The streets of Little India are set to come alive with glittering lights this weekend as Singapore celebrates Deepavali. We are all familiar with the pretty candles and yummy snacks that accompany the holiday, but do you know what Deepavali...
SINGAPORE - Public transport fares will drop by 4.2 per cent from Dec 30, the Public Transport Council (PTC) announced on Thursday (27 Oct). Adults using travel cards can save between 1 and 27 cents for a journey, while 1...
Some Little India shopkeepers and stallholders are reporting lower sales this Deepavali season. Stallholder Ganes Kannasamy, 42, has been working at the Deepavali Festival Village, which stretches from Campbell Lane to Hastings Road, since it started about 15 years ago. He...
Selfless is how he is described by his wife and daughter. And yesterday, Mr U Silvakumar, 58, received a Public Spiritedness Award from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). The Military Expert 3 (ME3) signals specialist with the Singapore Armed Forces...
SINGAPORE - An elderly man who was helped by devotees heading to a fire-walking ceremony after he collapsed on Serangoon Road on Sunday (Oct 23), has died. Mr Ong Peck Hock, 68, a retiree, died at Tan Tock Seng Hospital...
Like most shutterbugs, Mr Gursharen Singh has a sharp eye, but he is not interested in taking pretty pictures. His subject of interest may seem mundane, usually focusing on worksites and featuring scaffoldings, ladders and platforms. But take a closer...
Every time 20-month-old Tran Nguyen Khang sees his doctors waving at him from the door of his ward at the National University Hospital (NUH), he bursts into tears, anticipating yet another round of injections and blood tests. It is a...
SINGAPORE - Fibre network company NetLink Trust (NLT) has been slapped with a $500,000 fine for not meeting residential and non-residential service standards, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced on Thursday (Oct 27). During the assessment period between last...
Singapore has made Olympic history again - this time, at the Culinary Olympics. The national culinary team beat 29 other teams to be the only Asian country to win two gold awards in the Cold Display and Hot Cooking categories. Held...
Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone - fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals - have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released Thursday. On current trends, stocks of global...
