National Development Minister Lawrence Wong, who also co-chairs the multi-taskforce ministry, announced today (April 21) that the government will be tightening the list of essential services that will remain open during the ‘circuit breaker’ period. All standalone food and beverage (F&B) outlets as well as hairdressing and barber shops will …
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By the end of June 2020, OCBC Bank expects to lend out S$ 1 billion in government-assisted SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) loans to help businesses struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. The S$ 1 billion loan amount will exceed that of what OCBC Bank had lent to small businesses …
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Following the Covid-19 outbreak, many Singaporeans have been flocking to the supermarkets to stockpile on groceries and household essentials with the fear that supplies will soon run out. Minister Chan Chun Sing has assured that Singapore has in place a “contingency scenario” which it has planned out for “many years.” …
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Earlier this Wednesday, the Elections Department of Singapore (ELD) announced that the Registers of Electors have been certified and are now available for public inspection online. According to the ELD, 2.65 million Singaporeans are now eligible to vote in the upcoming election — this is an increase of over 59,000 …
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Video games and gadgets retailer Qisahn traces its roots all the way back to the early 2000s. Founder Soon Qishan shared quite matter-of-factly that they are the online pioneers of the video gaming industry in Singapore. He started selling online when he was still a second-year junior college student, peddling …
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Starting from today (April 16) at 8pm, Singapore’s largest supermarket chain FairPrice will be charging a $ 3.99 service fee to all online orders, in a bid to accommodate the increased demand in delivery slots for its online platform. According to an announcement on their website, the number of visits …
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COVID-19 has brought upon one of the greatest challenges towards Singapore’s economic resilience. Since the onset of the highly infectious virus, Singapore has taken many unprecedented measures to curb it. Among these measures include the closure of schools and shifting all education to home-based learning, as well as the closure …
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The call came on March 24. Bob McGuire, the executive director of CP Nassau, a nonprofit group that cares for the developmentally disabled, received a report from a four-story, colonnaded building in Bayville, N.Y., that houses several dozen residents with severe disabilities ranging from cerebral palsy to autism. For many …
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With effect from April 7 to May 4, Singapore has been on a ‘soft lockdown’, . Dubbed a “circuit breaker”, non-essential businesses are forced to temporarily close, employees are mandated to work from home, and citizens are also strongly urged to stay at home to curb the spread of Covid-19. …
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