paramedics wearing personal protective equipment (PPE)...
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Stricter penalties for those who leave home while on five-day MC, up to $10,000 fine and 6 months jail-time
As published in the Government Gazette on Wednesday (25 March), any patient who has been certified as having acute respiratory...
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Public alerted of scams requiring payments of detained goods
Singapore Customs alerted members of the public of scams where victims received correspondences from companies claiming that the authority has withheld...
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China drastically cuts international flights: government
China is set to drastically cut its international flight routes in a bid to blunt the number of imported cases...
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52 additional cases of COVID-19 confirmed; 28 imported cases from various countries
As of 26 March 2020, 12 pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified an additional 52 cases...
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Marine Parade to suspend all house visits and resident engagement activities
Singaporeans have been advised to practise social distancing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic to curb possible spreads and transmissions. Yesterday, the...
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Indonesia’s healthcare system unable to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak
Indonesia faces a significant lack of hospital beds, medical staff and intensive care facilities in the midst of the COVID-19...
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Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem -
What are we to make of an opposition that is reduced to being a mere spectator in a crisis? -
49 additional cases of COVID-19 confirmed by MOH; New cluster at SingPost Centre -
HOME volunteer emphasises importance of negotiating compensation between FDWs and employers on rest days during Stay-Home Notice period -
Resilience Budget: Arts and culture sector to receive additional S$55 million aid package, support in upskilling and digitalisation -
Sudden closure of all PCF Sparkletots centres due to COVID-19 cluster in Fengshan branch, catches parents by surprise -
Ex-grassroots leader with “clean record” jailed for molesting child of daughter’s neighbour -
UK PM Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19 -
Netizens voice concern over jail terms, fines for those who breach COVID-19 social distancing rules -
Lawyer Teo Soh Lung criticizes mainstream media for misleading people, calls SM Teo’s explanations on caretaker govt as ‘talking nonsense’ -
Singapore schools to implement one day of home-based learning a week -
Govt should align tax incentives with a carbon-neutral economy, says NMP Anthea Ong -
COVID-19: Individuals who fail to adhere to safe distancing rules can be fined or given jail term -
COVID-19: M’sia announces “people-oriented” RM250 billion relief package -
NTUC FairPrice now adds cooking oil, canned products and frozen poultry to shopping cap list
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Legal brothels in S'pore to close until the end of next month -
This is not a time for the government to be playing Jekyll and Hyde with Singaporeans -
PM Lee goes on walkabout in Ang Mo Kio, distributes bottles of hand sanitiser to patrons at Teck Ghee Court Food Centre -
More Indonesians carrying Covid-19 virus arriving to seek treatments in Singapore hospitals -
Lee Hsien Yang shares photo of late Lee Kuan Yew’s favourite carpet on his father’s fifth death anniversary - COVID-19 fatality: 64-yr-old Indonesian flew to S'pore for treatment, infected S'porean during stay
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Ministry of Manpower will not extend temporary housing support to Malaysian workers -
Panic buyer at FairPrice tells MP Amrin Amin “None of your business” when he questions the purchase of crates of eggs - Resilience Budget: S'pore to freeze all govt charges and fees for one year until Mar 2021, temporarily suspend student loan repayments, says DPM Heng Swee Keat
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DPM Heng had responded to some requests for private-hire bus drivers facing challenges amid COVID-19 crisis, says WP’s chief -
Ong Ye Kung gets whacked by netizens over his FB post on MOE’s reasoning for reopening schools amid COVID-19 outbreak - Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem
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Temasek's largest shareholdings plunged S$34.24 billion in three months -
Closing our borders to short term visitors but still going ahead with general elections, is contradictory -
SDP chairman Paul Tambyah: Holding GE in the midst of COVID-19 crisis "defies logic"
