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Written by Gabriel HerveyJuly 8, 2021
Baby Safety Workers Dont Shrug It Off Within The Car On The Way Residence
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You ought to respect your child’s privateness as much as you respect the privateness of associates, members of the family and colleagues. As cute as it could appear to publish photos of a unadorned toddler, consider Minnesota Child Support a “no butts” coverage. That is probably not the picture that your baby desires to painting
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Festive treats given to foreign workers for Tamil and Bengali New Year
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SINGAPORE: A variety of traditional Indian sweets were distributed to foreign workers to celebrate the Tamil and Bengali New Year on Tuesday (Apr 14). The initiative by the Inter-Agency Taskforce and the Hindu Endowments Board was to “give workers some comfort during this difficult period”, the manpower ministry said in a news release. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
‘Thank you for all your hard work’: Josephine Teo thanks Singapore’s foreign workers in Tamil New Year greetings
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SINGAPORE: Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo on Tuesday (Apr 14) thanked foreign workers for their hard work in Singapore and their cooperation as the country fights to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. In a video, Mrs Teo extended her Tamil New Year greetings to foreign workers in Singapore, wishing them good health. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
HDB contractors to temporarily house migrant workers at unused car parks, void decks
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SINGAPORE: Healthy migrant workers employed by Housing Board contractors will be temporarily housed at unused void decks and multi-storey car parks of sites where projects are under construction, HDB said in a Facebook post on Saturday (Apr 11). “These are completed structures that are safe and liveable,” the agency said. “This will help to improve safe distancing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Workers at food outlets required to wear face masks from Apr 13
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SINGAPORE: All workers who sell or prepare food and drinks will have to wear masks or face shields from Monday (Apr 13), the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in a press release on Saturday. It had on Apr 6 advised F&B operators that food handlers and employees should wear such protective gear amid the rise of locally transmitted cases of COVID-19,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Essential service workers can drop children off at grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements
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SINGAPORE: Essential service workers are allowed to drop their children off at their grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Apr 10). The multi-ministry COVID-19 task force previously said that parents should not send their children to the care of their grandparents on a daily basis during the “circuit breaker” period. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Singapore is paying ‘close attention’ to welfare of foreign workers amid COVID-19 outbreak: PM Lee
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SINGAPORE: Singapore will do its best to take care of the needs of foreign workers here amid the COVID-19 outbreak, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (Apr 10). The number of COVID-19 cases in foreign worker dormitories has surged in recent days, with clusters emerging in nine dormitories so far. The cluster at S11 Dormitory @
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
‘Dedicated strategy’ to break COVID-19 spread in dormitories, including housing healthy workers in army camps
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SINGAPORE: Foreign workers who are not sick and working in essential services will be housed separately, and more measures will be enforced to maintain hygiene and food supplies in dormitories, announced Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong on Thursday (Apr 9). Military camps, Changi Exhibition Centre, vacant HDB flats and offshore floating lodgings have been identified
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
NGOs launch initiatives to help migrant workers amid COVID-19 outbreak
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SINGAPORE: Ground-up initiatives have sprung up to help foreign workers who have been affected by Singapore’s “circuit breaker” measures that are aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. COVID Migrant Support Coalition, an informal group consisting of volunteers from Geylang Adventures, ItsRainingRaincoats, Singapore Migrant Friends and Migrant X Me, has been distributing lunch and dinner packs since Tuesday
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
COVID-19: Medical waste workers put in extra hours to handle extra volume
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SINGAPORE: By 6am every morning, Mr Tan Chiak Kong is already in his truck, fully decked out in an N95 mask, surgical gloves and disposable overalls, ready to drive off for his first trip of the day. His first destination is usually a hospital, where he parks the truck at one of its waste collection sites, and
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Crowding, emotional health of migrant workers at dormitories concern employers
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SINGAPORE: They had asked to fly back home due to fears about COVID-19 but as countries went into lockdown, flights were cancelled and the migrant workers are now in quarantine, unable to leave even their dormitory rooms. One anxious employer told CNA that three of his workers had bought tickets back to Bangladesh about a
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Jakarta on verge of massive Eid exodus amid social restrictions, layoffs for low-wage workers
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JAKARTA: It has been more than a decade since Mr Sunarso made the seven-hour journey from Jakarta to his village in Central Java on his motorcycle. He was barely 30 when he last took the 350km trip down Java’s Northern Coast Road which leads to his village at the foot of a Central Java volcano, Mount
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
COVID-19: Jakarta’s low-wage workers hard hit by layoffs, forced unpaid leave
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JAKARTA: Mr Haekal Anshori, an employee in a small T-shirt printing shop, has been trying to contact his employer for days. He was trying to get an update on his monthly salary, which is now one week overdue. He is owed 2.5 million rupiah (US$212.50), which would have been a lifesaver as Jakarta is on the
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Commentary: Philippines’ COVID-19 fight depends on the exploitation of healthcare workers
SINGAPORE: Much of the news on the COVID-19 pandemic has focused on government efforts to accumulate provisions needed to combat the virus: Surgical masks, protective equipment, and ventilators. Yet, in the Philippines, the nation’s stockpile apparently includes not only health supplies but health workers as well. Advertisement Advertisement Widely known as a country that “exports”