A leaked video has been circulated online purportedly showing the moments before a 17-year-old teenager fell to his death in an Orchard Road mall on Friday (Feb 24). In the 15-second clip , a boy uses both hands to jump...
SINGAPORE - Friends of the teenager who died after falling from the fourth floor at Orchard Central paid tribute to him on social media, calling him "a great kid" and "an amazing person". The 17-year-old, believed to be Jonathan Chow...
SINGAPORE - Nee Soon GRC MP Louis Ng's wife gave birth to twins prematurely on Thursday (Feb 23) night, and the girls, born two months early, are now in the intensive care unit at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Mr Ng,...
Like all underground structures here, MRT stations are built with entrances (or exits) that are raised. You will notice you need to climb a few steps before going down into a station. The same goes for road tunnels and...
Most of us had our first taste of freedom on a bike, when at the age of four or five, we explored our neighbourhoods atop a rickety bicycle with training wheels. Cycling is one of the most exhilarating experiences a...
Snakes are beautiful, says 18-year-old Kelsie Tan, and there is no reason to doubt her. After all, she works as a part-time reptile junior keeper at the Singapore Zoo, where she cares for animals such as giant tortoises. She had just...
As a student at Tampines Junior College (TPJC), Mr R. Ramana had a gift for economics and served in multiple leadership posts. Outside of school, he was his mother's voice. Madam Sumathi Meyyappan has been unable to speak or hear since...
Singapore needs more people to speak up and challenge authority, said a panel of academics and former senior civil servants yesterday. They lamented the reluctance of civil servants to pose contrarian views when facing political office-holders, and the reticence of...
Amid the solemn commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore to the Japanese during World War II and the controversy over the naming of the Syonan Gallery last week, another anniversary passed unmarked. On Feb 17, 1942,...
Singapore's thrust on combining classroom learning with workplace experience has graduated to the next level. This year, two universities - the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and SIM University (UniSIM) - are launching programmes in which students can take on...
