On December 19, Gojek publicly announced that it will be adjusting its service fee for drivers on its platform from 10% to 15%.

The company had previously reduced the fee from 20% to 10% in June 2021 to support its drivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after taking into account feedback from drivers and considering rising fuel prices and operating costs, Gojek has decided not to return the fee to its pre-pandemic rate of 20%.

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Instead, the fee will remain at 10% throughout January 2023, before increasing to 15% on February 1, 2023. The fee will remain at this rate for at least 12 months.

In addition to this change, Gojek’s “driver fee,” which is paid by customers and goes directly to supporting driver earnings, will be extended until at least June 30, 2023.

In other words, your rides are going to get slightly more expensive.

The platform will also be making changes to its driver incentive scheme to reward loyal drivers, with some eligible drivers incurring a service fee as low as 0%.

Gojek stated that this revision is “aligned to post-pandemic recovery” and reflects “current market conditions” in Singapore, where ride-hailing services are seeing increased usage as the country recovers from the pandemic.

Ahead of the World Cup final last night between Argentina and France (which Argentina ultimately won via a penalty shootout after the score was tied 3-3 at the end of extra time), Adidas confirmed that they were facing a stock shortage due to the extraordinary demand for Argentina Jerseys.

Capitalising on the stock shortage, scalpers have taken to Carousell in Singapore to resell Argentina jerseys for up to $5,000.

Reuters reported that Adidas was facing an extraordinary demand for the jerseys and have very low stock available in some countries.

For context, an Argentina jersey for youths costs north of S$89 and S$115 for adults, according to Weston Corp’s prices.

However, prices on Carousell by resellers hoping to take advantage of the low stocks, are listed between $300 to $4,989.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is on leave from today (19 December) until the end of the year )31 December 2022).

Meanwhile, the Acting Prime Minister who will be taking the place of PM Lee while he’s momentarily gone will be Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Teo Chee Hean.

PM Lee said in a Facebook post that he will be updating his page if he comes across anything interesting, as he wishes everyone a safe and healthy festive season.

PM Office’s press release

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be on leave from 19 to 31 December 2022. Mr Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, will be Acting Prime Minister throughout this period.

PM Lee’s Facebook statement

I’ll be on leave till the end of the year. Will update should I come across anything interesting. Meanwhile, enjoy the festive season with your friends and family, and please stay safe and healthy while celebrating. – LHL

It is not possible to answer this question as Food Panda does not publicly disclose salary information for its employees. Each employee’s salary is based on various factors, such as demand and the number amount of jobs completed.

However, a Malaysian man working in Singapore shared his earnings, earning a whopping $432 a day on Food Panda delivery!

“Two Days’ Income of a Food Delivery Driver”

Many friends were curious and asked me how much the driver earns.

Today I will be transparent and open to share with you.

The income for two days is $865.32 (RM 2800),An average of $432.50 (RM 1400) per day.

The job of a food delivery boy is often seen as a menial job, so many people are reluctant to try it.

In fact, food delivery is also a down-to-earth job, not cheating, stealing, stealing, or smuggling, and it is a legitimate income in exchange for hard work.

If you are unemployed and have no income, and your regular income is not enough, food delivery is a part-time job that can fill your stomach or increase your extra income.

Additional conditions:

1) Driving a car in Singapore

2) Singapore citizens or permanent residents(If you don’t have a Singaporean car, you can also deliver food by bicycle or on foot. Relatively speaking, the income cannot be compared with that of driving.)

Here are what netizens think:

• Singapore car oil is also ridiculously expensive, unless you come to Jb to get oil

• hey, let’s change careers

• others thought it was easy to do, but they didn’t know that they had to do it on rainy and hot days. Occasionally, some Sohai people hit their bicycles and drove away immediately, and those who were far away on motorcycles had to push their bicycles back. They didn’t know. How much KM and how much physical strength is exchanged for the hard-earned money

• Let’s go to Singapore to deliver food

• delivers food, what are you waiting for?

Several Singtel users have reportedly been having network issues with their services since 14 December, being unable to call or receive calls on their mobiles, as well as having issues with their WiFi.

Singtel issued a statement on Twitter saying that they “apologise for the inconvenience” and that their engineers are working “urgently” to resolve the issues.

They later updated their statement on 17 December and said that many of the customers who experienced issues have had their services restored gradually.

However, as of 18 December, some users are still reportedly having issues.

Singtel’s statement on Twitter

We regret to inform that some customers may be experiencing issues with their mobile services. Our engineers are investigating and we will provide updates as soon as they become available. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.

Mobile services are gradually being restored. Our engineers are working urgently to resolve the issues for the customers who are still impacted. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and will provide updates as soon as they become available. Thank you for your patience.

Netizens’ comments

1. With 5 days of phone down and I happily recontract to SingTel instead of other telco. Did not know singtel is so irresponsible to leave us without service for so many days. At this rate we might as well recontract into another telco since you are not able to fix your systems.
2. (Singtel) Hi there, we regret to learn of this. Please restart your device and/ or reinsert the SIM card to further isolate the issue. If it still persists, kindly head down to our Singtel Shop to perform a SIM replacement.
3. One of the most annoying thing is SingTel technical support staff did not even know that the servers was down till yesterday. Professionalism at it’s best