SINGAPORE - A 63-year-old woman who stayed in Bedok North has died from dengue, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a joint statement on Friday (March 11).The victim, who stayed at Bedok...
Former presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock's declaration that he wanted to stand again was seen as a tactical move by political observers yesterday. They viewed it as calculated at increasing his chances of qualifying for the next presidential election,...
Around 70 per cent of local security officers are already enjoying higher wages and better skills training, half a year before all security firms here are required to roll out these benefits.All 250 security agencies - comprising some 33,000...
The Singapore Botanic Gardens has launched a new exhibition called Exploring Our World's Heritage. It comes in the wake of its induction as a Unesco World Heritage Site last July.Visitors will get to learn more about the Unesco World...
Lush Green is the colour of choice as buses here get their biggest makeover since Singapore Bus Service was formed in 1973.The new colour was picked by nearly 29,000 commuters in a poll. The "greenies" beat those who wanted...
A spate of lift mishaps has prompted an islandwide ramp-up in inspections.National Development Minister Lawrence Wong announced yesterday that he has asked the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) to intensify its audits of lifts around Singapore, especially those in...
Faced with a sluggish public resale market, fewer home owners are selling their flats once they become able to do so.Last year, 388 flats were resold within a year of meeting their five-year Minimum Occupation Period (MOP), the Housing...
SINGAPORE - A 29-year-old woman has died after being run over by a bus at the junction of Toh Tuck Link and Toh Tuck Avenue on Thursday (Mar 11).According to Lianhe Wanbao, Indonesian-Chinese Winny Pratiwi was on her lunch...
A customer who claimed a beehoon stall assistant snubbed him was so irked that he ordered 30 packets of beehoon and violently threw them at the stall.According to Lianhe Wanbao, the 29-year-old man accused the female stall assistant at...
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