SINGAPORE: Convenience store chain Emart24 is being investigated by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for allegedly failing to pay former employees. The Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) received claims for unpaid salaries from 15 former employees of the South Korean chain. These employees are currently receiving assistance. “TADM has successfully helped five workers to … Read more
Pregnancy and breastfeeding come with their own set of joys and pains, and a long laundry list of things to consider for you and your baby — among them, the best skin care for pregnancy. When you’re already going through so many changes, finding new skin-care products that work with your existing and new skin … Read more
Canada’s record-setting wildfire season hiked the country up global pollution rankings — and for the first time made its air quality worse than the U.S., according to a new report by air quality technology company IQAir. “In previous years, Canada had the cleanest air quality in all of North America,” said Glory Dolphin Hammes, CEO of … Read more
As It Happens5:49This wildlife centre is taking unusual steps to try and rehab a fox kit Why did veterinary assistant Melissa Stanley wear a large, furry fox mask to work? Because that’s what was best for her patient, of course. Stanley is the executive director at Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia, which posted a viral video … Read more
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A 25-year-old man strangled his 15-year-old sister to death after allegedly finding her in an intimate moment with a minor from the same village in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district, police said Saturday.The family tried to cover it up by making it seem like the girl had hanged herself, but the autopsy revealed the truth. … Read more
In 2022, workplace fatalities, dangerous occurrences and cases of occupational disease in Singapore spiked. There were a total of 46 workplace-related deaths – a rate of 1.3 per 100,000 workers – up from 37 in 2021. It was the highest number of fatalities since 2015 and 2016, when there were 66 each year. To address the spate … Read more
National Guard troops, sheriff’s office personnel and firefighters search for missing 5-year-old Kyle Doan Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, near San Miguel, Calif. AP It’s been a year of nonstops for the Doan family of Paso Robles. Nonstop disbelief. Nonstop searching. Nonstop second guessing. Nonstop grieving. And now a nonstop legal battle. It’s been a year … Read more
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) and two of its employees have been charged under the Workplace Safety and Health Act for their involvement in an explosion at Tuas Incineration Plant in 2021, said the Attourney-General’s Chambers (AGC) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Tuesday (Dec 26). The incident resulted in the death of two … Read more
Rescue workers remove bricks from crushed cars under the remains of a collapsed two-story building in Paso Robles, Calif., following an earthquake, in this Dec. 22, 2003 file photo.Gary Kazanjian/ASSOCIATED PRESS I was on the way to the movies when the earthquake hit. The magnitude 6.5 quake would change the face of my hometown and … Read more
