Circuit breaker classes: Yoga, tuition and gyms move online as Singapo...
Armed with a large iPad, a laptop and a large monitor screen, over 40 tuition teachers with Raymond’s Maths & Science Studio press on with their regular lessons amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Although the lessons are held at the same time on the same day as before, all of the teachers now tutor remotely from their homes over video conferencing application Zoom.
Ma...
2020 Apr 11
Zoom rushes to improve privacy for consumers flooding its service duri...
Over the last month, the Zoom videoconferencing service has emerged as the communication lifeline of the coronavirus pandemic. But the convenience fueling Zoom’s explosive popularity has come at a price.
Originally a service meant for businesses, Zoom was designed to make it easy for company employees, sales representatives and clients to hop on meetings. When consumers flocked to the v...
2020 Apr 11
Ten businesses told to cease operations after remaining open during CO...
SINGAPORE: Ten business outlets which had remained open - despite providing "non-essential services" - have been instructed to cease operations, said Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Wednesday (Apr 8).
In a joint media state...
2020 Apr 08
The Covid-19 pandemic could cost over 25 million jobs
Job losses
The coronavirus has put world economies at risk, with production and jobs plummeting by the day. The United Nations, in its estimates for job loss, said that global unemployment could rise by five million to 25 million.
Worse than it looks
2020 Apr 08
COVID-19: Eligible self-employed workers to receive S$9,000 in quarter...
SINGAPORE: Around 88,000 people will automatically benefit from a new income relief scheme introduced to tide self-employed workers over the current period of uncertainty, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Friday (Mar 27).
Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Government would do all it could to stabilise the economy, as well as save jobs and business...
2020 Mar 27
Singapore's reserves are for rainy days, COVID-19 already a 'mighty st...
The COVID-19 pandemic is the sort of event Singapore has been accumulating its reserves for, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said, as he explained the need to draw up to S$17 billion from the reserves for measures to protect jobs and support the economy.
“We have saved up for a rainy day,” Mr Heng told Parliament on Thursday (Mar 26) in announcing additional economic me...
2020 Mar 26
COVID-19: Speed at which virus is spreading is shocking, says research...
According to her, one of the reasons is presence of spike protein in the virus and its affinity to ACE2 receptors in human cells
Chennaiite Pavithra Venkatagopalan, who holds a Ph.D. from Arizona State University (ASU) in the U.S., where her research focused on coronaviruses, was someone who was never active on social media.
“I took my privacy seriously and all my social media ac...
2020 Mar 26
The brewing concern over jobs and salaries as COVID-19 persists
Saving jobs is key priority in this COVID-19 downturn - and businesses can afford to be more sensitive to doing
Against a backdrop of about 18,589 deaths and 415,000 infections, the COVID-19 outbreak is bringing the world to its knees. Globally, production lines and supply chains have been disrupted, stock markets are bearing down and businesses are buckling under.&...
2020 Mar 26
Coronavirus impact: Hikes, bonuses on the block as IT firms get ready ...
India’s IT services companies may freeze pay hikes and cut bonuses to deal with the business slowdown sparked by shutdowns due to the Covid-19 outbreak globally, replicating moves made during the US financial crisis over a decade ago, senior executives and analysts told ET.
“Bonus, variable pay or any increment is right now on hold,” C P Gurnani, CEO of Tech Mahindr...
2020 Mar 19
Malaysians with work permits to continue working in Singapore: MFA
Malaysians with work permits will continue to work in Singapore during the restricted movement order period imposed by Putrajaya, with health screening and accommodation provided, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Friday (Mar 20).
MFA said in a press statement that the decision was made after Singapore's Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Natio...
2020 Mar 19
7 tips to keep your employees safe from Coronavirus at workplace
Covid-19 popularly known as Coronavirus has been declared a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) due to its seamless capacity of mutation. With global numbers crossing the mark of 1 lakh, and India registering 50+ positive cases; the uproar and fear for this illness is hardly going to rest soon. China being one of the largest economies of the world has suffered a severe downfall due t...
2020 Mar 17
'Two choices' for General Election timing, says Singapore PM Lee
There are two choices when it comes to the timing of the General Election, the country’s Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday. Federal election is due next year.
“When to hold elections? That depends on the situation, and the outlook,” Mr Lee said in a Facebook post after holding a dialogue with his pary leaders on COVID-19.
“Singapore faces g...
2020 Mar 14
'Prepare, but don't panic' is India's mantra to counter coronavirus: N...
Convening a special meeting of SAARC leaders over a videoconference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterated Indian efforts to counter the novel coronavirus. 'Prepare, but don't panic' has been India's mantra to fight the deadly virus, said Modi.
"As we all know, COVID-19 has recently been classified by the World Health Organisation as a pandemic. So far, our region has ...
2020 Mar 14
Is antibacterial soap better at killing germs, hands down?
Since the Covid-19 outbreak, people have been encouraged to wash their hands for good hygiene. But what kind of cleaning agent works best?
With the focus on keeping our hands clean amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, antibacterial soaps have been flying off the shelves.
These soaps use chemical agents like chlorhexidine, which supposed...
2020 Mar 13
Employment Pass minimum qualifying salary to be raised to $3,900; tigh...
Rules for hiring foreign workers will be tightened as part of efforts to assure Singaporeans that they are competing on a level playing field.
2020 Mar 04
Hong Kong protests show Singapore importance of public order, good gov...
Public order and good governance are "key" lessons Singapore can learn from the protests in different parts of the world including in Hong Kong, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said in Parliament on Monday (Mar 2). Mr Shanmugam was speaking during the Committee of Supply debate on Singapore's approach to public order.
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Singapore confirms 4 new COVID-19 cases, including 3 linked to cluster...
SINGAPORE: Four more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Mar 1), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 106.
Three of the new cases are linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies in Science Park. The other case is a Japanese national who is a Singapore work pass holder.
Another two patien...
2020 Mar 01