by Abriel | Oct 24, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
It has been nearly six years. Ms Azlin Amran suffered a severely damaged spinal cord, fractured pelvis, punctured lungs and such terrible abrasions to her face that the nurses advised her not to look into the mirror for a month. During those long years, she had to...
by Abriel | Oct 18, 2018 | 2018, Zero Hunger
The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) released on Tuesday (Oct 16) placed Singapore at the top of the list, a jump of three places from last year (2017) and for the first time, it has topped the ranking since the listing of 113 countries was started in 2012 by the...
by Abriel | Oct 17, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Food brings people together. Over a meal, one family hopes to bring people closer, spark conversations and promote inclusivity among people from all walks of life. My Home Your Home is a private home-dining and entertainment experience run by TV producer Rose Sivam,...
by Abriel | Oct 17, 2018 | 2018, Life Below Water, What Inspires You?
A group of migrant workers spent their Saturday at the beach at Pasir Ris Park. But instead of relaxing there, they will be cleaning it up – for free. In a post on its Facebook page on Wednesday, non-governmental organisation Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2)...
by Abriel | Oct 14, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Hoai Thuong is 19 months old, and cute as a button. She lies, lively eyes darting, in her hospital bed at Gleneagles, her oversized head wrapped in swathes of bandages. The Vietnamese infant has just had an operation in the morning for hydrocephalus, a condition where...