Like many Pokemon Go players, National University of Singapore life sciences undergraduate Sean Yap, 24, goes out as often as possible.But, unlike such gamers whose eyes are glued to their phones in an effort to catch the virtual characters,...
Commuters will have smoother and faster rides on the entire East-West Line (EWL) by year end, when a 1½-year-long project to upgrade rail sleepers is finally completed.Worn timber sleepers - some as old as 28 years - which had...
A war of words has broken out between technologists and copyright holders following news that the local authorities are reviewing the legality of virtual private network (VPN) technology.The contention centres on the use of VPNs by consumers in Singapore...
Former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called Mr S R Nathan "a great friend of Indonesia" when he visited the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta yesterday to pay his last respects to former president Nathan, who died on Monday, aged...
SINGAPORE - An unwelcome guest appears to have made its yearly return, as Singaporeans woke up to hazy skies on Friday (Aug 26).A strong burning smell could also be detected across the island.As of 10am, the National Environment Agenc's...
IPOH - Former Singapore president, the late S.R. Nathan, was a regular visitor to Ipoh to see his old chums."Even before he stepped down from his position in 2011, he would visit at least once a year," said his...
Visitors to the Singapore Zoo could soon be able to stave off the heat in some areas of the park, thanks to a new outdoor cooling system that is touted to blow air as cool as 24 deg C.The...
Olympic champion Joseph Schooling will return to Singapore in November for a Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) fund-raiser - but the swimmer himself is also set for a cash injection.The 21-year-old, Singapore's only medallist at the Rio Games, claimed the...
THE 20-year-old woman who has been missing since July after supposedly leaving for a trip to Melbourne has got in touch with her family.Ong Hwee Ting, who lived in Ang Mo Kio, had been missing since July 12, after...
SINGAPORE - Clad in a white, short-sleeved shirt and dark pants, Mr S R Nathan was on a stroll in The Straits Times newsroom to get acquainted with his new workplace when a reporter stopped him and said: "Eh,...
