THE Auditor-General's Office (AGO) report on government agencies highlighted several lapses but the AGO has given an unmodified audit opinion for the Government's financial statements as well as the accounts of statutory boards all along.This means the accounts are...
If you missed greeting Singapore's Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling at the airport when he arrived in Singapore on Monday, Aug 15, don't worry, here's another chance.A victory parade for our champion will be held on Thursday from 10am...
"When you want to be the best, you've got to believe you're the best," said Singapore's Olympic champion Joseph Schooling.It's a simple thought but one that gets him through his races.Just before he hits the water, he told AsiaOne...
A deaf performer, who caught the eyes and touched the hearts of Singaporeans on National Day, had practised hand-signing of the songs for two months.According to Lianhe Wanbao, Ms Neoh Yew Kim started practising intensively in June this year...
SINGAPORE - Singapore's first Olympic gold medallist, swimmer Joseph Schooling, said on Tuesday he was looking to beat the world record for 100 metres butterfly and planned to compete in two more events at the next Olympics in Tokyo.After...
If Singapore faces a direct security threat, forces might be sent to the frontlines for counter-terrorism efforts, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament on Monday (Aug 15).This comes after Member of Parliament Lim Wee Kiak (Sembawang GRC)...
Singapore's iconic traditional Irish pub Muddy Murphy's is moving back to its original site after spending three years at TripleOne Somerset.For 17 years, the popular watering hole was located at the basement of Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade - now...
SINGAPORE - SMRT said on Tuesday (Aug 16) that it will refurbish escalators at 42 stations along the North-South East-West Lines (NSEWL) - the first major refurbishment of escalators at stations since the MRT began operations in 1987.In a...
A local company, whose subsidiary is aiming to become Singapore's fourth telco, has been fined $300,000 for signing an unauthorised agreement to sell the Sports Hub's telecommunications system to another company.The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), the sector's regulator, said...
Law Minister K. Shanmugam has rapped the British High Commission here for urging countries, including Singapore, to abolish the offence of scandalising the judiciary - and accused it of improperly trying to influence parliamentary debate.He said it was "quite...
