A drunk German chief executive was given two weeks' jail and fined $1,000 for slapping a cab driver and kicking his vehicle after the driver had declined to pick him up. Jochen Thewes, of DB Schenker Logistics (Asia Pacific), 45,...
Punters may be able to place their bets online legally as early as the second half of next month - a move that appears calculated to counter illicit gambling on unauthorised websites. The Straits Times has learnt that Singapore-based lottery...
They have filed their papers and said their prayers. Today, the six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders at the centre of a multi-million-dollar financial scandal will return to face the courts again. The marathon City Harvest trial begins again in the...
Four products imported into Singapore by Australian brand CocoLuscious have been recalled due to an undeclared dairy ingredient that might affect consumers with milk allergies. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has issued a food alert advising consumers with milk...
SINGAPORE - Former national softball team player and Southeast Asian (SEA) Games medallist Leonard Sim died in a road accident early yesterday morning (Sept 13). The 27-year-old was on his way to Singapore from Penang near KM58.6 on the North-South...
The minders of giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia threw a birthday bash for them at River Safari as they marked the fourth year of their arrival at the tourist attraction today (Sep 12). Kai Kai celebrates his ninth...
A former property agent from Propnex was convicted on Thursday for using $93,000 cash from a client to repay loan shark debts, said the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) in a statement. The cash was meant to be passed to...
Singapore has reported eight new cases of the Zika virus as of 3pm today (Sept 14), according to figures on the National Environment Agency's website. Four of the new cases are in the Aljunied Crescent/Sims Drive/Kallang Way/Paya Lebar Way cluster,...
Transport operator SMRT Corp has fired the train driver who was involved in a fatal track accident that killed two of his colleagues in March. The Straits Times understands that Mr Rahmat Mohd, 49, was dismissed yesterday after an internal...
The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has received about 2,300 appeals from members to be included under the Silver Support Scheme since July, Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said yesterday. Mr Lim told Parliament that some cases had been approved...
