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Singapore’s unemployment rates back to pre-pandemic levels as they continue to fall: MOM

Singapore's unemployment rates back to pre-pandemic levels as they continue to fall: MOM

  • Published: April 8, 20226:43 am
  • Author Rosalind Ang
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British warship deployed to Indo-Pacific region docks in Singapore

The deployment of HMS Tamar and HMS Spey in the Indo-Pacific marks Britain's first permanent naval in the region since the British withdrawal from the east of the Suez Canal in…

  • Published: April 7, 20229:17 am
  • Author Ng Wei Kai
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Parliament backs White Paper to improve equality, opportunities for S’pore women after 9.5-hour debate

The 115-page White Paper had proposed that by 2024, employers must consider staff requests for flexible work arrangements fairly and properly, under a new set of guidelines.

  • Published: April 6, 202212:50 pm
  • Author Goh Yan Han
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Sri Lankans call new Cabinet with old president ‘meaningless’

Despite the resignation of 26 Cabinet ministers, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his older brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, still hold the reins.

  • Published: April 5, 20229:33 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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S’pore allows social egg freezing: What the procedure entails and why women do it

The White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development will be debated in Parliament this week.

  • Published: April 4, 202211:01 am
  • Author Theresa Tan
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Sri Lanka’s Cabinet ministers resign en masse as crisis deepens

All 26 ministers in the Cabinet, aside from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, submitted letters of resignation at a late-night meeting.

  • Published: April 4, 20229:27 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Singapore woman who wanted to enlarge bust conned 75 victims of nearly S$600,000

The woman was sentenced to four years and four months' jail after pleading guilty to 20 cheating charges involving S$453,600.

  • Published: April 1, 20221:19 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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‘Fighting tooth and nail’ for veggies: Shanghai residents bristle under lockdown

The financial hub has put half the city under lockdown amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.

  • Published: March 30, 20221:07 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Buzz returns to live music and F&B venues as S’pore eases Covid-19 curbs

Some F&B outlets also saw better business as up to 10 fully vaccinated people could dine together in groups.

  • Published: March 30, 202212:52 pm
  • Author Anjali Raguraman and Samuel Devaraj
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Singapore to allow women to freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons

Currently, women can only freeze their eggs for medical reasons which may adversely affect their fertility.

  • Published: March 29, 202210:09 am
  • Author Theresa Tan

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