A self-styled spiritual "master" was yesterday sentenced to 12 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a woman who had sought help from him to get rid of "ghosts" in her flat.Ow Siew Hoe, 49, also...
Two paintings that former China tour guide Yang Yin said he had bought for wealthy widow Chung Khin Chun were actually purchased even before he became her private tour guide in 2008, a court heard yesterday.Dr Tan It Koon,...
SINGAPORE - A woman who had bought some prawns from a Sengkang wet market last week made a strange discovery.When the 40-year-old, who wanted to be known only was Madam Huang, was cleaning the 25 prawns that she bought...
SINGAPORE - The former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station will be open to the public from 9am to 6pm on Hari Raya Puasa on Wednesday (July 6).Since it started welcoming visitors on public holidays in February last year, over 92,000...
SINGAPORE - The Police are investigating two 15-year-old suspects who are believed to be involved in a case of vandalism at Block 9, Marsiling Drive.The identities of the suspects were established after "extensive ground enquiries and protracted investigations", police...
The Straits Times reported yesterday (July 4) that the registration for SingPass' two-factor authentication (2FA) for Singapore residents and those living overseas will be extended from the initial July 4 deadline. This is because so far, only 1.6 million...
THE rising cost of operating public carparks here would have spelt big shortfalls for the Housing Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), if parking fees had not been hiked.Since 2002, when the rates were last raised, the cost...
StarHub TV customers can now catch Lianhe Zaobao's news talk show on the E City channel (channels 111 and 825).Launched last November on Zaobao's digital platform, the three-minute Zaobao Keywords targets people on the go by presenting hard news...
SINGAPORE - A group of angry Malaysian investors, claiming to be victims of an alleged investment scam, lodged police reports in Singapore on Sunday afternoon (July 3).The group, which comprised 24 investors who were mostly from Johor Bahru and...
SINGAPORE - The board chairman of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has been reappointed to a second two-year term, the Ministry of Law announced in a statement on Monday (July 4).Mr Lim Sim Seng, who is also the group...
