SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob's address on Monday night (Apr 10) highlights the government's focus on narrowing the social divide, with marginalised groups standing to benefit, said political ...

SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob was a people's President who was a strong advocate for social issues long before she was elected, advocates said following her announcement on Monday (May 29) that ...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by AP/REX/Shutterstock (9052179i) Halimah Yacob is surrounded by supporters, in Singapore. Yacob was named Singapore's eighth president on Wednesday without a vote. She is to ...

the first head of state to live in public housing when she initially assumed office. But President Halimah Yacob’s legacy will extend beyond her as an individual to the social issues and causes she ...

SINGAPORE – President Halimah Yacob will soon move out of the jumbo Yishun flat where she and her family have stayed for over two decades, due to challenges in ensuring her security and protection.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former president Halimah Yacob interacting with her former security officer Lim Hwee Yi (in black top) while taking part in the ...

SINGAPORE - When she was a child growing up in a struggling household, President Halimah Yacob was seized with the idea of becoming a lawyer to bring access to justice to the vulnerable and deprived.

SINGAPORE — As President, Madam Halimah Yacob's efforts to champion social causes made Singaporeans "more conscious of our less privileged brethren, and ameliorated their plight", Prime Minister Lee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speaker Halimah Yacob at an Iftar reception hosted by the US embassy in June. PHOTO: Nicholas Yong/Yahoo News Singapore Speaker of ...

Halimah Yacob was a ground breaker in Singapore politics even before she became the nation's first female president. She also was the first woman to serve as speaker of parliament and only the second ...