Even before Joseph Schooling touched down in Singapore early this morning from Brazil, companies here have already lined up ways to celebrate his Olympic triumph.About 17,000 ComfortDelgro taxis have started displaying "Our Pride J Schooling" on the taxi rooftop...
Coaches, teammates and rivals may have seen the evolution of Joseph Schooling the swimmer.But very few would have witnessed the boy-to-man story of Singapore's Olympic champion from diapers to the Mizuno trunks who went prospecting in Rio de Janeiro...
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is keeping a closer watch on children who are not part of the mainstream school system.Previously, permission from MOE was needed only for Singaporean children who wished to be homeschooled or attend Foreign System...
Singapore's Olympic hero Joseph Schooling will be returning home with the country's first ever gold medal on Monday morning (Aug 15).Twitter account @sgolympics tweeted a video of our young national pride checking in at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport...
SINGAPORE - 50.39. Four little numbers that will now forever be a part of Singapore's sporting history.Of course, the number refers to Joseph Schooling's Olympic record-breaking timing in the 100m butterfly final.And 4D-loving Singaporeans were quick to spring into...
Despite the bombings in Thailand on Thursday and yesterday, some Singaporeans heading to the kingdom remain unfazed about their holiday choice.The New Paper spoke to five passengers who were checking in for a Phuket-bound Tigerair flight at Changi Airport...
His grown-up daughter was the first to alert him when she asked: "Daddy, how come your name is in the news?"It was the night of Aug 4, and lawyer Edmund Wong Sin Yee had his name splashed all over...
If you haven't heard by now, Joseph Schooling has made history for winning Singapore's first Olympic gold medal.He did it with an Olympic record timing of 50.39seconds in the 100m butterfly finals, beating his idol, US swimmer Michael Phelps. ...
Housewife Emmiellia Arip and her family were looking forward to moving from a rental unit in Changi into a flat of their own.Ms Arip, 44, and her husband bought the four-room resale flat in Bukit Batok because they felt...
A rare, reclusive monkey native to Singapore is on the brink of extinction, but a new strategy is in place to ensure its kind can live on.The Raffles' banded langur, also known here as the banded leaf monkey, once...
