As of September, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) had revoked the licences of three travel agencies. On Tuesday, a fourth travel agent, Sky Travel & Tours, was told it would lose its licence after it shuttered its doors on Monday,...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has praised the Ministry of Education (MOE) for "moving in the right direction" after Singapore students topped two recent global education surveys. In a Facebook post last night, Mr Lee wrote: "These latest results show...
Motorists who forget to use the new parking coupons and instead display the older, cheaper ones will be given some leeway. The authorities have told The Straits Times that offenders will be given a one-time advisory to remind them, instead...
Think tuition works? Maybe not. A study of students' results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) test shows that kids with tuition perform worse than kids without. Education economist Kelvin Seah pored through Pisa test results for 2011 to...
Back in the 1990s, when I was a secondary school student, only a few of my friends had access to private tuition. Today, however, it is not uncommon for the majority of one's classmates to have this. Some may even...
The sale of 2G-only mobile devices that are for use in Singapore will not be allowed from Jan 1, 2017. The sale of the such devices for export or overseas use will still be allowed, the Infocomm Media Development Authority...
SINGAPORE - The nine-year-old boy who had a football kicked at his legs by Keith Tan Chee Siang has forgiven the stockbroker, his mother said. Tan, 36, was on Tuesday (Dec 6) fined $2,000 for causing hurt during the incident...
As 2016 draws to a close, the year's total number of dengue infections is likely to be less than half of what experts were predicting just months ago. The scare caused by Zika, another mosquito-borne disease, could have contributed to...
Travellers arriving at Changi Airport may have their passports checked more than once in the future following a recent trial to enhance security. Several travellers who landed at Changi Airport Terminal 3 were caught by surprise over the last few...
HONG KONG - Morale in Singapore is at rock bottom. The tiny Southeast Asian nation has worked hard in the 51 years since its birth to establish an outsize voice on the global stage. Now the city's economy is...
