SINGAPORE — Singapore on Saturday (Jan 2) recorded 33 new cases of Covid-19, all of which were imported. This is the highest single-day tally since Sept 15, when there were 34 cases reported. The number of coronavirus cases in Singapore stands at 58,662. In an update on Saturday night, the Ministry…

There were 30 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Thursday noon (Dec 31), taking Singapore's total to 58,599. There were 25 imported cases who were placed on stay-home notices or isolated on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). There were five new community cases and none from worker's dormitories.On…

SINGAPORE - Since March this year, Mr Mohamad Syakirin Ahmad has spent only 15 days with his wife and two daughters in Johor Baru. The 27-year-old Malaysian, who has been working in Singapore as a courier for the last three years, used to commute across the Causeway daily but now has…

SINGAPORE: The Government is easing restrictions to allow new work permit and S Pass applications across all sectors into Singapore in order to alleviate the manpower shortage faced by businesses.“The Ministry of Manpower (MOM), in consultation with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Trade and…

Bangladeshi MD Rayhan, who worked in Singapore for seven years, has been stuck in his village in Bhola district since March.He went back to see his family after leaving his previous job and was due to return to Singapore on Mar 21 to start work with a new employer.But on…

SINGAPORE - When cyber protection company Acronis wanted to grow the team for its research and development centre here last year, it targeted locals. But when it could not hire enough with the required know-how, the Singapore-based firm tapped the Tech @ SG programme, which provides for more flexible requirements for foreign professionals…

 PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia has imposed mandatory Covid-19 screening for 1.7 million foreign workers in view of the high number of cases involving the group.And effective Thursday (Nov 26), the authorities will also start imposing a fine of RM50,000 (S$16,442) per worker if employers house their…

Four more foreigners have had their work passes revoked for breaching stay-home notice (SHN) requirements in the past three months, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said yesterday.They left their places of residence without valid reasons and without seeking MOM's permission during their SHN period.Among the four, three are work permit…

SINGAPORE: The work pass privileges of about 70 employers were suspended in the first half of this year for discriminatory hiring practices.This is a "significant increase" from 35 in the whole of 2019, according to the latest Employment Standards Report.About 43 per cent of them were identified through the Ministry of Manpower's…

SINGAPORE: Singapore needs more technology talent and a newly announced work pass hopes to help the country attract “highly accomplished” individuals in this field, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday (Nov 17) night.Delivering a keynote speech at the Singapore Tech Forum 2020, Mr Lee said the Tech.Pass, launched last…