Singapore

It has been confirmed that two additional instances of monkeypox infection have occurred in Singapore, bringing the total number of infections in the country to eight. The Ministry of Health (MOH) stated in an update that was posted on its website on Sunday, July 24th, that neither of the newly discovered cases of monkeypox is connected to any of the …

Due to a rise in daily average acute respiratory infection (ARI) attendance from COVID-19 and other infections over the past two weeks, those wishing to obtain their vaccinations at polyclinics will now require appointments. Only people over the age of 80 are allowed to enter the polyclinics to get their immunizations. A press release from the Ministry of Health (MOH) …

After receiving a bomb threat in the early morning hours of Thursday (July 21), Evergreen Secondary School in Woodlands was forced to evacuate all of its students as well as its personnel. According to Education Minister Chan Chun Sing, the rumored threat turned out to be a false alarm. “The police responded swiftly and conducted a thorough sweep of the …

It was reported that a couple went missing after supposedly failing to deliver the luxury watches and bags that they had promised, and that arrest warrants had been issued for both of them, according to police on July 20. Tradenation and Tradeluxury have been the subject of at least 180 complaints to police since June. According to the complainants, the …

The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Singapore said on Tuesday that a girl who was four years old and had COVID-19 passed away in Singapore on Sunday, the 17th of July. She is the second patient in Singapore under the age of 12 to pass away as a result of the disease. According to the Ministry of Health’s response to …

SINGAPORE — Mahadi Ab Latif, 45, agreed to aid a friend from a halfway house who wanted to manufacture fake $100 bills to buy illegal smokes. The amount of bogus $100 local notes the police seized from the two forgers was $18,500. When he was arrested, Mahadi was working as a driver when he discovered an empty warehouse and helped …

JAPAN: World Athletics has declared that Tokyo will host the 2025 World Athletics Championships, beating out Singapore, Nairobi, and Silesia (Jul 14). Last year’s Olympic Games will be returning to their original location for this year’s JAAF centennial celebration. The 2023 World Athletics Championships will be held in Budapest, according to World Athletics. WADA president Sebastian Coe remarked after the …

SINGAPORE: Energy connectivity in Southeast Asia could benefit from a feasibility study conducted by Singapore and the United States. Amidst the US-Southeast Asia Clean Energy Roundtable in Singapore on Thursday, Tan See Leng, Singapore’s Second Minister of Trade and Industry, and US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met (Jul 14). Friday, they issued a joint ministerial statement reiterating their commitment to …

JAPAN: As the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Japan, Prime Minister Lee has written to his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida to congratulate him on the LDP’s success. Two days after the killing of a senior LDP member and former prime minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s conservative coalition government extended its majority in the upper house of …

SINGAPORE: It’s not an easy task to make it into the top 12 Singaporean home cooks, much less the top two. Nevertheless, Nares, 32, accomplished just that in MasterChef Singapore’s third season, which concluded on July 3 with a fiery finale involving S Nareskanna, also known as Nares. While he missed out on the MasterChef title by just 1.5 points, …