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Japan, Singapore to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions from September

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 13 08:20 PM

The agreement between Japan and Singapore will cover short-term business travelers as well as expatriates and other long-term residents. Read more »

Singapore Olympic champion Schooling gets national service delay

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 09:53 PM

Singapore's Olympic swimming champion Joseph Schooling was handed a fresh national service deferment on Tuesday, allowing him to compete in next year's postponed Tokyo Games. Read more »

Singapore crushes massive ivory haul on eve of World Elephant Day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 05:21 PM

Singapore began destroying nine tonnes of seized ivory Tuesday, the largest such action globally in recent years, including contraband tusks that came from more than 300 African elephants. Read more »

Virus-hit Singapore's Q2 recession deeper than estimated

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 11:59 AM

Singapore's virus-hammered economy shrank almost 43 percent in the second quarter, in a sign that the country's first recession in more than a decade was deeper than initially estimated, official data showed Tuesday. Read more »

Jollibee opens first cloud kitchen in Singapore on delivery demand boom

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 05:30 PM

Jollibee Foods Corp said Monday it opened its first cloud kitchen in Tampines in Singapore for its Jollibee brand as delivery demand surges due to the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

Singapore company director charged over Wirecard scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 08:09 AM

A company director has been charged in Singapore with falsifying letters linked to scandal-hit German payments giant Wirecard, according to court documents, as the fallout from the firm's collapse spreads further around the world.   Read more »

Singapore company director charged over Wirecard scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 04:25 PM

A company director has been charged in Singapore with falsifying letters linked to scandal-hit German payments giant Wirecard, according to court documents, as the fallout from the firm's collapse spreads further around the world. Read more »

Careful in comparing PH COVID data with other ASEAN members, says DOH

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 12:57 PM

"We have to be very cautious when we try to compare our numbers with other countries," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online press conference. Read more »

Dengue at record high in Singapore amid COVID-19 pandemic

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 06 02:02 AM

Singapore is grappling with a record number of dengue cases this year, and workers being encouraged to work from home to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the main factors, the National Environment Agency said Wednesday. Read more »

Cebu Pacific restarts Tokyo to Manila flights this August 1, to be followed by more intl flights

ANCX
Updated as of Jul 30 09:38 PM

The month also sees the budget airline flying from Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo and Osaka  Read more »

Cebu Pacific to restart flights to Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka in August

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 07:03 PM

Starting Aug. 1, Cebu Pacific will fly the Tokyo (Narita) - Manila route twice weekly, the country's largest carrier said in a statement.  Read more »

Virus-hit Singapore Airlines suffers $800 million Q1 loss

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 04:45 AM

Singapore Airlines (SIA) reported a first-quarter net loss of more than US$800 million Wednesday, the latest carrier to take a massive hit as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Singaporean pleads guilty in US to working for Chinese intelligence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 05:05 AM

A Singaporean pleaded guilty Friday to using his political consultancy in the United States as a front to collect information for Chinese intelligence, the US Justice Department announced.   Read more »

Singaporeans urged to take local holidays to boost tourism amid virus

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 22 10:38 PM

Singapore on Wednesday launched a campaign to get citizens to take local holidays in the hope of throwing a lifeline to the city-state's tourism industry that has been suffering from a lack of visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Singapore sinks into recession due to COVID-19

Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 09:52 PM

The 41.2 percent quarter-on-quarter drop was the worst ever recorded in the city-state, which is considered a barometer for the health of global trade.  Read more »

This Instagram campaign wants to reignite wanderlust among Southeast Asians

ANCX
Posted at Jul 15 02:53 PM

Singapore Tourism Board’s #TravelThrowback wants to unite passionate travelers by promoting the beauty of the region. For this campaign, a special IG filter was created that can easily label with location tags and the different flags. Read more »

Virus-hit Singapore plunges into recession

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 09:36 AM

Singapore plunged into recession in the second quarter as growth fell 41.2 percent quarter-on-quarter with the trade-dependent economy hammered by the coronavirus, preliminary data showed Tuesday.   Read more »

Singapore ruling party heads for poll win, opposition gains, based on early counts

Martin Abbugao and Catherine Lai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 02:51 AM

Voters put on masks and gloves and had to observe physical distancing rules during an election held as the city-state emerges from a lengthy virus lockdown.    Read more »

Voting in time of the coronavirus, Singaporeans question foreign hires

Tom Westbrook and Aradhana Aravindan, Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 03:14 PM

For many Singaporeans, voting on Friday under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic, a big election issue is job prospects and whether their rich little island needs so many foreigners taking better-paid roles.   Read more »

Govt contests claim PH virus cases grew fastest in Western Pacific

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 10:39 PM

The Department of Health on Sunday clarified a report that the rise of new coronavirus cases in the Philippines was fastest in the Western Pacific region. Read more »