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Saturday, May 4, 2024
Citronella- and rose-scented geraniums are selling out in nurseries here. As Singapore steps up its fight against the Zika virus, so-called mosquito-repelling plants have been flying off the shelves in nurseries here. The bestsellers are the citronella-scented geranium (Pelargonium citrosum) and...
Yang's lawyer says they show he treated widow well; DPP says they were taken on same day after he was sued. To support his case that former tour guide Yang Yin had treated elderly widow Chung Kin Chun well, his...
Move over, Snapchat. Singapore kids are spending hours on a new app - one that is from a local company, no less. Meet Bigo Live, a live video streaming app that has been in the top five of Apple's app store...
He was reclusive and temperamental. If anyone tried to talk to Singaporean man Mohamed Isa Omar, he would respond badly, said the housekeeping staff at the Batam hotel he had been staying in. On Tuesday, the 67-year-old was found dead in...
SINGAPORE - Sporting history has been made again, this time during the Paralympics Games where Singapore para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu broke the world record in the 100m backstroke S2 event on Saturday (Sept 10). The 24-year-old won Gold for Singapore...
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 12 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection in Singapore, bringing the total number to 304. Of these, 10 cases are linked to the Aljunied Crescent/ Sims Drive/ Kallang Way/...
The streets around Serangoon Road and Race Course Road will soon be transformed with colourful lights and decorations for Deepavali. The light-up, which will run till Nov 12, will be launched by President Tony Tan Keng Yam at at the...
SINGAPORE - Hairline cracks have been found on 11 first-generation Sengkang-Punggol LRT trains, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Friday (Sept 9). This comes just two months after hairline cracks were reportedly found on new MRT trains manufactured by...
SINGAPORE - Readers of Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) Chinese papers can now access morning broadsheet Lianhe Zaobao alongside the evening tabloids on the new zaobao.sg website. Content from Lianhe Zaobao, Lianhe Wanbao and Shin Min Daily News will be pooled...
The idea of raising the bar for presidential candidates is not to prevent "difficult" people from running for office, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a televised interview on Sunday about the Elected Presidency. But the PM's words did...