AN ELDERLY woman lost $100,000 in savings to phone scammers and her daughter is partly blaming it on a new type of bank machine that allows up to $200,000 in cash to be drawn in one go.Called Branch Machines...
CAR-FREE Sundays in the heart of the city will be extended from October and the initiative could even be expanded into the Housing Board heartland.The six-month pilot, which sees roads around the Central Business District and Civic District being...
SINGAPORE - The lights were flashing along Haig Road, but it wasn't the festive lights from the Geylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar.Next to a crowded bus stop stood a wrecked traffic police patrol vehicle with debris strewn on the...
SINGAPORE - Two passengers were sent to the hospital on Saturday (June 25) after they were flung from a Sentosa beach tram.According to Lianhe Wanbao, the packed tram was heading towards Tanjong Beach from Palawan Beach when the gantry...
Less than three days after this year's National Day Parade (NDP) theme song was released, the band behind it have already gotten requests to perform the tune at their usual Tuesday night gig at Timbre @ The Substation.The song,...
Moving may be troublesome for many, but for farmers with bulky equipment and thousands of animals or crops in tow, the process can be downright painful.Yet, farmers in Singapore tell The Sunday Times that if they have to move,...
They live around us, thriving on the scraps of food left lying around in homes and shopping malls, typically in the dark of the night.But in recent times, incidents of rats seen scurrying about in the day have gained...
Daniel was two years old and a brave boy.Even as he was slapped, stomped on, pinched and abused repeatedly by his own mother and her boyfriend, he did not cry.And neighbours had little clue Mohamad Daniel Mohamad Nasser was...
The speed and nature of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat's recovery from a stroke six weeks ago which required emergency surgery have surprised the medical community, with doctors paying tribute to the immediate attention he got and the care...
SINGAPORE - A Malayan tapir was spotted in Changi on Friday (June 24) morning in a rare sighting of the endangered animal.The herbivore is known for having a distinctive white patch round its middle, and a black head, shoulders...
