SINGAPORE - Several schools in the Malaysian state of Kelantan have been plagued by incidents of mass hysteria over the past week, with students claiming to have seen ghostly figures.To date, eight ustaz, a bomoh and Islamic traditional experts...
We know that it is not easy to understand what SkillsFuture is about.We are used to names of funding schemes and organisations. So we have many people equating SkillsFuture with SkillsFuture Credit, the $500 granted to every Singaporean above...
National concerns will likely outweigh municipal issues when Bukit Batok voters go to the polls on May 7, political watchers said yesterday.The track record of the People's Action Party (PAP) will also be a deciding factor for residents with...
At a time when residents across Singapore are asking for more playgrounds to be built, some in Bukit Batok feel there are too many.They say their neighbourhood could do with more fitness parks for the elderly instead.It is perhaps...
A fire broke out on Jurong Island yesterday shortly before 3pm amid heavy rain.The rising plume of black smoke could be seen from about 2km away, a reader who works at Tuas told The New Paper.The reader, who declined...
Values are often taught through community service projects or during character and citizenship lessons in primary schools.But a new pilot programme, launched yesterday by Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Education Low Yen Ling, aims to go beyond that...
SMRT and Netherlands-based firm in tie-up to bring driverless vehicle systems here and to regionDriverless "pods" ferrying passengers within private estates, university campuses and business parks could arrive in a big way, with a new joint venture announced yesterday.Local...
UNITED NATIONS - Singapore on Wednesday blasted widespread calls to make the worldwide fight against illicit drugs less punitive, using a major meeting at the United Nations to argue that a "soft approach" would cause a flood of narcotics...
The new sets of wheels, increasingly making their way to car-lite Singapore's roads, finally have some insurance cover.NTUC Income yesterday unveiled a new accident insurance plan geared towards cyclists and users of other personal mobility devices (PMDs) such as...
SINGAPORE - A former Mediacorp producer was sentenced to two weeks jail for slapping, spitting and hurling vulgarities at two police officers.Ms Zhao Xiaotian, 26, admitted to slapping Sgt Muhammad Fahmi Osman, and spitting twice at Sgt Muhammad Hafiz...
