Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took to Facebook today and posted a fun photo of himself and fellow ministers in a mid-air jump.Singapore celebrates Youth Day today with a school holiday for secondary and tertiary students tomorrow. His...
A new cancer treatment being tested for the first time in the world in Singapore could bring hope to women suffering from tough-to-treat breast cancer.Such women include Madam Goh, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999 at...
Bewildered - that was how an OCBC Bank relationship manager described his reaction when Yang Yin asked for $600,000 in $10,000 bills as collateral to purportedly open an art gallery in Hong Kong.Yet the most eye-catching piece of evidence...
For one month each year, the usually empty void deck of Block 724 in Jurong West Street 72 is transformed.Its pillars are draped with cloth, the floors are covered with carpets, and the space is lit up with overhead...
His is not an ordinary passion.Mr Raymond Goh clears and examines tombstones to piece together information about the historical context of the deceased's lives.Then, he tries to connect the deceased's descendants to their ancestors' burial sites.Mr Goh, 52, tells...
Good feedback has led the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to ramp up its Silver Zone scheme, which comprises road safety features for the elderly.Fifty zones are planned by 2023, up from the previous target of 35 zones by 2020.Emeritus...
An elderly woman was recently cheated of $2.3 million, according to a report lodged with the Singapore Police Force. It is the largest single amount scammed this year out of 61 similar cases.The victim received a telephone call purportedly...
The angry banging and loud voices at the door would go on for hours."Open the door! Owe money pay money!" the men would shout, calling for her mother or father.For 11-year-old Eileen (not her real name), the confrontations between...
For Yuan Kelly, a beach is her classroom. And so is Bosnia. And Costa Rica. And Italy.Unlike most students, Yuan did not just attend one campus. She attended 12 of them - across different countries.As a graduating student from...
JAKARTA - Singapore is refusing to back down in its pursuit of those responsible for haze-belching forest fires in Southeast Asia last year, despite struggling to bring the perpetrators before the courts and drawing a sharp rebuke from neighbouring...
