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SINGAPORE: Ten new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Singapore on Monday (Mar 9), including six linked to the SAFRA Jurong cluster. The cluster, which involved a private dinner function held at the Joy Garden restaurant in SAFRA Jurong on Feb 15, now has a total of 36 cases, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Of the new cases, one is linked to the cluster at The Life Church and Mission Singapore, while the other three are imported cases. The latest infections bring Singapore's total number of COVID-19 cases to 160. Three more patients were also discharged, MOH said in the release. To date, a total of 93 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospital. Of the 67 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving, MOH said. Ten are in critical condition in the intensive care unit. Explore our interactive: All the COVID-19 cases in Singapore and the clusters and links between them SHORT-TERM VISIT … [Read more...] about Singapore reports 10 new COVID-19 cases; 6 linked to SAFRA Jurong cluster, including a 5-year-old

SINGAPORE: A 9-year-old girl was among five people injured in an accident along Lornie Highway on Saturday (Mar 7). The police told CNA they were alerted to an accident involving two cars along Lornie Road towards Adam Road at around 4.25pm. Two male drivers, aged 32 and 41, and two female passengers, aged 32 and 36, were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The girl was taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital. All of them were conscious. Police investigations are ongoing. Photos on social media showed two vehicles in the first and second lanes of the road. The bonnets of a silver car and a white car were badly smashed. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said they responded to the accident at about 4.45pm. … [Read more...] about Five people including 9-year-old girl injured in Lornie Road accident

Shearers and organisers of the “Wimbledon of Shearing” say it was “gutwrenching” to have to pull the pin heading into the Wairarapa showcase this week. Invercargill shearer Leon Samuels​ was in smoking hot form leading into the competition and had a real chance of becoming the first South Islander in three decades to take out the coveted Golden Shears open title. “It was gutwrenching to hear they had made the call, but there was not much they could do about it,” he said. “I didn’t believe it really. I thought they might be able to find some way around it, being the Golden Shears. But obviously, they couldn’t ... so they had to make the hardest choice of cancelling it.” READ MORE: Gavin Mutch claims top spot as shearers face off at Taihape Spritely 86-year-old Invercargill pensioner returns to Golden Shears, 59 years after first competing at event Southland shearer Leon Samuels wins Otago shears title Golden Shears president Sam Saunders​ said the committee had … [Read more...] about Golden Shears ‘gutwrenching’ call to break 60-year run on showcase event

SINGAPORE: Five employers have been barred from hiring foreign employees and renewing the work passes of existing foreign employees for 12 months after they were found to have practised “age-related discriminatory hiring”. These penalties for Wisdomtree Learning Centre, Outshinerz Events, Security & Risk Solutions, Incredible Service Doc and IDOC Pte Ltd kick in “with immediate effect”, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a news release on Friday (Mar 20). The five companies had “placed discriminatory job advertisements, or had indicated preferences for candidates of a certain age group during the hiring process”, MOM said. This was in breach of the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices. The ministry highlighted a job advertisement put out by Wisdomtree Learning Centre on MyCareersFuture.sg on Sep 26 last year. The centre said in its advertisement it preferred “candidates younger than 30 years old” to fill the role of a senior Chinese teacher. MOM found … [Read more...] about Too old for the job? 5 employers penalised by MOM for age-related discriminatory hiring

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits surged by the most since 2012 to a 2-1/2-year high last week, as companies in the services sectors laid off workers because of the coronavirus pandemic. The darkening economic outlook was underscored by other data on Thursday (Mar 19) that showed factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region plunged to its lowest level since 2012 in March, as the highly contagious virus disrupted the supply chain. The coronavirus has crippled the transportation, leisure and hospitality industries, as well as the manufacturing sector. Economists are predicting a surge in job cuts and a recession by the second quarter. Some believe a downturn is already underway. "This shouldn't come as any surprise as the government has sent people home from work to stop the virus spread," said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York. "Spending and jobs in the economy won't come back until the virus counts of positive cases level out." … [Read more...] about US weekly jobless claims hit two-and-a-half-year high; mid-Atlantic factory activity plunges