At the end of March, Alice Quinn, the former executive director of the Poetry Society of America, emailed 125 poets across the United States, asking if any of them had written verses reflecting on life during a pandemic. Responses flooded in. Forty days later, Ms. Quinn had compiled a book …
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DBS is protecting jobs and ramping up hiring despite the economic downturn caused by Covid-19. The bank yesterday (14 May) announced that it will hire more than 2,000 people in Singapore this year. It also assured its 12,000 existing staff that there will be no layoffs. Employees who are unable …
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After a 76-day lockdown, China reopened factories and offices resumed operation. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases is plummeting in some countries such as Germany and Thailand. Some other countries are even thinking of lifting their lockdowns altogether. For Singapore, our ‘circuit breaker’ measure was due to be lifted on May 4, …
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Many students have spent years planning their post-graduation path. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended not only their senior year, but the entire national economy, and high school seniors are graduating into a world no one was prepared for. “The bottom line is, the college experience this fall will be …
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As every significant historical moment has its own power plays, shift in business models and societal adaptation to a new norm, the same applies to the COVID-19 new world order. Much has been said that technology companies are the true winners, but is everyone in the tech space really winning? …
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Mental health organisations and helplines in Singapore have reported a surge in the number of cases, of which many individuals share their anxiety, worries and fear of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Reading the news on the Covid-19 development daily signals that the situation will not be easing anytime …
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“Millennials already contended with graduating into one of the worst recessions in history and now, a little over ten years later, it feels like we’re getting punched in the teeth again,” says “Broke Millennial” Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together. Lowry …
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In recognition of healthcare professionals for their hard work and dedication during the Covid-19 pandemic, Qatar’s national carrier is offering 100,000 complimentary tickets on all Qatar Airways flights. Medical workers are entitled to a pair of complimentary return Economy Class tickets — one for themselves and one for a companion — to anywhere on the …
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On Saturday (May 9), the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) added a list of types of facilities and businesses resuming operations on May 12 that need to have SafeEntry in place. Developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech), SafeEntry is a national …
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