[ad_1] It may take a while before international travel restrictions are lifted, but airlines can’t afford to wait that long. With more jobs at risk of being eliminated with each passing day, some airlines have found a halfway solution: flights to nowhere. In some territories, with some airlines or certain …
Read More »Construction company fined $ 56,500 for damaging PUB’s water main and for unauthorized works, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Feng Ming Construction was fined $ 55,000 for damaging a water main, the highest fine ever imposed by state courts for the crime, and an additional $ 1,500 for unauthorized sheet pile installation work on Dunearn Road. Singapore’s water agency PUB said in a statement on Monday …
Read More »Snack, Scrape Safely – New COVID-19 Helmet Brings Frontline Workers Comfort
[ad_1] HANOI: Three Vietnamese school students have designed a helmet that enables frontline healthcare workers to grab a snack or even scratch their nose without exposing themselves to the risks of coronavirus infection. The pandemic has shed light on the balance at times between comfort and safety in personal protective …
Read More »Serial rapist who takes the bus to touch women attacked two girls while on bail
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Less than a month after he was released from prison for sexual abuse, a criminal sexually abused a woman on a bus. While on bail after being charged with this and another crime, he happened to touch two 13-year-old girls, also on a bus. Singaporean Vaz Clive …
Read More »Tensions soar over Australia’s ‘heartbreaking’ COVID-19 border closures
[ad_1] SYDNEY: A fiery dispute over the closures of Australia’s state lines has brought the country’s prime minister to tears, sparked bitter recriminations from rival regional leaders, and even spoke of secession. Travel between the nation’s independent-minded states and territories has mostly been banned since COVID-19 hit Australia in March. …
Read More »Tensions are triggered by Covid-19 ‘heartbreaking’ border closures in Australia, Australia / NZ News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SYDNEY (AFP) – A heated dispute over the closures of Australia’s state borders has brought the country’s prime minister to tears, sparked bitter recriminations from rival regional leaders and even spoke of secession. Travel between the nation’s independent-minded states and territories has been mostly banned since Covid-19 hit Australia …
Read More »Singer Aliff Aziz faces jail time for robbing an Indonesian actress in a Singapore hotel
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singaporean actor and singer Aliff Aziz, popular across the Causeway for his Malay love songs, faces jail time after a district court on Monday (September 14) learned that he did not had been deemed eligible for a Mandatory Treatment Order, or MTO. . The 29-year-old pleaded guilty …
Read More »Business braces for shock as Jakarta heads toward second COVID-19 lockdown
[ad_1] JAKARTA: Rollercoaster year-long markings are affixed to Sutiwet’s small restaurant in Jakarta: plastic barriers on the counters, stickers on the glass urging customers to wear masks, and a gallon of water on the front so that people wash their hands. But just as life in the Indonesian capital was …
Read More »Singapore Reports 48 New COVID-19 Cases, Including 5 Imported Infections
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Monday (September 14), including five imported infections. This brings Singapore’s case count to 57,454. Ad Ad Forty-seven of the new cases were asymptomatic and detected through screening and surveillance, he said. the Ministry of Health (MINSA). Four …
Read More »Asia Offers More Flu Vaccines To Avoid COVID-19 Complications
[ad_1] TOKYO: Some Asian countries are implementing earlier and more aggressive flu vaccination programs this year, seeking to reduce the potential for people to contract flu and COVID-19 simultaneously, crippling health systems. With a second or third wave of the coronavirus pandemic looming in many countries, tackling this year’s flu …
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