SINGAPORE - There are many who would contend that Singapore is truly a "fine" nation, but the reality is often not as bad as it is made out to be. The National Environment Agency (NEA) has come forward to debunk...
It's finally happening. We've waited long enough to hear this again: Singapore's beloved giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia are mating once more. The two were brought together in their dens for natural mating on Thursday (Mar 30), after Jia...
Stomp reader YM alerted citizen journalism site Stomp to a collision between an Emirates plane and a Scoot plane this morning (Mar 30) at about 2am in Changi Airport Terminal 1. According to YM, who was on the Emirates plane,...
On balmy nights, a Filipino domestic worker in Yishun walks the many dogs that her employer takes in as a pet boarder. Over in town, in Circular Road, amaid who has already spent hours cooking and cleaning in her employer's...
Two locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in Simon Place, near Kovan in Hougang. Both are from the same household. The Health Ministry yesterday declined to reveal details of the two, but The Straits Times understands...
As Singapore's longest river traces its sinuous route from Lower Peirce Reservoir to the coast in Nicoll Highway, expressways and industrial estates take a toll on the scenery. At Kallang Distripark in Geylang Bahru Road, for instance, sits the dull,...
At Kallang Distripark in Geylang Bahru Road sits the dull, boxlike shape of a disused rubber factory that has been converted into a warehouse. But a plan to breathe life into the waterway and its surroundings has been put in...
Riders will now have to pay $8,081 for a Certificate of Entitlement (COE) before they can buy a motorbike. The record-high premium - 8 per cent higher than the previous rate ($7,483) - emerged in the latest tender yesterday. The COE...
They will sit by a young suspect's side during a police interview, intervene if the teen appears agitated or unable to understand a question, and take notes of the entire process. From April 17, trained volunteers, or Appropriate Adults (AAs),...
Dynamic pricing hit about 40 per cent of the taxi fleet in Singapore with little fanfare yesterday. After a week of beta-testing, JustGrab - which combines about 50,000 fixed-fare taxis and private-hire cars on the same platform - was made...
