As fancy, upscale and lavishly priced as a stay at the W Singapore in Sentosa Cove may be, folks are expressing their willingness to splurge in support of inclusivity. It costs over $500 for a night’s stay, mind you. The...
SINGAPORE - Freelance writer Sng Ler Jun has been taking on more writing assignments since March to earn extra money for his family and himself. His 55-year-old mother was retrenched from a part-time job as a food promoter in February...
HONG KONG - Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent said on Tuesday it would open a new office in Singapore that will be its regional hub for Southeast Asia. The move, adding a Singapore base to offices in Malaysia,...
SINGAPORE - Singapore began handing out pocket-sized coronavirus contact-tracing devices to residents on Monday, part of a planned nationwide rollout to help the city-state safely reopen its economy. Like an earlier smartphone app released by the government, the box-shaped tokens...
It is highly unlikely that bats in Singapore are carrying the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, but people who come into contact with one should still take precautions, two experts said. For example, residents who have bats flying into their...
SINGAPORE - After registering on an app, visitors to Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) Jurong campus will no longer have to think about where or how to pay their parking fees. Even without parking gantries, their car plates are captured...
We're not out of the woods, yet people continue to congregate at some public spaces during the ongoing pandemic. This time around, a crowd was spotted at Paya Lebar Square on Sunday (Sept 13). A video clip circulating on Facebook showed...
As the son of famous Taiwanese singer Bao Nana, one might expect Dave Fu to follow in his mother's footsteps. He even admitted that it was hard to live in her shadow. "It's like I know she's famous but I didn't...
The police arrested a 56-year-old man after he beat a 67-year-old man to death after a fight on Sunday (Sept 13) along Block 6 Beach Road. Several videos shared on Facebook showed the aftermath of the incident. In one of them, paramedics from...
The dating game can be a minefield, so much so that some prefer to entrust their quest for love to professional matchmakers. Alas, it turns out that even seasoned professionals can't conjure up a prince charming. A 49-year-old woman who...
