A signalling glitch affecting the Circle Line remained unresolved for a second day yesterday, as operator SMRT said it was working with the Land Transport Authority and systems supplier Alstom to fix the flaw.Since Monday morning, commuters using the...
Sales executive Lee Sze Yong, 44, who allegedly hatched the plan to kidnap the mother of Sheng Siong supermarket boss Lim Hock Chee in 2014, went on trial yesterday in the High Court.His accomplice, Heng Chen Boon, 51, was...
The number of dengue cases in Singapore has crossed the 11,000 mark for this year, according to the latest figures from the National Environment Agency's (NEA's) dengue website.As of Monday, a total of 11,053 cases of the mosquito-borne virus...
IN AN effort to curb the transmission of the Zika virus, environment officials and several town councils are carrying out preventive measures, including inspecting work sites and spreading information on how to ward off infection.By Monday, there were 39...
SINGAPORE - Pregnant women in Singapore with symptoms of Zika - such as fever, rash, red eyes or joint pain - are advised to be tested for the virus, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health (MOH).Pregnant...
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...
