SINGAPORE - Yesterday's fire at ECO Special Waste Management at 23 Tuas View Circuit was the largest industrial fire this year. Workplace safety consultant Lee Wee Kiat said asbestos, which the company handles, is highly toxic and carcinogenic in the...
SINGAPORE - He left his dormitory in Tuas South at about 5.30am yesterday to catch the 6.15am bus to work. As he reached the bus stop behind ECO Special Waste Management at about 5.50am, safety coordinator Periyasamy Manikandam, 34, saw...
SINGAPORE - The Sungei Road flea market's last day of operation is on July 10 but the hawkers are hoping to be given an alternative or temporary site that will allow them to continue their business. Yesterday, Mr Koh Ah...
SINGAPORE - Mr Chai Tong Seng shouted himself hoarse for more than six hours on Wednesday (Feb 22). The 67-year-old man had bellowed for help after his right hand was trapped in a water pipe, Lianhe Wanbao reported. He had wanted...
A video of an explosion that allegedly which happened during a fire at a Tuas waste management plant on Thursday (Feb 23) has been revealed to be circulating online since at least 2015. The video has been shared by many...
A motorcyclist died after crashing into a car door which was opened without warning at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 at about 9.30pm on Wednesday, police said. Mr Ridzuan Abdul Latiff, 27, was unconscious when he was taken to Tan...
SINGAPORE - Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia. The rules,...
SINGAPORE - Fitness First Asia and Celebrity Fitness have merged to be known as Evolution Wellness, the two health clubs said in a joint statement today (Feb 23). "Both brands will continue to innovate and develop proprietary group fitness programmes,...
Retiree Vivienne Lee, 73, is happy that more towns in Singapore will be designated dementia-friendly. Her husband, Mr Philip Lee, 80, was diagnosed in 2012, and she worries when he wanders around. In dementia-friendly communities, businesses and residents are trained...
Cabbies expect their earnings will take a hit, despite reductions in their daily rental rates, with the new usage-based diesel duty imposed on Monday. This is because of the high mileage they clock, which erodes any savings they have from...
