For the first time in Singapore, doctors are able to treat a form of congenital heart defect without open heart surgery. A specially designed heart valve is delivered into the patient via a leg vein near the groin instead to...
On November 18, The Straits Times reported that exports in Singapore had been disappointing in October 2016, with non-oil domestic exports sinking 12 per cent versus economists' expectations of only a 3 per cent decline. Coupled with the fact that...
Madam Theresa Tok probably knows more about one Singapore shopping landmark than most. She has been working in the same shop at the same mall since 1979. The 57-year-old optician has seen Plaza Singapura (PS) undergo two major revamps during 42...
SINGAPORE - The Malaysian ringgit sank to a one-year low against the Singapore dollar on Tuesday (Nov 22), with S$1 worth RM3.1206 around noon, according to Bloomberg data. Against the US dollar, the ringgit fell to 4.4327, its weakest since...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's central bank is expected to leave its benchmark rate unchanged on Wednesday, at its first policy meeting since Donald Trump's win in the US presidential election battered the ringgit. The ringgit has shed more than 5...
While Singapore's Auditor-General has kept a low profile for decades, the special audit findings involving Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council last year have thrust the office into the limelight. A research paper on his role as watchman, watchdog and warden notes...
The 2017 Fina World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, is just eight months away, and Olympic champion Joseph Schooling has earmarked the men's 100m butterfly as his main priority for the meet. The 21-year-old won Singapore's first-ever Olympic gold medal in...
Retiree Lim Chwee Leong had just stepped onto an escalator at Bishan MRT station when he lost his footing, took a few steps back and fell. The back of the 64-year-old's head hit continually against a step of the escalator...
President-elect Donald Trump, who had campaigned on an anti-trade platform, may have stoked fears of protectionism in the United States, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong does not see a mood of despair descending on the world. It is more...
Up until the age of six, Javier Lim was a healthy preschooler whose idea of a fun day was an afternoon jaunt at the playground. But all that changed when doctors found tumours in his brain, each about the size...
