Some 80 corals that had been illegally imported into Singapore has been seized, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a joint statement on Monday (April 3). They had been imported from...
A religious teacher who made insensitive comments about Christians and Jews will be sent back to his home country. Imam Nalla Mohamed Abdul Jameel Abdul Malik, who is from India, was also fined $4,000, the Ministry of Home Affairs said...
SINGAPORE - She was a nurse for six years, caring for children and new mothers. Three years ago, Ms Hazel Sim took her love for children one step further by becoming a foster parent. The 34-year-old, now working in sales,...
Daniel the "emotional support duck" is a pretty big deal, both in the animal and human world. Its 15 minutes of fame began after it was spotted on a flight in the United States - from Charlotte to Asheville, North...
Despite the availability of several legitimate options online, many people in Singapore are still illegally getting their movie and music fix on the Internet for free. A survey of 1,000 people in May last year found that 63 per cent...
Like it or not, gadgets have become a key part of people's lives in Singapore, as consumers spend most of their waking hours on digital devices - 12hr 42 min a day on average. And spending so much time has...
When a woman claimed her boss had raped her while on a business trip, she found herself being grilled. Why did she agree to stay in the same room, she was asked. Her arguments that it was her boss who insisted...
Singapore has refuted accusations by two Indonesian police officials that it refused to cooperate with regard to extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) requests. A spokesman for Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said the two countries enjoy good bilateral...
Last month, a food stall assistant was sentenced to 231/2 years in jail and given 24 strokes of the cane for sexually abusing his biological daughter. The abuse started in 2011, when she was 11, and ended when she was...
More sexual crime cases were filed in the State Courts last year compared with five years ago, but that is not necessarily an indication of a worsening problem. Ms Anisha Joseph, manager of the Sexual Assault Care Centre at the...
