After two months of delays and frustration with troubled car dealer Royal Automotive, Ms Jenny Tay was promised a refund of more than $47,000. But to her dismay, the cheque bounced when she tried to deposit it on Monday. Despite...
A Swiss man who has lived in Singapore for the past six years was injured in a freak accident while on an open-top double-decker bus on Oct 29. The New Paper understands that Mr David Vassart, who is in his...
The High Court has quashed a moneylender's bid to bankrupt a debtor who had borrowed $350,000 on an annual interest rate of 240 per cent - a ruling that could cause ripples in the moneylending industry. Mr Ang Boon Kim,...
He fell at the same spot twice at Bishan MRT station. The first time it happened last Friday, Mr Lim Chwee Leong, 64, sprained his hand while breaking his fall as he was going up the escalator at Exit D. The...
The number of new dengue cases remained below 100 for the third straight week last week, with 86 cases of the mosquito-borne virus reported. This was one more than in the previous week, according to the latest figures from the...
The number of visitors at national museums and heritage institutions hit an all-time high of 3,751,475 in 2015, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) said yesterday. This was almost one million more than the 2,970,981 visitors in 2014,...
SINGAPORE - After rain and cloudy skies obscured the supermoon on Monday (Nov 14) night, the elusive full moon finally emerged the day after, to the delight of photographers and enthusiasts. While the supermoon on Tuesday (Nov 15) night was...
These bins are unlike any you have seen. They are "smart", act as Wi-Fi spots, send alerts when they need to be cleared and can show you where to shop. Ten of them have been placed along a 500m outdoor pedestrian...
SINGAPORE - An unfortunate series of lift breakdowns at People's Park Complex forced some residents to climb 30 floors back to their homes, reported Shin Min Daily News on Tuesday (Nov 15). All three lifts at the 31-storey complex broke...
Madam H. Tan, 37, was over the moon when she became pregnant with twins after undergoing in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) two years ago. But a routine check-up left the logistics specialist grief-stricken. She had miscarried one of them. With Singapore reviewing its...
