Cooped up at home during the circuit breaker period, which ended only earlier this month, people in Singapore turned to exercise, hobbies and household chores to keep busy and healthy. Ironically, this led to an increase in related injuries. Though...
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong riot cop who was filmed chanting "black lives matter" and "I can't breathe" on patrol during a demonstration on Friday (June 12) has been reprimanded by authorities, according to media reports. A clip of...
SINGAPORE - The weekly number of dengue cases in Singapore has reached a record high, with 895 people diagnosed in just five and a half days - surpassing the 891 infections reported for one week in 2014. The country,...
SINGAPORE - More than 19,000 suspended home renovation projects have received approval to resume since the circuit breaker period ended on June 1, said the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) on Saturday (June 13). From next Monday, all other...
SINGAPORE - There are 347 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Saturday noon (June 13), taking Singapore's total to 40,197. These include five community cases, comprising two Singaporeans or permanent residents and three work pass holders, said the Ministry...
SINGAPORE - The trial of two Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers allegedly involved in a 2018 ragging incident, in which national serviceman drowned in a pump well, closed on Friday (June 12), with the court set to...
SINGAPORE - Taxi drivers will now have to issue printed receipts for all street-hail and phone booking trips or risk a $50 fine, regardless of whether the passenger asks for them. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) rule kicked in...
SINGAPORE - A woman who was caught on video berating at least two men in Sun Plaza shopping mall after refusing to wear a mask told a district court on Friday (June 12) she has "extreme rage" and...
On Wednesday (June 10), the Instagram account of Bloomberg Green put out a rather alarming graph. Comparing the amounts of solid waste produced by 22 key countries around the world, Singapore sits right on top of the heap. According...
Singapore-based electronics maker PCI has won a bid to supply 300,000 dongles for a government project that could eventually see everyone in the city-state given the wearable device to help identify people who have interacted with Covid-19 carriers. The...
