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SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the stress on migrant workers in the traditionally high-risk work environment of the marine and offshore engineering industry.…
View More Marine and offshore industry launches 5,000km virtual run to raise funds for migrant workers
SYDNEY – Australia is considering a push to accept large waves of migrants as its borders reopen, with the federal government facing pressure to bring…
View More Australia plans migration reboot to address looming worker shortages
SINGAPORE – A confluence of factors had led to delays in moving Covid-19-positive workers living in the Westlite Jalan Tukang dormitory to off-site care and…
View More Some disorder in roll-out of Covid-19 testing, isolation protocols at Jalan Tukang dormitory: MWC chairman
LONDON — Responding to an escalating crisis, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain reversed course this weekend and offered thousands of visas to foreign truckers…
View More U.K. Offers Thousands of Visas to Foreign Truckers to Ease Driver Shortage
SINGAPORE – The authorities have finalised a set of improved standards for all newly built migrant worker dormitories, including a cap of 12 residents per…
View More Improved standards for new migrant worker dormitories in S'pore
SINGAPORE – Dormitory operators raised concerns about higher costs from improved standards for new migrant worker dormitories announced Friday (Sept 17), while employers expressed uncertainty…
View More Dorm operators raise concerns about higher costs due to improved standards for new dorms in S'pore
SINGAPORE – In Little India, jewellers that could count on five-digit takings each weekend are struggling to hold on, while a previously vibrant community space…
View More Migrant worker enclaves in S'pore transformed after year and a half of Covid-19 curbs
SINGAPORE – More than 1,250 migrant workers spent their rest day on Sunday (Aug 29) stretching their arms to spray paint murals and participate in…
View More Migrant workers paint murals, participate in yoga as part of National Day celebrations
SINGAPORE – For two weeks, construction worker Ronju, who goes by one name, has had the same routine. Each day, he lines up outside the…
View More Network of healthcare centres for migrant workers a good step, but systemic shifts also needed: NGOs
MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – The Philippines has suspended deploying workers to Saudi Arabia, its top destination for overseas labour, due to reports that migrants are being…
View More Philippines halts sending migrant workers to Saudi Arabia over Covid-19 costs
SINGAPORE – Land survey assistant Gunasekaran Manikandan was working along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 when he noticed an elderly man who appeared to be…
View More Foreign worker hailed for helping visually impaired man cross road
When the Covid-19 outbreak hit dormitories in Singapore last year, conditions in the living quarters were pinpointed as a reason for the spike in cases.…
View More How Covid-19 has changed life in foreign workers' dorm in S'pore
SINGAPORE – It was a rainy night last Saturday, and Terusan Recreation Centre in Pioneer was buzzing with activity. Migrant workers were spotted making a…
View More Dorm life one year on: New infections mean freer rest days are some way off
SINGAPORE – Manufacturing firms are concerned that the coming cuts in the S Pass quota for the sector will raise wage costs and lead to…
View More S Pass quota cut not likely to slow manufacturing growth: Analysts