From April 1 this year, all town councils will have to set aside a minimum of 14 per cent of their service and conservancy charges (S&CC) collected from residents, and of government grants, into a dedicated lift replacement fund. This...
Inflation turned positive last month for the first time in over two years - a potent sign that prices are on track to climb at a faster pace this year on the back of recovering oil prices. The consumer price...
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Jan 22) night paid his respects at the wake of a 73-year-old woman who had been looking forward to taking pictures with him during his visit to Teck Ghee on...
A dog rescuer, who was filmed punching and kicking his pet husky, has been fined $8,000 for animal cruelty and breaching dog licensing rules. Alan Chiam Choon San, 41, had punched and kicked his pet husky in his residence last...
SINGAPORE - They are abandoned, neglected and often feared. The sad state of Singapore's stray dogs is the reason why Dr Siew Tuck Wah is committed to SOSD (Save Our Street Dogs). The 37-year-old aesthetic doctor is president of SOSD, an...
Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has clarified that an online report which warns against strawberry-flavoured drugs here was not issued by authorities. A drug scare which has persisted worldwide through the years, strawberry-flavoured methamphetamine or "strawberry quick", has not been...
It appears that spending nearly four years in Singapore has left a deep impression on former United States Ambassador Kirk Wagar. Mr Wagar vacated his post and left the the city-state last week just hours before US President Donald Trump was inaugurated....
Ask any former Cedar girl about her time at school, and it will not be long before she tells you about the mandatory jogging sessions. Said Ms Tan Ee Sze, 52, who did long-distance running at Cedar in the 1970s:...
She dropped out of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), and less than two years ago was struggling to make ends meet when excruciating pain forced her into hospital - her kidneys had failed. While recovering, Ms Wong Rui Jun...
A fire broke out in a unit on the 10th floor of Block 4, Sago Lane early Monday morning. Stomp contributor Yin Khay said that its balcony had caught fire. She said: "Firefighters knocked on some units' doors to evacuate people. "I...
