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SportYahoo News SingaporeWEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (20-26 Sept)
Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in Singapore in the past week (20-26 September).
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOVID-19: Singapore reports 1,939 new cases and two deaths
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (26 September) confirmed 1,939 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore – taking the country's total case count to 87,892 – and two more deaths due to the disease.
NewsYahoo News Singapore1,443 new COVID cases in Singapore, three more deaths
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Saturday (25 September) confirmed 1,443 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore – taking the country's total case count to 85,953 – and three more deaths due to the disease.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeTaxis, private-hire cars to impose 2-passenger limits during stabilisation phase
Passengers from different households have to keep to a two-person limit while travelling in taxis and private-hire cars during the COVID-19 stabilisation phase.
SportYahoo News SingaporeOk Rae-yoon stuns Christian Lee to win lightweight title at ONE: Revolution
South Korea's Ok Rae-yoon stunned reigning world champion Christian Lee to clinch the ONE Championship lightweight title at the ONE: Revolution event.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeNo plans for mandatory COVID vaccinations in Singapore: MOH official
There are no plans to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory as the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines used in Singapore have not been fully registered, said a senior Ministry of Health official.
HealthYahoo News SingaporeThird straight day: New high of 1,650 daily COVID cases in Singapore, 3 more deaths
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (24 September) confirmed a new record-high of 1,650 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore – taking the country's total case count to 84,510 – and three more deaths due to the disease.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeMOH official warns of serious COVID-19 cases among pregnant women
There have been a number of serious COVID-19 cases among pregnant women, a senior Ministry of Health official said on Friday (24 September).
NewsYahoo News SingaporeWork-from-home default from 27 Sep-24 Oct: MTF
The Home-Based Learning (HBL) period will be extended by one day until 7 October, the multi-ministry taskforce said on Friday (24 September).
NewsYahoo News SingaporeMOH to publish map of areas visited by larger number of COVID cases
From next Friday (1 October), the Ministry of Health will publish a map of areas frequented recently by a larger number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on its website.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeSingapore to ramp up plans to handle 5,000 daily new COVID cases: Ong Ye Kung
Singapore will start ramping up plans to be ready to handle 5,000 daily new COVID-19 cases, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on 24 Sept, amid an ongoing coronavirus surge here that is rising much quicker than projected.
NewsYahoo News SingaporePersons aged 50 to 59 to be invited for COVID-19 booster shots from 4 Oct
Persons aged 50 to 59 years old will be progressively invited to receive their booster vaccine dose from 4 October.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeSingapore to go back to 2-person dine-in rule for 4 weeks from Monday
Singapore will return to a two-person dining-in rule for a period of four weeks from next Monday (27 September), as it bids to slow down community COVID-19 transmission.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeFake sugar daddy agent De Beers Wong appeals against sentence in tearful plea
A fake social escort agent who cheated women into having sex with him and appealed against his three-and-a-half year jail sentence addressed the judge in a tearful plea at the High Court on Friday (24 September).
NewsYahoo News Singapore‘Saddened’ about Panasonic’s closure of refrigeration compressors unit: PM Lee
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (24 September) expressed sadness that electronics giant Panasonic will be closing its factory making refrigeration compressors in Singapore.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeGag order on identity of undergrad voyeur who filmed 12 women lifted
The gag order that prohibited Colin Chua Yi Jin's identity from being revealed was lifted by the Chief Justice.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeLucky Plaza crash: Ex-Grab driver who caused maids' deaths jailed
The driver who caused a 2019 car accident which killed two and injured four was jailed for two-and-a-half years.
NewsYahoo News Singapore16 recommendations raised by taskforce to tackle family violence
The Taskforce on Family Violence has come up with 16 recommendations to improve support for survivors and raise awareness of early warning signs.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeAlmost 7 in 10 Singapore residents proud of country's COVID efforts: IPS study
An overwhelming majority of Singapore residents expressed pride in the country's healthcare system and its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) study.
HealthYahoo News SingaporeRecord-high 1,504 new COVID cases in Singapore; 2 unvaccinated deaths
The MOH on Thursday (23 September) confirmed a record-high of 1,504 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore – taking the country's total case count to 82,860 – and two more deaths due to the disease.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeTuas explosion inquiry: Worker who died was scared by earlier fire, says boss
Subbaiyan Marimuthu, one of three workers who perished in an industrial explosion in Tuas, was so spooked by an earlier fire at his workshop that he was afraid to work, an inquiry committee (IC) looking into the accident was told on Thursday (23 September).
NewsYahoo News SingaporeExplosion at Tuas Incineration Plant kills 1, injures 2; 'tragic incident' under probe: Grace Fu
An explosion at the Tuas Incineration Plant on Thursday afternoon (23 September) has left a Singaporean man dead and two others with burn injuries.
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Panasonic to lay off 700 workers, shut refrigeration unit in Singapore
Electronics giant Panasonic is retrenching 700 employees in Singapore as it plans to cease manufacturing of refrigeration compressors here by the end of September 2022.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeWoman jailed, fined over illegal botox and filler procedures on customers
A woman who performed illegal botox and filler procedures was jailed for 10 weeks and fined $16,000 on Thursday (23 September).
NewsYahoo News SingaporeSecurity officer fined for putting hand sanitiser in colleague's water
A security officer who wanted to “sanitise” a colleague’s mouth squirted hand sanitiser into her water bottle while inside a condominium guard house.
