The practice of isolating suspected Zika patients until they are given the all-clear is being reviewed, and they may be sent home to rest instead.Currently, suspected patients are isolated at the Communicable Disease Centre as they await their test...
Restaurants here are taking a serious beating amid the slowing economy, with sales in the first half of the year dropping almost every month year-on-year.The biggest fall was in March, when restaurant takings fell 9.8 per cent compared with...
Puzzled over a blockage in her toilet's plumbing, a flat owner hired a plumber who found a dead tortoise in the drainpipe.The owner, a 43-year-old human resources manager who gave her name as Madam Luo, told Lianhe Wanbao in...
Singapore has come a long way in building a nation where every citizen has equal standing and rights but race still matters when it comes to politics and how people cast their vote, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.This...
Indonesian authorities have made a fresh arrest in connection with a plot to launch a rocket attack on Marina Bay hatched by the leader of a terrorist cell in Batam.A 24-year-old man was caught by commandos from the elite...
SINGAPORE - Singapore has come a long way in building a nation where every citizen has equal standing and rights, but race still matters when it comes to politics and how people cast their vote, Prime Minister Lee Hsien...
The total number of Zika cases in Singapore has gone up to 242 after the discovery of 27 new cases on Sunday.A joint statement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said 25 of the...
In a five-room flat in Holland Drive, five-year-old Gerardin is playing with her mother's bracelets. Her sister Carolyn, who is almost two, has just woken up from a nap and is toddling around the house curiously.Their mother, Mrs Suparmi...
There have been suggestions from lawyers, social workers and politicians this year to extend the Appropriate Adult Scheme to cover minors and the elderly.The call came after Benjamin Lim, 14, jumped to his death hours after attending a police...
A rare sea creature once thought to be globally extinct was rediscovered in Singapore waters in 2011, to the delight of scientists. It now seems to be thriving.Last month, researchers from the National Parks Board (NParks) found three more...
