If you use Google Maps, you'll be able to seamlessly book and pay for an Uber ride without leaving the app, said the company in a blog post on Thursday (Jan 13). Through the latest update to the app, users...
Business and research hub one-north in Buona Vista will soon have a system that will let people hire bicycles or e-scooters for travel on that "last mile" stretch that is not well served by public transport. Industrial developer JTC Corporation...
A stroller being taken up an escalator at Raffles Place MRT station on Wednesday became wedged between the steps as it approached the upper landing. The downward pressure exerted by its wheels caused the steps to dislodge and triggered a...
IT'S going to be another lacklustre year for dividend investors, as total Singapore dividends in 2017 is projected to rise by just 0.6 per cent, barely improved from last year's already weak 0.4 per cent rise. Expected ordinary dividends, excluding...
Laser lights being flashed at planes is a growing concern for pilots, including those who fly in and out of Changi Airport. They appear harmless but laser pointers can cause temporary blindness, which is especially dangerous during take-off and landing. Between...
In a change of courtroom roles, Senior Counsel Philip Jeyaretnam took the witness stand yesterday to testify how he uncovered circumstances that led him to suspect a distant relative had been exploited into giving $5 million to her maid,...
The ban on pet cats in Housing Board flats has come back under the spotlight after a notice to a Woodlands resident to remove his cat from his home attracted attention online. In the letter dated Dec 28 last year...
Singapore has deported eight Indonesians, after immigration officers at Woodlands Checkpoint found photos of a "shoe-bomb", and other images related to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), on the smartphone of the group's leader. The men, from Bukit...
Developers of completed condominiums are again offering sweeteners to home hunters that proved successful in shifting unsold apartments last year. Real estate agents told The Straits Times that one of the latest projects to offer a deferred payment scheme -...
Service improved 30 per cent last year compared to 2015, but number of major breakdowns slightly up The number of major service delays on Singapore's rail network increased slightly last year. There were 16 major breakdowns - defined as delays lasting...
