Month: March 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
US says it is tracking ship that may have shared crew with coronavirus-hit cruise liner
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WASHINGTON: The United States is tracking a cruise ship that may have shared crew members with a ship carrying people who tested positive for COVID-19, Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday (Mar 7). “We are tracking at this point a ship that may have shared crew with the Diamond Princess or the Grand Princess
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
8 new COVID-19 cases confirmed, 8 more patients discharged from hospital: MOH
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SINGAPORE: Eight new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Singapore on Saturday (Mar 7), including four linked to the cluster involving a private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong, said the Ministry of Health in a daily update. Another case is linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore cluster, while two are likely to be
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
70 trapped after China hotel used for coronavirus quarantine collapses
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BEIJING: About 70 people were trapped on Saturday (Mar 7) after a hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the Chinese city of Quanzhou in Fujian Province, the city’s authority said on its website. About four hours after the collapse, the Quanzhou municipality said 38 of the 70 or so people who had been
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Commentary: The road to housing for single, unwed mothers is clearer but still bumpy
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SINGAPORE: International Women’s Day offers an opportunity to evaluate the extent to which socio-economic and other gaps between men and women have narrowed. But any true vision of gender equality must also consider differences between women – including the difference between married and unmarried mothers. Advertisement Advertisement Unwed mothers face a double disadvantage: They single-handedly
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Some activities at 7 CCs and 8 RCs suspended over links to SAFRA Jurong COVID-19 cluster: MOH
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SINGAPORE: Some activities at seven community clubs and eight residents’ committees were suspended on Saturday (Mar 7) over links to COVID-19 patients in the cluster involving a private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). In its daily update on the COVID-19 situation in Singapore, MOH said that all activities and classes
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Italy set to lock down Lombardy after coronavirus jump
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ROME: Italy is set to lock down its wealthiest and most populous region, which includes the financial capital Milan, as part of tough new measures expected to be approved on Saturday (Mar 7) to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The new rules include telling people not to enter or leave Lombardy, which is home to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Italy coronavirus death toll tops 230, cases near 6,000
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ROME: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 36 to 233 on Saturday (Mar 7) while the number of infections shot up by a single-day record of 1,247 to hit 5,883. Italy has recorded the most deaths of any country outside China and the third-most COVID-19 infections after China and South Korea. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Pope goes livestream to fight viral epidemic
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis decided to deliver Sunday’s prayer by livestream and Italy called in retired doctors as the new coronavirus epidemic gathered strength and emptied streets in Europe’s worst affected country. The 83-year-old pontiff broke with centuries of tradition by enlisting the help of technology to keep crowds from descending on Saint Peter’s Square for
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Babies for sale: An investigation into the Philippines’ adoption trade
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MANILA: Joyce is searching for a baby and she knows there must be someone in the slum who wants to sell their child. The former midwife, whose real name is being withheld to protect her identity, has hooked up nearly 30 desperate mothers from Manila’s poorest neighbourhoods with people who have bought their newborns for ‘adoption’.
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
UN asks 9 countries to delay peacekeeper rotations due to coronavirus
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UNITED NATIONS, United States: The United Nations on Friday (Mar 6) asked nine countries, including China, South Korea and France, to delay by three months the rotations of their UN peacekeeping forces due to the coronavirus outbreak. The request was made to the countries “to maintain operational strength and execute their mandated tasks”, diplomatic sources at the UN
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Kabul victims describe scenes of carnage after attack
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KABUL: Kabul was reeling Saturday (Mar 7) after Islamic State extremists killed 32 people and wounded dozens more, with injured survivors describing scenes of terror as gunmen opened fire in the deadliest attack to hit Afghanistan since a US-Taliban deal. The attack at a crowded gathering in the capital has raised questions about Afghanistan’s abysmal
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Nine Singapore footballers who broke curfew during SEA Games fined: SNOC
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SINGAPORE: The nine Singapore footballers who broke curfew at last year’s SEA Games in the Philippines have been fined by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC), a spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday (Mar 7). “On 31 January 2020, the SNOC Disciplinary Committee met with the nine athletes who were involved with two incidents of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
North Korea slams European nations for ‘illogical thinking’ over missile launches
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SEOUL: North Korea accused European nations of “illogical thinking” on Saturday (Mar 7) after they called a closed-door United Nations Security Council meeting to condemn missile launches by the reclusive state earlier this week. Britain, Germany, France, Estonia and Belgium raised North Korea’s latest missile firings at the UN Security Council on Thursday, calling them
Commentary: How helping at home benefited my wife, our children and even me
SINGAPORE: My wife was about to return to work following the birth of our second child, and she was worried. How was she going to meet the demands of the job while supporting the needs of our young family? Fully supportive of her career, I started to go into solution mode throwing out ideas around