She and her mother used to go on long walks at Bedok Reservoir. Now, seven-year-old Qatrina Yusri needs a walker and sometimes a wheelchair to move about. She was diagnosed with a rare disease called Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) in April....
The father of a three-month-old baby was so engrossed in a mobile phone game that he continued playing it while feeding his child from a milk bottle with one hand. The child, Reyhana Qailah Mohamad Shiddiq, became unresponsive after a...
Chinese herbal chain Eu Yan Sang has recalled its Infant Brown Rice Si Shen Powder from stores after a consumer found a piece of wire mesh in it. Consumers who have purchased the product are advised not to consume it,...
Singapore's former foreign minister George Yeo has resigned as chancellor of Nalanda University over what he said was the Indian government's failure to maintain the university's autonomy. In a statement yesterday, Mr Yeo said that as chancellor, he had not...
SINGAPORE - Imagine a system which can predict which lift will fail, and when. Infrastructure consultancy Surbana Jurong (SJ), which monitors over 24,000 lifts in Housing Board estates, believes it may have just the system. In July, the consultancy worked with...
SINGAPORE - Paralympians Theresa Goh and Yip Pin Xiu are not only good at winning medals, they are great comedians as well. The good friends demonstrated their camaraderie in a video of themselves sharing puns at a supermarket. Goh, 29, uploaded...
SINGAPORE - SMRT has refuted claims that it did not give ample notice to organisers of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) that it would not be providing early train services for this year's race on Dec 4. Explaining the...
SINGAPORE - Civil servants will receive a year-end bonus of 0.5 month this year as the already-bruised economy continues to slow. But for the 1,900 lower-wage workers, the payout will be at least $900, said the Public Service Division (PSD)...
SINGAPORE - The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival has to either cut or clothe two shows programmed for next January. Performance lecture Naked Ladies and interactive piece Undressing Room have exceeded the R18 rating under the Arts Entertainment Classification Code (AECC)...
Veteran lawyer Lucien Wong, 63, will be Singapore's new Attorney-General (AG) from January next year when current AG, Mr V.K. Rajah, 59, completes his term. Mr Wong, who is currently chairman and senior partner of law firm Allen and Gledhill,...
