In the latest case of building parts falling from Housing Board buildings, a slab of plaster fell 12 storeys from the top of a block in Hougang on Sunday (Nov 27) morning. No one was injured, but plaster fragments were...
Sparks were seen flying from one of the engines of a Scoot passenger plane returning to Singapore from Sydney on Saturday (Nov 26). According to Shin Min Daily News, passengers on flight TZ001 first heard a loud sound from the...
A Singapore student who was on a university exchange programme in Europe died last Friday (Nov 25) after he was hit on the head by a tree while driving in Slovakia. Mr Justin Tan, 23, a third-year mechanical engineering student...
Come Thursday, Singaporeans will have a new newspaper to read. From that day, My Paper will merge with The New Paper (TNP). Copies of the new TNP, which will be managed by the TNP team, will be available at various places, including...
A 28-YEAR-OLD man was left blood-drenched at Orchard Plaza on Sunday morning after a slashing incident. The Straits Times understands that the man was Yeo Zhen Jie who had slash marks on his neck. A 23-year-old man was arrested for "voluntarily...
THE largest launch of Build-To-Order (BTO) flats this year drew to a close just before midnight yesterday, with four-room flats in Kallang/Whampoa and Bidadari posting the highest demand. As of 5pm yesterday, there were almost 11 applicants vying for each...
SINGAPORE - The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has unveiled the 2017 Year of the Rooster Almanac Coins that will be issued on Jan 1 next year. These coins are the inaugural issue of the Singapore Fourth Chinese Almanac Coin...
When choosing a secondary school, Aasmiya Mohamed Tahriq, 12, is considering three key points: the school's cut-off point, proximity to her home, and whether it offers her mother tongue. She said: "My family and I (listed) several schools around my...
SINGAPORE - Men who are members of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) have been granted limited voting rights. The women's rights and gender equality advocacy group said in a statement today (Nov 28) that Associate Members who are...
He spent seven years sleeping on the streets, and would take drugs and commit petty crime just so that he could be sent to prison and have a roof over his head. But after 19 stints in jail, 48-year- old...
