Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers have put out a fire which broke out at Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel on Tuesday morning (March 15). SCDF said in a statement that it was alerted to the fire at around 9.10am and...
SINGAPORE - Some worshippers at Sultan Mosque near Arab Street were "chased out" of its public praying area because a minister was visiting, a netizen claimed on Facebook.Mr Saifudean Mead said in a Facebook post on Saturday (March 12)...
Seldom has the Government been accused of having too much trust in Singaporeans' ability to make their own decisions.Which made it all the more striking, in yesterday's Parliament sitting, when officeholders gently rejected MPs' calls for more paternalistic approaches.Minister...
MPs yesterday welcomed as timely the changes to strengthen the law to better protect those who lose their mental capacity.But several of them called for more to be done to make sure those appointed as professional donees and deputies...
Less than half of Singapore residents have read at least one "literary book" a year, the first National Literary Reading and Writing Survey by the National Arts Council (NAC) has found.Out of the 1,015 Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs)...
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam assured Bukit Batok residents last night that their needs would be tended to even though their MP had resigned."We will make sure that problems are solved, that their needs are taken care of, that...
After putting up posters stating that the playing of chess is banned in common areas, a town council has made a U-turn by removing them and apologising.This was after a picture of the posters was put online on Sunday,...
Secondary schools were directed to stop taking in transfer students who do not meet the cut-off point, to make the schools transfer process more transparent and fair, said Acting Education Minister (Schools) Ng Chee Meng in Parliament yesterday.The previous...
A 45-year-old man, who faces multiple charges of sexually abusing a girl when she was between 11 and 13 years old, supposedly tried to take his own life, the High Court heard yesterday.The case was scheduled to be heard...
The Ministry of Transport announced on Tuesday (March 15) that Mr Alan Chan Heng Loon will be appointed as chairman of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) from April 1.He succeeds Mr Michael Lim Choo San who has held the...
