Marina Lopes

6 days ago | straitstimes.com | Marina Lopes

WASHINGTON – Ms Lisa Vandever was already hours late when the pilot’s voice came over the intercom: “There are 35 planes ahead of us.” The 62-year-old event planner from New Jersey had boarded her flight in Newark – already delayed and rescheduled – to help care for her elderly mother in California.

2 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Marina Lopes |Angelica Ang

WASHINGTON: The news arrived quietly on his mobile phone, that Harvard University has been barred from enrolling international students. This means his ability to finish his degree there, the culmination of a lifetime of work, is now in jeopardy. The student, who declined to give his name given the sensitivities involved, is one of over 150 Singaporeans enrolled at the university.

2 weeks ago | huffingtonpost.co.uk | Marina Lopes

We all want a village - until you realise yours includes emotional potholes, unsolicited advice, and the grandma who calls your daughter "chunky". But as a foreign correspondent and mum of two, I've seen firsthand that in some parts of the world, grandparents aren't a source of stress - they're the glue that holds the whole thing together. In Singapore, grandparents are a lifeline for millions of working families. Half of all 18-month-olds have Granny or Grandpa as their primary caregiver.

3 weeks ago | porvir.org | Marina Lopes

por Marina Lopes 16 de maio de 2025 Promover debates na escola sobre diversidade, garantia de direitos e participação social é uma forma essencial de preparar os jovens para o pleno exercício da cidadania. Para apoiar os educadores nessa missão, o Porvir e a Fundação Fernando Henrique Cardoso anunciam uma nova parceria que resultará em uma coletânea inédita de sete roteiros pedagógicos sobre temas fundamentais para a construção de uma sociedade democrática.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Marina Lopes

Four years ago, scarred by the pandemic experience of trying to care for two toddlers in isolation, my husband and I decided we wanted a built-in community. We were tired of being the ones solely in charge of organizing, feeding, disciplining and playing with our kids. On a whim, we moved halfway across the world to Singapore to live next door to our best friends, Jeremy and Melissa. We aren’t polyamorous, hippies or reckless.