A battle with polio, an annual fight with the flu and losing a friend to COVID-19 has made this plea incredibly personal, Irene Hoe says.

Will Covid-19 be the catalyst that normalises acceptance of mental health issues in the workplace? Perhaps when more bosses admit their own struggles.

Nothing took me farther from my HDB heartland and shopping mall existence than visiting Mustafa Centre in Little India, Peninsula Plaza at Coleman Street, in the very heart of the city, and Golden Mile Complex along Beach Road.

Written by Poh Yong Han

Written by Hallam Stevens and Monamie Bhadra Haines

The COVID-19 cases among Singapore’s migrant worker population skyrocketed in mere weeks.

A few days ago, I translated a Zaobao forum letter “No Need For Unnecessary Finger-Pointing During A Pandemic” that quickly went viral.

Since the onset of the coronavirus crisis in January this year, life has been lived in a state of suspended reality.

The weekend “panic buying” sparked by the novel coronavirus and the raising of the DORSCON reflects Singaporeans' state of preparedness and generosity, says Annie Tan.

Better coordination with Singapore's legal, security and technology arms of the government could have led to a more thorough explanation of the limits of TraceTogether's privacy policy.

Soft truths to keep Singapore from stalling.

What a start to the year. On Monday, the inaugural Parliament livestream triggered a real-time outcry over the collection and use of TraceTogether data.

Azizul K is a participant in a study that researches the side effects of injecting Covid-19 antibodies into humans as a possible remedy for the coronavirus. He shares with us what motivated him to sign up for the medical trial, what his experience was like, and whether the knowledge that he has received Covid-19 antibodies has changed the way he lives amidst a raging pandemic.

Much has been said about how seniors who are not digital savvy have felt particularly displaced in the current Covid-19 crisis.

Safe distancing measures and restrictions on gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have inadvertently heightened the risks of loneliness and social isolation for seniors, particularly those who do not have access to the internet or smartphones.

I became a supporter of the Singapore Repertory Theatre during COVID-19. Here’s why you should, too.

The energy in the theatre was palpable. Last week, separated safely and flanked by candle-lit side tables, we took our seats in the stalls with great anticipation. This was our first night out at the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) – or indeed, any live performance – since February.

A few months ago, my husband and I decided to make 2020 even more memorable and moved from Jakarta to Singapore.

Moving home, and its accompanying physical and emotional disruption, is often cited as a leading cause of stress.

As an only child, I started doing part-time jobs at age 16 as a waiter and a receptionist to partly support myself through school.

“While often defined by their mobile or migrant status, the Covid-19 global pandemic has rendered domestic workers in Singapore immobile in many respects. Alike people in different contexts across the globe, the pandemic has enforced stillness at multiple scales: within national borders, within urban regions, and within the micro-scale of the home. “, writes Dr Laura Antona, an ESRC postdoctoral fellow in the School of Geography and Environment, at the University of Oxford

When it was time to renew my passport, I placed old passports side by side.

Annotated with colourful visa stamps from thirty-odd countries, the panels formed a travel-themed triptych, a working map of the places I have been in the 30 years since my first flight away from India, my first home.

Written by Ng Qi Siang

Written by Feroz Khan and Al Lim

Written by John Gee

Written by SK Khew

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine, who is 25, texted me out of the blue: “go downstairs, there’s someone waiting for you.”

Home-based learning during the pandemic shows up how inequality affects children outside school, where some face poverty, jobless parents and domestic violence.

So I spied a queue of people at 10pm last night in my neighbourhood. Not at the supermarket, but the bubble tea shop next to it.

On her way home from the supermarket, my mother passed by an old lady who was sitting on a bench, walking stick by her side. She waved my mother down to sit with her for a chit-chat.

The proper title for this article is actually “In defence of people who have to live in squalor”.

I wonder if it will rain today in the mid-afternoon. It usually does on Good Friday.

It’s stopped raining. The birds at the bird shop in my neighbourhood are in full chirp.

My mother has just made her way to the store to buy biscuits. Masked up.

Over three days 30 March to 1 April 2020, clusters of Covid-19 bloomed in three different migrant worker dormitories around Singapore.

It feels like the social equivalent of the Ice Age. With the Covid-19 outbreak showing no signs of abating, the ordinary rhythms of life are freezing over, and more of us are preparing to hole up at home indefinitely.

Climate scientists tell us that climate change will not only bring about rising sea levels and more extreme weather events, it also increases the likelihood of epidemics.

Practise being calm, cautious, considerate, caring and collectivistic. And use these tools to build up arsenal of psychological defence against the virus threat.

News of the Wuhan coronavirus have created anxiety and fear among parents. June Yong admits she shares some of these sentiments but shares her experience on what’s getting her through.