Recently, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has assessed the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine to be safe for use on children aged 5 years and above. Hence, children can now be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. This article informs you what you need to know about COVID-19 vaccination for your children in…
Posts written by Nicole Thong Wen Teng
Can Police Officers Enter Your House in Singapore?
Can police officers come knocking at your door in Singapore to enter your home? The short answer is yes, in certain cases. As of January 2022, the police have gained new powers that allow them to respond and protect the public more proactively. For example, they can now make forced…
Are Sovereign Citizens Legally Recognised in Singapore?
Even in Singapore’s collectivist society where citizens are largely law-abiding, sovereign citizens have been making the news recently for disobeying laws. This uptick in cases involving sovereign citizens possibly occurred in response to how COVID-19 regulations, such as mask-wearing and vaccination-differentiated rules, have been seen by them to impinge on…
Installing TraceTogether-Only SafeEntry: Guide for Businesses
As Singapore moves towards its endemic phase of COVID-19, more citizens will be out and about – this makes contact tracing all the more important to control the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore. If you are a business owner of a physical store, it is likely that you have to…
Guide to Free COVID-19 Wedding Mediation in Singapore
Are you and/or your future spouse in a dispute with your wedding vendor about finding alternatives to, or cancelling, your wedding event that had been scheduled to take place between 8 May 2021 and 30 September 2021? If so, you may find this article especially relevant. That’s because the Singapore…
COVID-19 Impacts on Marriages: Virtual VD/SD and Solemnisation
When it comes to the process of registering a marriage in Singapore, the Verification of Documents and Statutory Declaration (VD/SD) and the following marriage solemnisation procedures are typically conducted in person at the Registry of Marriages (ROM) for civil marriages, or the Registry of Muslim Marriages (ROMM) for Muslim marriages.…
COVID-19 Impacts on Marriages: Wedding Venue Cancellations and HDB Key Collection
COVID-19 — and the accompanying circuit breaker measures to stop its transmission — have thrown a wrench in many couples’ plans to get married. Recognising that it may be some time before the pandemic ends, the Singapore government has passed the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures for Solemnisation and Registration of Marriages)…
Blood Donation in Singapore During COVID-19: Can I Donate?
Why is it More Important to Donate Blood During COVID-19? Blood banks are in dire need of donated blood during the current Covid-19 outbreak. This is because many people have been cancelling their blood donation appointments due to current stay-at-home measures. According to the Red Cross, 15 units of blood…
Child Abuse in Singapore: What Can Parents Do?
Child abuse cases in Singapore have been on the rise. According to statistics from the Ministry of Family and Social Development, cases have more than doubled from 551 in 2015 to 1,163 in 2018. Unfortunately, it is likely that there still remain many unreported cases. Many abused children are too…
