A 15-year-old boy, Tan Yao Bin, was apparently electrocuted and killed while having a shower on Tuesday night. He suffered cardiac arrest and despite attempts by paramedics, who administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), died later that night. The tragedy happened at Block...
Enrolment has gone up as students seek to pick up critical thinking skills. These days, tuition is not just about solving that difficult maths question. Students can also get help to craft a literature essay or an answer to an open-ended...
Every weekend, the fresh salty air and therapeutic waves beckon, and Mr Mervin Low succumbs. At daybreak, the 48-year-old business owner heads out from Pasir Ris beach in a specially designed kayak to fish - sometimes alone, sometimes with friends...
UPDATE: The Hong Kong Customs have added security guards who are stationed 24-hours at the site housing the seized Terrex infantry carriers. In a statement, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) also revealed that the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department...
The Government does not have a specific candidate in mind for the next presidential election, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has told Malaysia's national news agency, Bernama, but "we know there are people who will qualify". Asked if the Government...
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says Singapore and Malaysia have made very good progress on a bilateral agreement on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Rail (HSR), and hopes both sides can sign the agreement when he and Prime...
Singapore and Myanmar will begin discussions on a bilateral investment treaty and avoidance of double taxation, in a sign of growing economic ties between the two countries. This move will send a positive signal to investors and boost economic growth,...
We see it everyday, but don't really think about it much - Singapore is always in the constant state of change. It is only when we zoom out to a more macro perspective that the gravity of how much an...
The owner of Singapore Zam Zam allegedly hired a secret society headman to slash a rival's face, a court heard. Zackeer Abbass Khan, 45, the owner of the well-known murtabak restaurant in North Bridge Road, had been having a dispute...
Retiree Connie Tan was reading at her home in Sunset Place, Clementi, when she saw lightning strike outside her window. When she checked a while later, she realised that a room on the third storey of her house was on...
