Browsing Category

Government

206 posts

Govt to assist eligible lower- to middle-income workers via new COVID-19 grant

A new COVID-19 grant will be rolled out to provide lower- to…

S’pore Health Sciences Authority approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine; first shipment expected by end of December

The Health Sciences Authority of Singapore has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed…

Borders to inevitably be reopened to avoid S’pore “permanently losing out” as “international hub”; a “calculated risk we have to accept”: PM Lee

While acknowledging that many countries globally are facing “second, third, or even…

Singapore to enter Phase Three of post-COVID circuit breaker reopening on 28 December

Singapore is set to enter Phase Three of its post-COVID circuit breaker…

Epidemiologist weighs in on Indonesia’s decision to acquire Sinovac vaccine despite unknown levels of efficacy

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — As many as 1.2 million doses of Sinovac COVID-19…

“Waste of taxpayers’ money”?: Netizens question difference between role of Mayors and MPs

To gain greater insight into a Mayor’s role in Singapore, CNA documented…
  • 0030
  • 27 November 2020

MAS apologises, takes full responsibility for typo error on Chinese placard bearing Manpower Minister Josephine Teo’s title

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday (26 November) apologised for…
  • 0024
  • 26 November 2020

Do constant typo errors in Government-related statements reflect the poor level of Mandarin in Singapore?

Following the incident of “uncommon word” errors in the Chinese version of…
  • 0024
  • 25 November 2020

Singapore to most likely to run Budget deficit in 2021 amid COVID-19 pandemic, says PM Lee

Budget 2021, which will be out in February next year, will most…

Singapore was part of joint military exercise in Thailand linked to COVID-19 infection

Thai news site Khaosod reported on Thursday (12 November) that Singapore was…