[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will cancel her travel plans until Sunday (October 18) after one of her staff members tested positive for COVID-19, the campaign said in a release. Harris, who according to the campaign tested negative for the coronavirus on Wednesday and will be tested …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is reviewing its guidelines to see if employers who have received warnings for illegally sending their maids to work in a different location should be fined instead, the Minister of Labor said Thursday. Gan Siow Huang Manpower Status (October 15). “This is …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A nanny was found guilty on Thursday (October 15) of poisoning two babies in her care with a variety of medications, including some used to treat insomnia and anxiety disorders. After a trial, District Judge John Ng convicted Sa’adiah Jamari, 39, of two counts of administering poisons …
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[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday (October 15) that she will resign as leader of the center-left Labor Party if opinion polls turn out to be wrong and she loses the general election on Saturday. The prospect seems remote, with Labor enjoying a 15-point lead …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s roundtrip air travel bubble with Hong Kong will pave the way for leisure and other forms of travel between the two. While details are still being worked out, people could travel between the two locations in several weeks. Here are some answers to the most frequently …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) saw a 98.1 percent year-on-year decline in passenger transport in September, even as Singapore opened its borders to more locations. “Demand for air travel continued to be low as border controls and strict travel restrictions were maintained in most countries to curb the spread …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Each member of a Singaporean household received an average of $ 1,500 in support related to Covid-19, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat. Additionally, more than 300,000 Singaporean households have benefited from a voucher scheme launched by the Community Development Councils (CDC) in June to help …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Four men and three women, ages 23 to 54, were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the theft of 2020 budget grocery vouchers from HDB mailboxes in Singapore. Preliminary investigations indicate the cases are likely unrelated and opportunistic in nature, police said on Thursday (October …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Government will offer a unique COVID-19 test to more than 45,000 people working in 110 street vendor centers and markets and more than 1,120 cafeterias, as well as food delivery personnel operating in the locality of these places to eat . The test exercise started on Thursday …
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[ad_1] GENEVA / ZURICH – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday (October 14) that healthy young people may have to wait until 2022 to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus, as it warned against complacency in the rate of mortality from disease. Despite the global push for a …
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