A 17-year-old horse was in such a bad condition that three vets - including a former professor in equine medicine - believed it should have been put down.Sharpy had dead or rotting tissue on its right lower hind leg...
A Chinese consortium is preparing to bid for the high-speed project linking Malaysia's Capital Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, a source with China Communications Construction Group said on Friday.The source in Beijing-based CCCG, a major construction enterprise of transportation infrastructure...
Wildlife experts and animal welfare groups have applauded proposed changes that will give more creatures in the animal kingdom protection on Singapore's roads.The proposed changes to the Road Traffic Act, made in Parliament on Monday, will widen a 53-year-old...
Poor hygiene practices were the likely cause of a mass food-poisoning incident in February, an investigation by the authorities has found.Some 231 people fell ill after eating food supplied by Kuisine Catering over three days in February, the National...
SINGAPORE - A self-employed man who made his victims believe that he was the brother of then Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Wong Kan Seng was sentenced to 4½ years' jail on Friday (May 13) for cheating them of $520,000.Undischarged...
SINGAPORE - Singaporean conductor Wong Kah Chun beat 13 competitors from around the world to win the first prize at the prestigious Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition held in Bamberg, Germany on Thursday (May 12).The 29-year-old took the top prize...
People who visit countries where the Zika virus has been detected should protect themselves from mosquito bites, said the authorities in a health advisory yesterday.For example, they can wear clothing that covers as much of their skin as possible,...
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was in a stable condition yesterday, the day after he had emergency brain surgery following a stroke.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who visited him at Tan Tock Seng Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU), said:...
A 48-year-old man who returned from Brazil tested positive for Zika yesterday, making him the first confirmed case of the mosquito-borne virus in Singapore.The permanent resident, who lives in Watten Estate, in Bukit Timah, travelled to Sao Paulo between...
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has given an update on Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, saying that his condition is currently stable."His condition is stable, but he will remain in the intensive care unit (ICU) for some...
