MOTHER and son have been receiving financial help from grassroots volunteers as well as members of the Serangoon North Merchants' Association for about five years.

They were also familiar faces at Meet-The-People Sessions (MPS) held weekly at Block 125 Serangoon North Avenue 1 where they would ask for different kinds of financial help.

BUS captains will no longer need to have their temperature taken before starting their shift now that Singapore is lowering its alert level from orange to yellow.

SBS Transit, which runs most of the buses here, however said that it will still continue to disinfect its buses and trains as a precautionary measure.

PESSIMISTS may say this is a dark hour for the arts. Purse strings are being tightened in the credit crunch and more recently, the H1N1 virus is giving people another reason to stay at home.