At an outing for low-income beneficiaries, social worker Mohamed Fareez noticed a father paying about $20 for a balloon for his son. It was a sizeable sum for the father but he did not want to disappoint his son, noted...
ALMOST two weeks after the ouster of all but one director on the board of Natural Cool Holdings, its shares have gained heat, muscling their way to the active list on Tuesday, amid an unfolding drama over the proposed...
SIM University student Abdul Fareed Mustakin went on a six- month internship last year and impressed his bosses so much that he was asked to continue working, in a permanent position. The 25-year-old decided to seize the offer after UniSIM...
WITH more certificates of entitlement (COEs) available, the government expects to collect an additional S$76 million in car taxes and COE premiums over 12 months from April. In the Budget for FY2017, it is estimated that a total of S$9.247...
Private schools here will now have to meet higher standards that require them to track - and improve - student outcomes, including the academic performance, progression and employability of their graduates. The Committee for Private Education yesterday released its enhanced...
The budget delivered by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday outlined the key changes set to take place in Singapore in response to a fast-changing economy. Is the government addressing near-term concerns and doing enough to future-proof our...
SINGAPORE - The reaction by a teacher disciplining his student was 'inappropriate', the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College West principal Dr Goh Mong Song said in a statement to the media on Wednesday. A video of the incident, which...
SINGAPORE - A 28-year-old woman who was allegedly drunk drove a stolen lorry along Orchard Road in the early hours of Tuesday (Feb 21) morning. Facebook user Edwin Teo said in a post on Tuesday that the woman took a...
YouTube made a big bet in the fall of 2015: viewers will pay a monthly fee to lift the video from the platform to add and get access to the original program starring some of the site's greatest personality. The...
Spelling and grammar mistakes are aplenty on the internet. For most of us, committing a boo-boo as such can be a slightly embarrassing affair (mostly drawing jibes from close friends), but for an account with a decent following, such errors...
