Cars whizzed by on North Bridge Road when this reporter spotted a shock of silver hair.The elderly woman was frantically shuffling across the busy road, clutching her handbag with both arms.Cars would slow down but many would pass her...
She was 19 when she learnt that she was five months pregnant.It was too late for an abortion.And her 20-year-old boyfriend decided he wasn't going to stick around."I was doing a polytechnic internship at the time and always wore...
When Singaporean Raymond Yeo sent an online complaint to the Narendra Modi government a year ago, after being overcharged for a short taxi ride in the city of Mumbai, he did not think it would lead to much.The 50-year-old...
SINGAPORE - A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty to charges of careless driving causing death and injuries in New Zeland, local media reported on April 12.Lew Wei Kiong, 30, was on holiday in New Zealand with colleague Ms Tay...
SINGAPORE - A car caught fire on the Central Expressway (CTE) this afternoon (April 17) and caused a traffic congestion at several exits, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a tweet at about 1pm.LTA said that the incident...
Living alone, and often keeping to himself, Mr Soh Ah Seng usually left the door of his one-room flat in Geylang Bahru slightly open during the day.Community workers who paid regular visits to senior citizens in these rental flats...
The scrapping of the aggregate score from the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) was a long time coming, said most parents who are glad that children will no longer be so finely segregated based on a few marks.They also...
Her family never knew she was pregnant - and unmarried.They were not there when Ivana (not her real name), 36, gave birth.She broke the news to them only last week, when her son turned three months old.And they were...
The Group B streptococcus (GBS) bacteria outbreak may have died down, but stalls which used to sell ready-to-eat raw-fish dishes are still reeling from the effects of the scare.Food stall owners interviewed by The Sunday Times said they have...
Criminal lawyers and professionals who deal with victims of sexual abuse have called for greater clarity in the law after the High Court last week ruled that a woman cannot be found guilty of sexual penetration of a minor.But...
