POLYTECHNICS are expecting more students to apply via the new Early Admissions Exercise (EAE), which allows them to secure places in diploma programmes through course-specific talents and interests rather than just academic grades.A higher proportion of polytechnic places has...
Marina Bay Link Mall, part of the Marina Bay Financial Centre, is the latest mall to have rat issues.The National Environment Agency (NEA) said it will be taking action against the parties concerned after finding dried rat droppings above...
When an Indonesian maid became suddenly struck with a rare disease, her Singaporean employer's family turned to the online community to seek help to cover the costs of her medical expenses and her flight back home.The employer's daughter started...
SINGAPORE - Singapore has delayed a decision on a US$1 billion (S$1.34 billion) helicopter purchase after the crash in April of a civilian Airbus Super Puma whose military version was the frontrunner to clinch the order, sources familiar with...
All full-time and operationally ready national servicemen will get life and personal accident insurance coverage by the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) from July 1.This will apply to servicemen in the Singapore Armed Forces...
After he made headlines for receiving high praise for his musical talent from legendary US music producer Quincy Jones in 2013, Singapore-raised Shun Ng has scored an even bigger accolade.Ng, 26, was awarded the annual Holly Prize at this...
They had just been caught shoplifting in Bangkok, yet fooled around and smiled for their mugshots.The photographs of the two Singaporean girls went viral after they were uploaded on social media, with netizens in both Thailand and Singapore slamming...
Another cat has been found dead at the foot of an HDB block in Tampines - the third case in the housing estate in five weeks.The white cat was found at the foot of Block 889, Tampines Street 81,...
UberEats rider Muhammad Fazly, 29, and his fiancee Siti Farina, 27, could have lost their lives on Wednesday, if it was not for his 10-year motorcycle riding experience and, yes, the heavy rain."Thanks to the bad weather, all the...
Candidates who have the aptitude to work with children can apply early for full-time early childhood education courses offered by Ngee Ann (NP) and Temasek (TP) polytechnics.They are offering more than 300 places in three such diploma programmes, in...
