The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday promised to roll out four social initiatives for Bukit Batok residents should its candidate Chee Soon Juan be elected in the May 7 by-election.The programmes, which target a broad swathe of residents from...
The shooting of a 34-year-old man by police outside the Shangri-La Hotel on May 31 last year was "a lawful killing", a coroner ruled yesterday.The officer who fired the fatal shot was simply doing his job of neutralising a...
Ai Takagi, the chief editor of socio-political website The Real Singapore (TRS), surrendered herself at the State Courts and began her 10-month jail term yesterday.The 23-year-old was convicted of sedition last month after she pleaded guilty to publishing seditious...
An Orchard Road shopping mall has not only banned construction workers from using its public toilets, but also threatened them with fines and expulsion if they disobey.Wisma Atria has put up signs outside the men's toilets on five floors...
Singapore has spent $6 million on relocating more than 2,000 coral colonies which were in the way of a port development in Tuas.They were moved from Sultan Shoal, south of Tuas, to the waters off St John's and Sisters'...
Several local remisiers are being questioned by the financial authorities over alleged breaches of the securities law after a series of raids on at least four brokerages this week.The market is abuzz with speculation on what sparked the raids,...
SINGAPORE - Changi Airport is testing new systems that will not only boost security but reduce inconvenience for travellers.The trials are being carried out at two boarding gates at Terminal 3 from now until June.The first involves the use...
SINGAPORE - The impact to Singapore of the shrimps and prawns from Malaysia said to contain traces of banned antibiotics seems limited, for now.Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) told The Straits Times that it has not detected veterinary...
SINGAPORE - For the third year in a row, thousands of AsiaOne readers have voted ION Orchard as the Best Shopping Centre in Singapore.The shopping centre at the heart of the tourist belt also topped the Luxury Shopping Centre...
A 37-year-old woman jumped off an overhead bridge along the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) on Friday afternoon (April 22).A contributor to Stomp, Azhar, received photos of what happened via WhatsApp, and then forwarded them to the citizen journalism website.In...
