Transitional Subsidy for MediShield Life will cease in November 2019.
MediShield Life is a mandatory health insurance plan that provides basic protection to all Singaporeans and Permanent Residents against large hospital bills for life. When MediShield Life replaced MediShield as the basic health insurance plan for the country on 1 November 2015, the Government introduced a transitional subsidy for the first four years of MediShield […]
Man charged with murder of two-year-old daughter
On 18 Jun, 34-year-old Johnboy John Teo was charged with the murder of his two-year-old daughter, Ashley Clare Teo, in his Sengkang flat on Father’s Day. He was given the charge in Sengkang General Hospital. The murder took place between 7.40pm and 11.05pm in their home on 16 Jun. Police were alerted to the case […]
Police officer dies from gunshot wound to head
A 28-year-old police officer died after he was found with a gunshot wound to his head at the Yishun neighbourhood police centre (NPC), the Singapore Police Force said in a statement on 17 Jun. The male officer had reported for duty at 7.30pm on Sunday at the NPC at 31 Yishun Central and drew his […]
Father’s Day’s Origin
We all celebrate Father’s Day annually, but do you know its origin? The holiday was created by a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, a woman from Spokane, a city in Washington US. Dodd’s mother had passed on early, so she and siblings were raised solely by their father. She was inspired after listening to a […]
Five paktor ideas this weekend
Been together for too long and running out of romantic things to do in Singapore? Don’t worry, here are five paktor ideas for your next date instead of nua-ing at home all the time with your partner. Movies under the Stars. Instead of watching Netflix at home, why not step out of your house and […]
Companies to equip workers with skills as industry changes technologically
To help workers reskill, upskill and remain competitive as industries transform technologically and digitally, Singapore’s unions are working with businesses to set up Company Training Committees (CTCs), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Ng Chee Meng. Mr Ng made this statement on 12 Jun at the 108th session of the international labor conference in Geneva, […]
He gave a ‘scared smile’, resisted taken to well for ‘kolam’ ritual: Witness
Corporal (CPL) Kok Yuen Chin, drowned on 13 May 2018 at Tuas View Fire Station while serving his national service. He had given a ‘scared smile’ and was resisting as he was being lifted to be carried to the well, said fellow full-time national serviceman (NSF) Mohamed Rabik Atham Ansari who testified in court on […]
Eligible seniors to receive MediSave top-ups in July
On 13 Jun, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced that eligible seniors under the Pioneer Generation and Merdeka Generation packages would receive MediSave top-ups in July. These Medisave top-ups amount to a total of S$270 million and may be used to pay for MediShield Life premiums and other MediSave-approved insurance […]
We are eating a credit card’s worth of plastic weekly: Study
More than 50 studies globally have discovered that on average, people could be ingesting about 5g of plastic weekly – from the air they breathe, the food they eat and especially the water they drink. This amount is equivalent to a credit card! The study was commissioned by WWF and done by the University of […]
Security officer at 1-Altitude bar falls into manhole and dies
A 26-year-old part-time security officer for 1-Altitude fell into a construction manhole on the roof of One Raffles Place and died on 9 Jun. The man was found lying motionless inside the construction manhole and subsequently pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene. The police were notified at 1.26am on Sunday and had classified it […]