A manager ordered foreign workers to work without valid work passes, threatened to repatriate them, falsely declared their salaries and crammed many of them into four squalid locations, a court heard. Yesterday, Ministry of Manpower (MOM) prosecutors sought at least...
He cannot see things that are too far away or too small, and has to either read Braille or use a magnifying glass to read normal text. But Tampines Junior College (TPJC) student Eugene Tang, 19, overcame the odds...
In the month leading up to the A-level exams, she studied at home every day to spend more time with her father, who has a long-term illness. Miss Esther Tan, 18, collected her A-level results yesterday and scored As in...
When Miss Felicia Yeoh, 26, was assigned to the EM3 stream in Primary 5, she cried. So did her mother. Her relatives looked down on her and made snide remarks about her grades. Yesterday, Miss Yeoh was all smiles. The audit associate...
Several personal mobility devices (PMDs) were impounded by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in the first half of this month. The LTA said in a Facebook post yesterday that its active mobility enforcement officers conducted more than 100 enforcement operations...
Certificate of entitlement (COE) prices ended higher across the board at the latest tender yesterday, with the motorcycle premium chalking up the biggest rise of 6.1 per cent to hit $6,801, the second-highest amount on record. Photo: Land Transport Authority,...
If crude oil gets depleted in three decades, we will need an alternative mode of transport that does not run on its derivatives. HDT Singapore Taxi, the seventh taxi operator here, wants to fill that gap with its fleet of...
Oscar-nominated Singaporean sound editor Ai-Ling Lee's career mirrors that of the protagonists in La La Land, the acclaimed musical film she worked on. Like Emma Stone's Mia and Ryan Gosling's Sebastian, who pursued their respective acting and music dreams in...
It is a good time to fly with premium carriers such as Singapore Airlines (SIA), Etihad Airways and Cathay Pacific, which are enticing travellers with super deals. SIA has slashed fares - with short flights going for under $200 -...
Stompers Anonymous and Michelle saw a man fall from the fourth storey to the ground floor of Orchard Gateway today (Feb 24) afternoon. Stomp contributor Anonymous explained that the man had dropped a phone onto the ledge on the fourth...
