While serving her 15-month sentence for drug-related offences, Jane (not her real name), 28, was worried she would not be able to find a job upon her release. "I feared that society would not accept former offenders like me, and...
The number of non-fatal workplace injuries increased last year, due mainly to an increase in minor injury cases. But the fatal injury rate at workplaces last year was similar to 2015 at 1.9 per 100,000 employed persons, according to a...
All Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) personnel have to take part in a yearly survey to assess their psychological readiness. Miss Lin Liqin, 23, who has been under the psychology branch in the RSAF under the Air Power Generation...
Today is the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore. A survivor remembers Mr Tommy Wong was only three years old when the Japanese invaded Singapore in 1942, during World War II. During the three years and eight months of the...
DR YAP HIM HOO, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, AVA AVA manages free-roaming chicken population for public health and safety We thank the writers who have shared their views on the management of free-roaming chickens and would like to take this opportunity to clarify the Agri-Food...
The new high-speed camera system will be introduced in the first quarter of next year along the new Dana-Mela Coast Road, hoping to "shape" the driver's road behavior and make them more aware of the speed limit. Known as the...
Permit holders to be offered option of operating at selected hawker centres at subsidised rates Eight decades of history at Sungei Road flea market will come to an end this July. In a multi-agency statement yesterday, the Government said the hawking...
SINGAPORE - As a result of the growth of the Chinese market and the increase in spending on food and beverage, shopping and accommodation, the number of tourists and consumption in Singapore in 2016 hit a record high. According to the...
SINGAPORE - The family of Radhika Angara, the Indian national who lost her life after a tree at the Botanic Gardens fell on her, has broken their silence and released a statement on the matter. In a statement to the...
SINGAPORE - A*STAR - the lead public sector agency that spearheads Singapore's research and development (R&D) work - will soon undergo a major restructuring. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who broke the news to the media on Monday, said that...
