Some latest numbers on dorm population and vaccination
Triangulating from various figures published recently, the latest estimate for Singapore's dorm population is 275,000, of whom about 45% are fully vaccinated.
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07, 2021
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07, 2021
Sri Lankan scammer leads man to Singapore slammer
Suresh overstayed. He was caught and went to jail for about a week. After release, he was left in limbo in Singapore for another year and a half.
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07, 2021
Nine medical centres for migrant workers to be set up
MOM plans 9 medical centres across Singapore geared to serving migrant workers, Making provision is good, but if employers stymie demand, healthcare goals may be elusive.
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07, 2021
More loopholes than laws: how Singapore failed to protect John Peter, part 5
Following a detailed documentation of John Peter Ayyavu's salary claim saga, our comments about the weaknesses revealed in Singapore's salary claim system.
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07, 2021
More loopholes than laws: how Singapore failed to protect John Peter, part 4
A detailed documentation of John Peter Ayyavu's salary claim saga. After battling it out for six months, John goes home, his owed wages mostly unrecovered.
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07, 2021
More loopholes than laws: how Singapore failed to protect John Peter, part 3
A detailed documentation of John Peter Ayyavu's salary claim saga. Employer counter-attacks with false and frivolous counter-claims.
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07, 2021
More loopholes than laws: how Singapore failed to protect John Peter, part 2
A detailed documentation of John Peter Ayyavu's salary claim saga. After four months of not being paid, John files a claim at MOM/TADM, the start of a long battle.
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07, 2021
More loopholes than laws: how Singapore failed to protect John Peter, part 1
A detailed documentation of John Peter Ayyavu's salary claim saga. It began with having to pay kickbacks to the boss in order to get the S-Pass job.
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07, 2021
Only fifteen Covid-19 cases among dorm residents in April, May and June 2021; workers still largely locked down
In the second quarter of 2021, there were only 15 cases of Covid-19 in worker dormitories, a mere fraction of cases in Singapore.
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06, 2021
Hunger Games for real: The Bangladeshi worker abroad
A summary of the webinar we held on 3 June 2021. Includes a full video recording of the 90-minute event.