Dynamic fares based on demand will apply to those using Grab ride-hailing app Some taxi fares could soon fluctuate according to actual demand for cabs. Two taxi operators are planning to implement dynamic fares, popularly known as surge pricing, with a...
SINGAPORE - From July, water prices in Singapore will increase by 30 per cent in two phases. This was announced by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat in Budget 2017. The first hike will be from July 1 this year (2016), and...
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said on Tuesday (Feb 28) that the personal information of some National Servicemen (NSFs) and ministry employees were stolen after a "targeted and carefully planned" attack on one of its computer systems. Here...
From renting out Wi-Fi routers to selling city tours and rail passes, Changi Airport is doing a thriving business giving travellers what they want. It started in 2012 with one store in Terminal 2 selling tickets and vouchers to places...
Singapore-based firm Pan Systems had no connection to Glocom, the North Korean front company that violated United Nations sanctions by selling battlefield radio equipment, claims its managing director, Mr Louis Low. His denial comes after a report by Reuters yesterday,...
Singapore is exploring the possibility of deploying fighter jets in New Zealand for pilot training - a move which would deepen the defence ties between both countries. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is now conducting "preliminary discussions and feasibility studies"...
Certificates of entitlement (COE) for a record 44,303 vehicles were revalidated last year, with cars making up the bulk of the extensions. The latest data released by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) showed 29,531 car COEs, 8,850 commercial vehicle COEs...
Some 100 innovators from around the Asia-Pacific sought Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's views on issues ranging from leadership and governance to change management during a question-and-answer session at last Friday's Camp Sequoia, an annual tech summit organised by...
Their job is to nurse sick and injured soldiers back to health, but they went beyond their call of duty to save the life of a civilian recently. Medics of the Singapore Armed Forces promptly attended to contractor Phua Yong...
SINGAPORE - The fight to return to her family's side is not yet over for Singaporean Irene Clennell, despite her deportation from Britain on Sunday (Feb 27). The 52-year-old grandmother, who has a husband and two sons in Britain, arrived...
