Some disorder in roll-out of Covid-19 testing, isolation protocols at Jalan Tukang dormitory: MWC chairman
SINGAPORE – A confluence of factors had led to delays in moving Covid-19-positive workers living in the Westlite Jalan Tukang dormitory to off-site care and recovery facilities, the Migrant Workers’ […]
Little India shops look forward to business boost from pilot scheme for migrant workers
SINGAPORE – For the past year and a half, shopkeepers in Little India have been hit hard by a drastic fall in income as migrant workers who would throng the […]
Some employers in Singapore holding on to maids’ passports illegally
SINGAPORE – A new initiative to pay random visits to employers and their foreign domestic workers has uncovered some instances of employers illegally holding on to their workers’ passports and […]
Businesses, families would have been severely hit if Singapore closed its borders to migrant workers: MOM
SINGAPORE – Singapore would have been hit hard by a shortfall of at least 100,000 workers and 30,000 domestic workers if migrant workers had not been allowed to enter after […]
How Covid-19 has changed life in foreign workers’ dorms in S’pore
When the Covid-19 outbreak hit dormitories in Singapore last year, conditions in the living quarters were pinpointed as a reason for the spike in cases. A year after dorm cases […]
Dorm life one year on: How life has changed for migrant workers since Covid-19 cases peaked in 2020
SINGAPORE – Covid-19 cases in migrant worker dormitories had been close to zero for months and plans were in place for rules to be relaxed, but a recent flare-up at […]
Second migrant worker dies after PIE accident involving lorry and tipper truck
SINGAPORE – A second migrant worker who was travelling in the back of a lorry that crashed into a stationary tipper truck on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) has died. The […]
Risky for workers in dorms to mix freely with general population amid Covid-19: PM Lee
SINGAPORE – With Covid-19 still circulating in Singapore, it will be too much of a risk to have migrant workers from dormitories mixing freely with the general population, said Prime […]
Newly-arrived migrant workers can serve bulk of SHN in Quick Build Dorms under MOM pilot
SINGAPORE – Newly-arrived migrant workers in the construction, marine and process sectors will be able to serve the bulk of their stay-home notice (SHN) period in Quick Build Dormitories (QBDs), […]
Migrant workers in higher-risk dorms to get Covid-19 vaccines first: Tan See Leng
SINGAPORE – Migrant workers in dormitories will be vaccinated by the end of this year, the same timeline as for the rest of Singapore, Second Minister for Manpower Tan See […]
3-year Singapore-led study to look at impact of heat on migrant workers, soldiers and others
SINGAPORE – Singapore is hot, hot, hot. But this does not mean nothing can be done about it. Local researchers keen to prove that the effects of heat can be […]
Kindergartens, temples and Government help migrant workers celebrate Deepavali despite Covid-19
SINGAPORE – The coronavirus pandemic may have put a dampener on Deepavali festivities for migrant workers here, but the spirit of the festival was not lost on Saturday (Nov 14), […]