The Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex) was a well-muscled predator with large teeth, but it is extinct today. In contrast, the little cockroach is still around.Economist Sanjeev Sanyal made this comparison at a conference yesterday to make the point that being...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) dropped from second to third place in what is touted as the world's largest annual survey of travellers. So what?Emirates is first and Qatar Airways, second.As expected, the results announced by London research firm Skytrax, which...
A doctor who was barred from practice for wrongly stating the causes of death for two patients was yesterday jailed for nine months.Kwan Kah Yee, 65, a general practitioner, had pleaded guilty in April to three criminal charges: signing...
Officers at Singapore's border checkpoints will have an enhanced set of questions to interview visitors, in an effort to better detect those who pose a risk to the country and, if needed, prevent them from entering the island.This Security...
He was a troubled man.A recent break-up seemed to weigh on him, and a failed business haunted him.Boatman Ong Hock Long, 33, had gone missing on Tuesday evening while operating bumboat No. 36, which was engulfed in flames in...
A schoolboy was hit by a car and sent hurtling through the air after he ran across the road, without looking right or left.The accident, caught by an in-car camera, has gone viral.Thankfully, the boy survived without any serious...
A maid, who slapped, kicked and shoved a 93-year-old woman she was meant to be caring for, was jailed for two years yesterday.Sulikah, 27, an Indonesian who goes by one name, pleaded guilty last month to 10 of 29...
Was the alleged robber behind the Standard Chartered heist last Thursday so confident that he found time to pop into an upmarket eatery for a drink and a bite mere minutes after fleeing with his loot of $30,000?It would...
SINGAPORE - The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is investigating "restrictive industry practices" in the supply of lift spare parts in HDB estates.This follows a complaint that CCS received, alleging that several companies were refusing to supply lift spare...
It has been a long wait, but the Ministry of Education (MOE) finally revealed the details of the new Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) scoring system yesterday.Many parents with pre-schoolers were relieved about the phasing out of the PSLE...
