The authorities will gain new enforcement powers to ensure that pre-schools uphold standards, under a Bill introduced in Parliament yesterday. These include powers to interview people, and take photos, videos or audio recordings at pre-schools for investigations. Currently, the authorities are...
The introduction of a Community Committee for presidential elections sparked a flurry of questions on ethnicity and identity in Parliament yesterday. This 16-member committee will be set up before each election to assess which racial group candidates belong to, and...
The issue of timing came up for debate yesterday during the parliamentary debate on the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill. The Workers' Party (WP) questioned the decision to reserve this year's presidential election for Malay candidates, with its chairman Sylvia Lim...
If a minority candidate leaves his group representation constituency (GRC), a by-election will not be called, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing said yesterday. He was replying to the opposition Workers' Party's Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied GRC),...
Some cabin crew working for Singapore Airlines (SIA) have expressed unhappiness over the company's medical leave system, and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is in touch with their union and management about their concerns, The Straits Times has learnt. Some...
SINGAPORE - The withdrawal of the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) mega free trade deal is a "setback" but it doesn't have to be the ultimate outcome for the global trade liberalising agenda. Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang made this...
Like the crime-plagued Gotham City in the Batman comic and movie franchise, Yishun has its fair share of villains who help make the media headlines in Singapore. While many other heartland towns aren't exactly sqeaky clean, the Internet quickly picked up on...
It's tough to get people excited about the weather. And it's even tougher in tropical Singapore, where it's pretty much only wet or dry every day. So the country's national newspaper appears to have taken it upon itself to spice up...
They live alone. Some have lost their wife, husband or children. For many of these seniors, the night visits from a stranger is something that they look forward to. Ms Ng Run Qian, 29, is one such "stranger". Since volunteering with Lions...
The number of littering fines meted out has hit a seven-year high, proof that old habits die hard. For decades, the different agencies have worked hard to clean out litterbugs. While there were some winners - today's pristine Singapore River being...
