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2021-02-27 05:00:13 ‘Tamper-proof’ digital Covid-19 test certificates to be issued for travellers departing Singapore

These digital certificates will be recognised overseas because they are issued by Singapore’s Ministry of Health, the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office said.

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2021-02-27 04:04:01 Had your morning coffee yet? Researchers have found that coffee drinking is tied to lower risk of heart failure.

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2021-02-26 17:19:07 DPM Heng slams Pritam Singh’s independent Budget office idea as ‘wasteful’ in Budget round-up speech

Referring to Mr Pritam Singh’s idea to establish an independent parliamentary Budget office that provide expert fiscal analyses to the public, Mr Heng Swee Keat said this was a “wasteful duplication” of other efforts to scrutinise expenditures, such as the annual audit by the Auditor General and budgetary reports by two parliamentary committees which have WP representation.

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2021-02-26 15:46:01 More cash support for parents having second child, those not eligible for paternity or adoption leave: Indranee Rajah

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah, who oversees the National Population and Talent Division, said that the maximum dollar-for-dollar co-matching of parents’ savings in the Child Development Account (CDA) will be doubled for the second child, from S$3,000 to S$6,000.

This is in addition to the S$3,000 CDA First Step Grant that parents receive upon opening the CDA.

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2021-02-26 14:59:16 Lower Toto Hongbao jackpot not a deterrent for punters as snaking queues form outside betting outlets

“Whether the jackpot prize is S$8 million or S$12 million, money is money. If got such draws, there will definitely be long queues because we all want to try our luck,” said one punter.

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2021-02-26 14:12:37 Wild boar caught after attacking Punggol resident, NParks officer

Mr Tan Kiat How, Minister of State for National Development, said that the wild boar has since been euthanised “because of its aggressive behaviour”.

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2021-02-26 13:11:01 TODAY’s top stories, Feb 26, 2021
TGIF! Here’s a selection of our headlines this evening.

1. More supervision not always the best solution, says Chan Chun Sing on Kranji land clearance error
https://tdy.sg/3bE9Pyx

2. ‘Tamper-proof’ digital Covid-19 test certificates to be issued for travellers departing Singapore
https://tdy.sg/3knPy4i

3. SMRT technical officer died after 5kg rod flew out of machine, hit him in face, coroner’s court hears
https://tdy.sg/3pXX0Ec

4. Foreigner, S’porean wife jailed over breach of stay-home notice to spend night together at hotel
https://tdy.sg/3sHlAeD

5. COMMENTARY: Myanmar coup is Asean's new fault line
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2021-02-26 12:43:26 39-year-old SAF regular dies after feeling unwell following own physical training at Kranji Camp

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2021-02-26 10:41:29 UPDATE:
13 new Covid-19 infections in Singapore, all imported

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2021-02-26 07:03:01 Famous Bukit Purmei lor mee hawker stall reopens in Bugis, run by third-gen owners

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