VIENTIANE - There are enough qualified Singaporeans of all races to vie for the post of an elected president, even with the qualifying criteria looking set to become more stringent, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday (Sept...
Broadband deals have become a tad sweeter, after Singtel and MyRepublic both lowered the prices of their 1Gbps fibre broadband plans at consumer electronics fair Comex.
Singtel's plan now costs $49.90 a month, down from its $54.90 offer at June's...
Young men starting national service (NS) in November next year will be able to choose from 33 vocations across the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), police and civil defence, but not the Commandos and naval diving unit, whose requirements are...
The Zika virus strains in locally transmitted cases and that of a case imported from Brazil in May are different, the authorities said yesterday.
Scientists found that the Zika virus strain affecting the recent cases in the Aljunied Crescent/Sims Drive...
SINGAPORE - A couple who lived in a lorry for two years because they could not afford to rent a flat have welcomed a newborn son into their lives, a report said.
Rice delivery man Ong Poh Hwa and his...
SINGAPORE - The People's Association (PA) will be giving away bottles of insect repellents to pregnant women from Saturday (Sept 10) at all community clubs in Singapore.
PA said in a statement today (Sept 8) that it worked with the...
SINGAPORE - Singapore's 24th HDB town, Tengah, will be a "forest town" - integrated with the surrounding greenery and biodiversity.
A major attraction is an approximately 100m-wide and 5km-long forest corridor that will be planted with rainforest tree species "to...
There is no evidence that the Zika outbreak in Singapore is caused by a viral strain that is more or less severe than the strain circulating in Latin America, Singapore media reported on Thursday, citing the health ministry.
Singapore has...
A businessman from Singapore is purported to have been involved in a money laundering scheme in the Maldives, where up to US$1.5 billion (S$2 billion) was allegedly embezzled from the country's central bank.
Stealing Paradise, a documentary by Al Jazeera's Investigative...
A married lawyer, who had an affair with a former air stewardess he was representing in divorce-related matters, was given a three-month suspension by a Court of Three Judges yesterday.
Mr Lee Terk Yang, 41, a lawyer for 13 years,...
