Patients can now have an idea of how much private sector surgeons charge for their services, and perhaps even negotiate a better rate. The Ministry of Health (MOH), which started publishing operation fees in public hospitals in 2014, has expanded...
SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has issued more than 700 advisories to cyclists and personal mobility device (PMD) users caught riding in an unsafe manner since May. LTA said in a statement today (Oct 5) that it has...
The money was not much but the implications were far-reaching for banks and joint-account holders. The High Court has ruled in a test case that monies in a joint account held in a bank cannot be held for a creditor...
Singapore singer Nathan Hartono will be bringing home the Sing! China crown after Friday night's final of the televised singing competition, if Singapore fans have their way. In an online poll conducted by The Straits Times, over 82 per cent...
Two men who organised eight editions of a night-time bicycle race without police approval and permits were each jailed for seven days and fined $5,000 yesterday. Former bike shop owner Eric Khoo Shui Yan, 29, and project manager Zulkifli Awab,...
In a rare accident, two anchored cargo ships collided in Singapore waters, sending 10 containers toppling from one ship to another. Another container fell into the sea in the crash on Friday. The accident involving cargo ship Hanjin New York added...
Three days after he moved into a flat, a driver lifted the blanket of his housemate who was sleeping and took a photo of her topless. Teng Ching Yuan, 31, was caught red-handed when he tried to do it again...
For more than three years, a man who was remanded in custody for killing his wife of 21 years received no psychiatric treatment even though he was diagnosed to be suffering from a delusional disorder of the jealous subtype. This...
The Singaporean who died after falling some 150m while descending Sabah's Mount Kinabalu last Saturday yearned to reach the summit. Mr Woon Tai Kiang, 36, had started his climb at around 7am on Saturday and reached the summit around 2.40pm...
Please leave the sensitive areas in Singapore's nature reserves alone, the authorities here have asked of the developers of the popular Pokemon Go mobile game. The National Parks Board (NParks) has asked that Pokestops - the game's virtual pitstops found...
