SINGAPORE - Singapore confirmed another 26 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus on Tuesday (Aug 30), on top of the 41 and 15 cases confirmed on Sunday and Monday, respectively.This brings the total number of cases to 82.In a...
SINGAPORE - Singapore has condemned the attack on the Chinese embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Aug 30, 2016."Such attacks against a foreign Embassy, which is a diplomatic compound protected under the Vienna Convention, cannot be condoned. We wish the...
SINGAPORE - Air quality in Singapore is expected to remain in the Moderate range on Wednesday, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA).The PSI for Tuesday has been in the Good to Moderate range, with the 1-hr PM2.5 concentration...
SINGAPORE - Two Bangladeshi workers detained under the Internal Security Act in April pleaded guilty today (Aug 30) to charges of financing terrorism.They had previously denied the charges and claimed trial.Zzaman Daulat, 34, and Mamun Leakot Ali, 29, were...
SINGAPORE - Australia, Taiwan and South Korea advised pregnant women and those attempting to get pregnant to avoid travel to Singapore after an outbreak of the Zika virus infected more than 50 people in the city-state.The outbreak and the...
Madam Gurusamy Intrany has had her fair share of struggles earlier in life, from seeing her father die when she was a teenager, to going through a divorce after her husband of 13 years had an affair, and undergoing...
SINGAPORE - A worker from China died on Sunday (Aug 28) at a Woodlands construction site, bringing the workplace death toll this year to at least 49.The 33-year-old fell seven storeys while working at the Woodlands Avenue 12 site,...
Malaysia has stepped up precautionary measures following Singapore's first locally transmitted case of the Zika virus.
Locally-transmitted Zika in Singapore
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The scent of citronella hung heavy in the air outside Geylang Methodist School (Primary) yesterday morning, where parents were clearly not taking any chances with their children's health.Several pupils sported stick-on mosquito patches, while others smelt strongly of the...
She was chatty and bright and had a positive outlook on life.But all that changed overnight when Sarah, then 25, fell victim to an incident that stripped away her self-worth.At about 3.20am on July 26 last year, a teen...
