I was late knowing about former Singapore president SR Nathan's passing because I was in Australia attending the Australian Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific's (CSCAP) annual general meeting. President Nathan dealt with Indonesian affairs from the end...
The president must himself have a popular mandate to say no to certain actions by an elected government, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday. A panel that reviewed the elected presidency had floated the idea of reverting to an appointed...
Aljunied GRC MP Chen Show Mao has stepped down as the Workers' Party's (WP's) treasurer, just three months after starting a second term in the post he had held since 2014. He challenged WP chief Low Thia Khiang for the...
A futuristic new breed of coffee shops - at the vanguard of a $4.5 billion nation-wide IT transformation - could include features such as ordering via mobile apps or digital kiosks, and cashless payments. Shopkeepers keen to meet the challenge...
Customers who cannot wait to get their hands on the latest Apple products can start pre-ordering soon, even though the gadgets are not yet in town. Singtel opened online pre-registration for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus at noon...
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...
