Two bottles of 50-year-aged Moutai, sold at $36,000 each, were among the items listed in a $240,000 dining bill purportedly incurred by a group of 20 diners at Feng Shui Inn in Resorts World Sentosa. A premium Chinese liquor made...
Uncertainty reigns as Singapore travellers and travel agents turn an apprehensive eye towards the United States, after the inauguration of businessman Donald Trump as President. Compared with the first three quarters of last year, travel search engine Kayak says the...
From demerit points to pay cuts and even chiding staff in public, employees claim some companies here are "unfair" towards workers who have to take medical leave. Meanwhile, several companies The Sunday Times contacted said they do not punish such...
There has been lift upgrading and estate upgrading but one aspect affecting Singaporeans' day-to-day lives that is only now set for wide-ranging "upgrading" is the Town Councils Act. It has been 28 years since town councils were formed under the...
In the past few weeks, Singaporean grandmother Irene Clennell has often cried herself to sleep in a Scottish detention facility, fearing her family in Britain will be torn apart. The 52-year-old, who has been married to a British man for...
Can a Muslim man donate his sperm? Can cadavers of Muslims be used for medical research? Can pig skin be used to treat a heart defect? These are among the questions answered in a new book explaining the rationale behind 29...
How much are you willing to pay for a meal? Some might fork out $12,000 a head, if a receipt going viral on the Web is to be believed. The veracity of the receipt, which is supposedly from a restaurant...
SINGAPORE - A 69-year-old taxi driver is assisting with police investigations after he repeatedly rammed his taxi into several cars outside the Old Airport Road Food Centre on Saturday (Feb 11) morning. According to a statement from the police, they...
SINGAPORE - A 40m-tall Tembusu tree fell at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (SBG) on Saturday (Feb 11) afternoon, killing one and injuring four people. Police said that a 38-year-old female Indian national died. Her husband, a 39-year-old French national, and...
SINGAPORE - The Year of the Rooster could not have gotten off to a better start for one very lucky punter in this year's Toto Hongbao draw. The man, who placed his bet at the Block 11A Boon Tiong Road...
