The upcoming Budget 2023 on Feb 14 – Singapore’s first post-pandemic Budget – will bring longer-term challenges into sharper focus. Recent moves like the GST hike will help close the funding gap, but they may not be enough, say Coface economists Bernard Aw and Eve Barre.Continue Reading
US lawmakers have also passed a non-binding resolution condemning China use of the balloon.Continue Reading
SCDF has also prepared five transportable power generators, as well as 24 boxes of transportation carriers containing USAR equipment (cutting/breaking/lifting/stabilising equipment), medical products, field rations, and tentage. To support the contingent’s enhanced USAR functions, the team will likely bring additional lookup and rescue machines, medical supplies, and communications and logisticsContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Deliveroo will lay off a portion of its global staff, with roles at all levels of the company affected. In an internal memo to employees seen by CNA, Deliveroo founder and Chief Executive Will Shu said that around 9 per cent of company’s workforce, with approximately 350 roles cut, although the actualContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: The police issued a warning to the public about scams involving the impersonation of officers from government agencies on Thursday (Feb 9), with at least 148 victims losing at least S$182,000 to such scammers since January. In its statement, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said that the victims would receive unsolicitedContinue Reading
Members of the public can continue to drop off donated items on Friday from 10am to 6pm at 10 Genting Lane.Continue Reading
From the removal of the mask requirement in public transport and some healthcare settings to scaling down financial support, here are the changes to Singapore’s COVID-19 policy.Continue Reading
Although we wish for no similar pandemic again, Singapore’s experience with COVID-19 shows that the people of Singapore will pitch in to protect one another, says the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health’s Alex Cook.Continue Reading
The K-drama star is currently banned from travelling overseas by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Read full storyContinue Reading
The signings were witnessed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh who is on an official visit to Singapore from Feb 8 to Feb 10.Continue Reading