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...
A 37-year-old man was on Monday (Aug 15) charged with the murder of his wife in Yishun.Mohamad Jonit Adnan is accused of causing the death of Ms Sri Idayu Ghazali, 29, at about 9pm on Saturday at Block 342B,...
With his trial drawing to a close, a former tour guide accused of criminal breach of trust is considering for a second time if he should throw in the towel.Yang Yin's lawyer, Mr Irving Choh, told reporters yesterday his...
A centralised refuse-collection centre in the Civic District was delivered satisfactorily and at an acceptable cost, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said yesterday as he addressed the controversy over the high fees paid to the consultant of the project.He...
Plumes of "smoke" came out of a train when the doors opened after it pulled into Tanjong Pagar MRT station yesterday.It filled the station as commuters rushed out, their hands cupped over their mouths and noses.Passenger Sophia Kee told...
What is the new Bill about?The Administration of Justice (Protection) Bill seeks to put current law on contempt in statutory form. It sets out maximum penalties in a move to provide greater clarity and certainty. What is different?The threshold...
