The PUB has announced its choice of builder for Singapore's fourth desalination plant, which will allow it to boost treated sea water supply by nearly 25 per cent in 2020 and bring the Republic closer to self-sufficiency. It picked Temasek-linked...
It has been four days since his brother, Mr Jackie Liong Kuo Hwa, was killed in a multi-vehicle collision on the Ayer Rajah Expressway. But for Mr William Liong and his family, many questions about what happened on Monday morning...
It was their 11th wedding anniversary yesterday and the first that administration officer Janice Choo and driver Teh Tze Yong, both 34, did not get to celebrate. In fact, the Malaysian couple might not have seen each other had Madam...
When high-flying corporate lawyer Chen Show Mao entered politics as a Workers' Party (WP) candidate in 2011, many believed his academic and professional calibre heralded a new dawn for the opposition. Five years later, he has indeed shaken up opposition...
Call it padi diplomacy. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said he was surprised when the Royal Thai Air Force Chief thanked him for the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) help in harvesting rice while they were in Thailand. Commander-in-Chief of...
Maid agencies plan to bring in 1,000 to 1,200 maids from Cambodia in the next year - three times the number now in Singapore. The Manpower Ministry approved Cambodia as the 13th and latest source country for domestic workers...
Water conservation was a tough sell on a day like yesterday, when heavy rain pounded the island. But the burst of rainfall should not mask the real and deep water security issues facing Singapore, with one of its four taps...
The delivery driver who crashed into the back of another car and caused a five-year-old boy to be partially paralysed was sentenced fairly, criminal lawyers told The New Paper. Ms Gloria James-Civetta, managing partner of law firm Gloria James-Civetta &...
A leadership reshuffle is under way in the labour movement, with the creation of a new tier in the upper echelons of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). It will be made up of a newly-created position called assistant director-general,...
Just two hours after launching his Kickstarter project yesterday, he raised more than $30,000 - surpassing his target of $20,000 - with nearly 600 backers from Singapore and around the world. His project, Limpeh Says, puts a local spin on...
