SINGAPORE - About 550 cinemagoers were evacuated after a fire broke out at The Cathay on Saturday (Dec 31) evening, and one person was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. The fire involved an electrical distribution box on the seventh...
A number of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) establishments registered to the same man have been found to be offering sexual services. The businesses advertise themselves as TCM clinics with signboards outside the premises promoting treatments like tui na, cupping and...
SINGAPORE - A naked man was arrested from a bus in Sengkang on Friday (Dec 30) afternoon. The Straits Times understands that the bus was near a police post when a passer-by saw the nude man inside and returned with...
A full-time Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) national serviceman was found dead in Pasir Ris Camp on Saturday (Dec 31), said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) in a statement. He was pronounced dead by paramedics at 11.32am in Pasir Ris Camp....
SINGAPORE - With just one more day of 2016 left, have you given thought to what resolutions to make in the coming new year? It might be a good time to tackle some doable items instead of whipping up the...
The old Thai Embassy building which sat in Orchard Road for more than five decades has been demolished, and a makeover is under way. The Straits Times understands that a Thai pavilion will be built on the land where the...
Singapore said goodbye to many things in 2016. From people, to places, to mindsets, the past 12 months gave us plenty to reflect upon. Jose Hong gives a sampling of the events that marked milestones this year. Tributes flowed in...
The principal officials of the City Council are also the employees of the companies that are employed to manage the premises. Observers said it was common practice for management agents to double the cap on this type of work, and...
As imposing as buildings can be, it is sometimes easy to forget that they are not permanent. Park Mall, the iconic furniture centre, closed in September and will make way for a commercial development. Naturally, some people were sad at...
Now that Singapore has crowned its fourth mobile operator, what's next? Next year looks to be one for consumers to hold off on signing two-year telco contracts for new-fangled handsets - that is, until new kid on the block...
