It was a house of horrors, home to not just one, but two sexual predators.Between 2009 and 2013, they separately abused a boy on several occasions.By the time the boy's parents found out in mid-2013, the abuse had left...
RESEARCH engineers from the Agency for Science and Technology (A*Star) have invented and trialled a toilet-monitoring system that can signal when toilets need to be cleaned.It tracks how heavily rest-rooms are used and has a sensor to measure the...
THE Hong Kong-listed conglomerate founded by gambling billionaire Stanley Ho has made its first foray into the Singapore property market, and it is certainly an attention-grabber.Shun Tak Holdings, via its wholly owned subsidiary Shun Tak Real Estate (Singapore), is...
SINGAPORE - A 22-year-old man from Bangladesh was killed in another worksite accident on Monday evening at the Mandai Depot construction site.The Straits Times understands that the man, who a relative would only identify as "Riyad", had been working...
A 25-YEAR-OLD canteen in Changi Airport Terminal 2, which CNN praised for serving "some of the best and cheapest food" in Singapore, had its last day of business under its current operator on Sunday.The foodcourt and staff canteen, which...
A FEW weeks after the Court of Appeal freed alleged match-fixing kingpin Dan Tan from detention, the Ministry of Home Affairs reviewed its legal position in the light of the apex court's judgment and released three others who had...
ELECTRONIC Road Pricing (ERP) at selected roads and expressways will be reduced while Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) operating hours will be shortened for the upcoming June school holidays, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced yesterday.The revised rates and operating...
THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) is probing a case of alleged animal abuse after a man was caught on camera hitting, kicking and lifting a dog by its leash.The incident, which was filmed and uploaded on...
The next time you visit Pulau Ubin, take a closer peek at your surroundings, as it might reveal treasures of nature that are more unique and interesting than a cursory glance of the coastal and old kampong charms of...
SINGAPORE - This photo of lightning streaking across the Singapore sky has been making its rounds on Facebook.It has amassed more than 30,000 likes and been shared more than 9,000 times since photographer Darren Soh posted it on his Facebook page on Sunday night (May 22).Soh...
