Foreign domestic worker welcomes new house visit scheme by MOM
SINGAPORE – Come rain or shine, Grace (not her real name) sleeps every night on a mattress laid out in the balcony. A single mother, she has been working in […]
ICA foils bid to smuggle 110kg of goods including sex enhancement products and condoms
SINGAPORE – About 110kg of sex enhancement products and condoms were among various items that were attempted to be smuggled into Singapore. But the bid was foiled by Immigration and […]
Neighbours of SKH nurse charged with harassing front-liner and his family
SINGAPORE – A couple appeared in the district court on Friday (May 21) after allegedly harassing their front-liner neighbours amid the Covid-19 outbreak. A male nurse, who works at Sengkang […]
Beware of online shopping traps
(NYTIMES) – Some things are difficult by design. Consider Amazon. The company perfected the one-click checkout. But cancelling a US$119 (S$160) Prime subscription is a labyrinthine process that requires multiple […]
Rich families set up family offices in S’pore: What are they and how are they regulated?
SINGAPORE – Family offices come in a range of shapes and sizes but their central mission statement – to manage wealth – rarely varies. A single family office caters to […]
Claim-based insurance: Policyholders get more control over how much they pay in premiums
SINGAPORE – Civil servant Germaine Wong spends about $10,000 a year on Integrated Shield Plan premiums for herself and five other members of her family. Mrs Wong, 46, is pleased […]
Rental companies in US buy up used cars as chip crisis gets worse
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The semiconductor shortage has slashed vehicle production so much that rental-car companies can’t get the new cars they need, so they have resorted to buying used […]
1 foreign worker dead after accident along PIE, 16 others taken to hospitals
SINGAPORE – A 33-year-old man, who was one of 17 migrant workers travelling on the back of a lorry, died after the vehicle collided with a stationary tipper truck along the Pan-Island […]
US billionaires becoming newspaper owners
(NYTIMES) – Billionaires in the US have had a pretty good pandemic. There are more of them than there were a year ago, even as the health crisis has exacerbated […]
US tech workers say they’re overworked and stressed amid Covid-19 shift to remote work
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The Covid-19 pandemic-related shift to remote work exacerbated an already difficult year for many women and minorities in technology, a new survey shows. The workers said […]
8 money problems that worry S’poreans most
If Singaporeans were put through a financial fitness test, it’s fair to say that many of them would fail because they suffer from that all-too-common ailment – money-not-enough disease. Many […]
Goldman Sachs junior analysts complain of 95-hour week, unrealistic deadlines
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – As Goldman Sachs cashes in on a boom in market activity, a group of first-year analysts have warned senior management that they are overworked and will […]
NFT Startup Ether Cards Set for Launch on March 18
NFT gamification startup Ether Cards is launching on March 18, 2021 Singapore / SEAPRWIRE / March 18, 2021 / Ether Cards’ main sale will be commencing, providing the general public an opportunity to buy […]
Teen among 253 people being investigated for involvement in scams
SINGAPORE – Over 250 people, aged between 14 and 74, are being investigated by the police for their roles as either scammers or as money mules. On Saturday (March 13), […]
Women and girls enjoy less freedom in the online space than in real Singapore: Sim Ann
SINGAPORE – In her course of work at the Ministry of Communications and Information, Ms Sim Ann has encountered cases of victims who experienced online harm. “From time to time, […]
US college dropout returns to donate $27m
(NYTIMES) – With no way of paying tuition, Mr Calvin Tyler dropped out of college in his home town, Baltimore, in 1963 before becoming a truck driver for UPS. He […]
Medical social worker finds meaning in supporting Covid-19 patients
SINGAPORE – When the pandemic struck last year, Dr Ho Lai Peng encountered an anxious Covid-19 patient hospitalised at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) who was separated from […]
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), […]
Severe burn victims face operations and long, intensive rehab
When a severely burnt patient is wheeled into the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Burn Centre, one of the first things emergency staff do is to pump air into the patient’s […]
Those vaccinated will be monitored for side effects and jab criteria refined
The Government will continue to observe and monitor people who were vaccinated to look out for those with side effects, collect this data and refine the criteria for vaccination. Health […]