A district judge denied bail to Malaysian businessman John Soh Chee Wen on Tuesday, as prosecutors added seven new charges of witness tampering to the alleged "mastermind" of the 2013 penny stock crash and suggested additional involvement manipulating the stock...
When Dr Albert Hong was hospitalised in 2013 for pneumonia, he was given a 20 per cent chance of survival - and he lived. The pioneer architect's close encounter with death prompted him to do more for the community. Soon after...
In a cruel twist of fate, a 67-year-old retiree suffered a fatal heart attack moments after catching a rare monster, 'Lapras' last Sunday (Feb 26), 5.30pm at Marina Bay Sands (MBS), near an entrance to Bayfront MRT Station. The deceased's...
He may be among the top guns in the Singapore Government but Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam is clearly also keeping tabs on the country's music scene. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Feb 28) evening, Mr Tharman, who is Deputy Prime Minister...
As many as 2.89 million Indonesians visited Singapore throughout 2016, contributing the highest figure of around 17.7 per cent to its total foreign tourist arrivals of 16.4 million, according to a statement released by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). The...
Born with brittle bone disease, he fractured his right leg more than five times in primary school. Since then, Mr Mohamed Najulah has used a wheelchair for his own safety. "In the hospital, my mum would tell me in tears that...
The water price hike was vigorously debated by Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday, a little over a week after Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat had made the announcement in his Budget speech. Mr Heng had announced that the price of...
In a stacking ring toy used to develop a child's fine motor skills, the biggest ring goes in first to form a sturdy base. That base is what the Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDC) Bill hopes to be for the...
LONDON - A crowdfunding campaign for legal fees to help a Singaporean grandmother deported from Britain for breaching immigration rules had raised more than £46,000 (S$80,000) by Tuesday (Feb 28). Irene Clennell, who first arrived in Britain in 1988 and...
A district judge was scathing in his remarks on SMRT Trains after imposing a record $400,000 fine yesterday on the company over an accident last year in which two trainees died. Meting out the deterrent fine, District Judge Chay Yuen...
