A 25-year-old van driver was arrested on Saturday (March 11) for a rash act causing death. This was a collision on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) involving the driver's van and nine motorcycles. The collision left two motorcyclists dead and six...
The Workers' Party (WP) yesterday objected to giving the Ministry of National Development (MND) powers to govern town councils, as part of changes to the Town Councils Act. During the debate in Parliament, the WP MPs argued that civil servants...
SINGAPORE - It will soon be an offence for town councils to not record conflicts of interest and submit their financial accounts on time. These new regulations are part of wide-ranging changes to the law governing town councils that were...
SINGAPORE - A husband and wife pair were sentenced on Friday (Mar 10) to 28 months' and two months' jail respectively for physically abusing two foreign domestic helpers that they employed. Tay Wee Kiat, 39, and his wife Chia Yun...
SINGAPORE - The minimum legal age for smoking Singapore will be raised from 18 to 21, as was announced in Parliament on Thursday (March 9). The new restriction, which will be phased in over a few years, covers both the...
SINGAPORE - The adorable "Bishan 10" family of otters may have become the face of Singapore wildlife, but now it looks as though monitor lizards are intent on giving them a run for their money. On Thursday (Mar 9), a...
SINGAPORE - The adorable "Bishan 10" family of otters may have become the face of Singapore wildlife, but now it looks as though monitor lizards are intent on giving them a run for their money. On Thursday (Mar 9), a...
SINGAPORE - Standalone street stalls in Chinatown Street Market will receive better heat insulation soon. This initiative is one of the refurbishment measures that will descend upon the heritage attraction from May 15 this year. All stalls within the street market...
The Ministry of National Development (MND) yesterday flagged several issues with financial statements submitted by the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC). The town council's external auditor had raised several instances where the AHTC's statements for the 2015 financial year failed to...
The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in a village in the Malaysian state of Kelantan has not affected Singapore's poultry and egg supply, said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) yesterday. The outbreak was reported on Wednesday. The AVA said that Singapore...
