SINGAPORE - Orphaned Vietnamese baby Loc Pham Duc Loc is recovering well in KK Women & Children's Hospital after a five-hour operation on Feb 13 to drain fluid from his head. The seven-month-old boy suffers from hydrocephalus, or "water on...
SINGAPORE - Permanent residency (PR) in Singapore can be rescinded at any time should persons holding the status be found a security threat or have criminal records. The case of former tour guide Yang Yin, who was found guilty of...
The Mar Thoma Syrian Church in Singapore celebrated its 80th anniversary with a dinner at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel on Feb 11. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was the guest-of-honour at the event attended by about 500 people. They included Bishop...
If you get squeamish easily, it is best that you look away now. A shocking video posted by Facebook user Noor Nazera shows dozens of maggots crawling on the meat patty of a burger, and it is enough to make...
SINGAPORE - The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore is investigating a case of cat abuse in Toa Payoh. The cat, named Mei Mei, was missing for about a week before her body was found in the bushes by...
SINGAPORE - Just like anything else related to Yishun, the name for residents of the northen town is creating some buzz online. They are called Yishunites, Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah "revealed" in a Facebook post yesterday (Feb...
A three-firm consortium has won a $34.9 million contract to partner the authorities on both sides of the Causeway to oversee the set-up of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR). The consortium, made up of WSP Engineering, Mott MacDonald and...
More bankrupts were discharged last year than at any time in a single year as the Insolvency Office upped its efforts to help deserving cases. This happened before a new framework kicked in last August which, among other things, raised...
Commuters affected by a spate of delays resulting from faulty track circuits on the East-West MRT Line may have to wait for at least a year before the glitches are resolved. Half a dozen track circuit-related delays, on the Clementi-Joo...
The businessman accused of causing the fatal accident along the Ayer Rajah Expressway is out on bail of $50,000, a district court heard yesterday. Lim Chai Heng, 53, who is represented by lawyer Yusfiyanto Yatiman, was released from remand at...
