New charges imposed on Singapore-registered cars entering Malaysia may cause inconvenience to many motorists. But for Mr Mohd Fadil Mohd Ismail, 47, a manufacturing specialist, it will change his life - the Singaporean will return to his home country after...
The mysterious signal interference which interrupted service on the Circle Line MRT two months ago is back. Thousands of commuters were affected during the morning crush yesterday when an "intermittent signal fault" persisted for three hours from around 7.30am. At...
A 56-year-old businessman on trial for murdering his wife's former lover in the back of a borrowed van took the stand yesterday and denied killing the much younger man. Chia Kee Chen, who faces the death penalty or life imprisonment...
JOHOR BARU - Daily commuters to Singapore are dreading the impending higher transport charge after the island republic announced that it would match "in some form" Malaysia's road charge (RC) of RM20 (S$6.60) at the two land entry points...
SINGAPORE - Coffee company Jacobs Douwe Egberts BV (JDE) has agreed to buy Singapore-listed instant food and beverage firm Super Group Ltd for S$1.45 billion, according to stock exchange filings on Thursday. JDE is offering S$1.30 per Super share, a...
SINGAPORE - A man died in an accident on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) early on Wednesday (Nov 2) morning. The accident took place on the expressway towards Changi after the Upper Jurong Road exit at about 1.40am. The 40-year-old man was...
Students with special needs will get more help to support them beyond graduation via a guide and training scheme. From next year, all special education (Sped) schools will receive a guide titled Transition Planning For Living, Learning And Working -...
Former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei was so paranoid about secrecy he urged his former supervisor to get a "Bangla" phone so they could hold untraceable conversations, a court heard yesterday. "Bangla" phones belonged to construction workers who had left Singapore...
Amazon has plans to expand to South-east Asia, and there are signs the online retail giant is doing so through Singapore, Techcrunch reported yesterday. Amazon is acquiring assets and hiring new employees in Singapore, the tech news website said, citing...
SINGAPORE - A group of over 50 volunteers recently spent an afternoon bringing joy to the elderly residents of Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home. The volunteers engaged the elderly folk with games such as bingo, and a sing-along session which saw some of...
