Tag: spain
New purple trains for North East Line arrive from Spain, to be rolled out...
Singapore – After a month-long journey, the first of six new trains for the North East Line extension (NELe) has arrived in Singapore, the...
WHO warns virus crisis not over as vaccine rollout approaches
by AFP bureaus The World Health Organization has warned that vaccines will be no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis as nations gear up...
Parents and teachers in Madrid describe difficulties of abrupt switch to e-learning
On March 15th, Spain went into a country-wide lockdown to curb the high numbers of COVID-19 cases. Almost two months later, schools have still...
“I thought I was dead by then,” a Singaporean man in Madrid recalls his...
By: Natasha Zaman
Daryl Tan Chen Ming, 47, was at the pharmacy near his house in Madrid buying his asthma medication when he fainted. The...
Spanish taxi driver hailed a hero for driving Covid-19 patients for free, tests negative
SPAIN – Saturday (Apr 18) A video on Twitter went viral after a taxi cab driver in was called into a hospital on the...
Morning brief: Covid-19 update for April 14, 2020
As of 8 am, April 14, 2020:
World count approaches 2 million
There are now 1,911,407 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 in 177 countries. The United States...
Even with drive-through funerals, Spain is struggling to keep up with rising COVID-19 deaths
With the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the world, life is no longer as we know it. The world has slowed to a near-standstill, with...
Missing captain of S’pore cargo ship found drifting at sea in Spain
The captain of Morning Ninni, a Singaporean cargo ship, has been found mysteriously drifting along the coast of Tarifa beach in southern Spain. He...