Businesses in Singapore should look towards giving back to their communities, and VolunteerInc is a new programme that will allow them to do so in a more targeted manner, said Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo.Neo, who co-chairs the Economic Strategy Review (ESR) committee on human capital, launched VolunteerInc and encouraged businesses to look beyond workforce development on the second day of the Singapore Business Federation's (SBF) Future Economy Conference on Thursday (May 14).VolunteerInc is SBF's corporate volunteering programme, established through a strategic collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and enabled by the SBF Foundation. This programme will help companies to design, start and sustain meaningful corporate volunteering through a structured framework in an «easier and more impactful» way.«VolunteerInc will reduce these constraints by connecting businesses with suitable volunteer opportunities tailored to their size, interests, and capabilities,» he said, highlighting Cook Medical as a business that has benefitted from the programme's volunteer matching.

Several taxi drivers in Malaysia have raised concerns about the growing number of passengers attempting to use cross-border rides to smuggle contraband and other illegal items into Singapore.The New Straits Times (NST) reported on Wednesday (May 13) that some of these drivers felt helpless over their limited ability to intervene and the loss of income while being held in detention, despite knowing they would eventually be released.On April 3, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) arrested a 28-year-old Singaporean passenger after officers found 26 packets of contraband cigarettes and 40 vapes in the taxi driven by a 70-year-old Malaysian driver.The Malaysian man, with two passengers aged 28 and 72, was profiled and directed for enhanced checks. He was reportedly released later.Speaking to NST, 56-year-old Siew Toh, who frequently ferries passengers across the Causeway, said: «We don't have any law that allows us to check passengers' bags. We just drive.»

Le conseil de perfectionnement du régiment du service militaire adapté en Polynésie française (RSMA-Pf) s’est réuni ce mercredi pour faire le bilan de 2025 et annoncer les nouvelles offres de formation pour les prochains mois. Le nombre de stagiaires formés à la sécurité va doubler d’ici un an, en vue des Jeux du Pacifique 2027.

À Moorea, le Fare Moetini, qui accueille des enfants en situation de handicap, vient d’obtenir une labellisation en santé. Une reconnaissance officielle décrochée après plus d’un an de travail et d’actions collectives. Sur place, près de six éducateurs accompagnent au quotidien une vingtaine d’enfants.

L'organisation des épreuves de natation cristallise les tensions autour de l'accueil des Jeux du Pacifique 2027. La piscine de Tipaerui est la seule option proposée par le Pays et les autorités locales doivent rencontrer le Conseil des Jeux du Pacifique vendredi pour faire valider cette proposition. Les bassins de Mamao tombent donc aux oubliettes. Est-ce un mal pour un bien pour les finances du Pays ?

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Following a pregnant commuter's disappointment at not being offered a seat on the train, one man has suggested a more «fundamental shift» in public transport campaigns.While he agrees that the current system of fixed priority seats are well-intentioned, Stomp contributor Henry believes this «inadvertently creates a psychological bystander effect».Citing the pregnant commuter's experience, Henry said what bothered him was not just younger, able-bodied commuters refusing to give up priority seats, but passengers on other «non-priority» seats also not doing the same.«By labelling specific seats, we signal that all other seats are exempt from the expectations of basic civic courtesy,» said Henry, who is in his 50s.In his view, this leads to able-bodied passengers remaining glued to their devices, «secure in the knowledge that they are not seated beneath a priority sticker».The Stomp contributor recalled an incident in which a seemingly able-bodied man on a priority seat was engrossed with his phone and did not give up his seat to an elderly commuter in front of him. Henry beckoned the elderly man to take his «non-priority seat».

La FAPE, la fédération des Associations de Protection de l’Environnement « Te Ora Naho », a présenté officiellement ce mercredi les lauréats de la 2ème édition du Fonds Natura Porinetia. 10 projets ont été retenus sur 22. Ainsi 10 associations vont bénéficier de cette subvention qui s’élève cette année à 4 millions cfp. Soit entre 300 000 et 500 000 cfp par association.

«Pas de Starlink à Rapa aux Australes», c’est la décision rendue hier par le tribunal administratif de Papeete. Ce même tribunal qui a rejeté la demande d’une habitante de Rapa de pouvoir commander une antenne et l'utiliser sur son île isolée. Le maire Teiki Watanabe approuve cette décision de justice.

Catherine was met by a crowd of 1,000 people - including a very excited-looking baby - as she arrived for a two-day trip to Reggio Emilia. She hugged schoolchildren and posed for selfies.