Slightly over half a day - that is how much time people in Singapore spend daily on gadgets such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, television sets and video game consoles. People here clock 12hr 42min a day on average on...
Police Senior Staff Sergeant Mohamad Azhar Abdul Aziz, 30, was handling a complaint from a member of the public on March 18 when an elderly woman dashed into the Sengkang Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) carrying a boy, who was...
On a wet Friday evening recently, I booked a Comfort taxi for the first time in a while. My two mainstays, UberX and GrabCar, told me that it cost $35 to $38 to get from Toa Payoh to Bedok. It took...
The imam who made controversial remarks against Christians and Jews earlier this year visited the synagogue in Waterloo Street yesterday to offer his apology. Imam Nalla Mohamed Abdul Jameel, 47, extended his unconditional apology for his offensive remarks and acknowledged...
Police have arrested a 39-year-old man for leaving a bag unattended in Hougang MRT station yesterday, causing the station to be closed for an hour. Police later said the bag was found to contain "only household items". "Preliminary investigations revealed that...
SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 39-year-old man for leaving a bag unattended at Hougang MRT station, causing the station to be briefly shut down on Sunday (April 2). The police issued a statement later at night: "The police have...
SINGAPORE - Electricity tariffs will increase by an average of 6.1 per cent for the second quarter of 2017, the Singapore Power (SP) Group announced on Friday (March 31). The increase is largely due to the cost of natural gas...
SINGAPORE - Former presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock said on Friday (March 31) the upcoming presidential election should be an open election which candidates from all races can contest, not one reserved for Malay candidates. He called on the Government...
SINGAPORE - The Islamic religious teacher who made controversial remarks about Christians and Jews has apologised for his actions. In February, a video emerged online of an imam at Jamae Mosque who, after a sermon, reportedly recited a prayer in...
The chairman of Hong Kong-listed Brightoil Petroleum Holdings lost a court case involving the law on common property in Singapore on Tuesday (March 28). Dr Sit Kwong Lam, whose net worth is listed at US$2.1 billion (S$2.9 billion) by Forbes,...
