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Forum: Training domestic helpers in dementia care can do only so much

Forum: Employers of domestic helpers should be allowed to choose their own insurance

Foreign workers’ exclusions from gambling in S’pore have grown. What’s behind the numbers?

Foreign workers at a Singapore Pools outlet at City Plaza on July 12.
Foreign workers at a Singapore Pools outlet at City Plaza on July 12.

Convicted helper abuser jailed again for illegally hiring domestic worker to look after 40 cats

Maselly Ab Aziz was jailed for seven weeks after pleading guilty to one charge under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.
Maselly Ab Aziz was jailed for seven weeks after pleading guilty to one charge under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.

Forum: Help hired helpers looking after those with dementia at home

As seniors age at home, untrained helpers are figuring out dementia care alone

The burden of caring for dementia patients often falls on helpers who are neither trained nor equipped to handle it.
The burden of caring for dementia patients often falls on helpers who are neither trained nor equipped to handle it.

Aidha launches free financial education course, in-person helpdesk for domestic workers in S’pore

Acting Manpower Minister Jasmin Lau (second from right) alongside (from left) Aidha chair Claudine Lim, Aidha alumna Armi Sampani and Aidha CEO Jacqueline Loh on Aug 2.
Acting Manpower Minister Jasmin Lau (second from right) alongside (from left) Aidha chair Claudine Lim, Aidha alumna Armi Sampani and Aidha CEO Jacqueline Loh on Aug 2.

Filipino housekeeping services win fans in Japan’s growing market

Japan began allowing foreign nationals to provide housekeeping services in national strategic special zones in 2016.
Japan began allowing foreign nationals to provide housekeeping services in national strategic special zones in 2016.

Police officer’s jail term upped to 11½ years over fatal abuse of Myanmar helper Piang Ngaih Don

Kevin Chelvam’s sentence was increased after the High Court allowed the prosecution’s appeal against his sentence for one of the four charges he was convicted of.
Kevin Chelvam’s sentence was increased after the High Court allowed the prosecution’s appeal against his sentence for one of the four charges he was convicted of.

Life imprisonment for helper who killed employer’s father, 73, with pillow at Bishan flat

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