SINGAPORE - The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has filed a disciplinary complaint to the Law Society against lawyer Edmund Wong Sin Yee who was rapped by a judge last week for focusing on the breast size of a molest victim.In...
Such was her dedication to helping migrant workers, even a fractured foot could not stop her.Despite fracturing her left foot on June 25, Singtel's assistant general counsel Dipa Swaminathan simply took painkillers, used a pair of crutches, and was...
SINGAPORE - Unity was at the heart of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day message today (Aug 8).Recorded at Safra Punggol and broadcast on television at 6.45pm, the Prime Minister reminded Singaporeans how "rare and precious" social harmony...
Only 12, but he wanted to kill himself.Tim (not his real name) had failed to enter his desired stream in his primary school.The disappointment sent him into a downward spiral and his confused parents took him to see a...
After a road accident in Thailand last October left him paralysed from the neck down, Mr Muhammad Haikal Johari worked hard to get back on his feet.The 39-year-old still needs to use a wheelchair, but he has regained partial...
Two male sea cows from the River Safari set off on a 34-hour voyage to the Caribbean yesterday morning that could help save the rest of their kind.Kai and Junior, two of the safari's 14 West Indian manatees, were...
The historic 1920s cast-iron gates of Bukit Brown Cemetery have been carefully reinstalled after six months of conservation and refurbishment work.The gates, perched on gateposts, now boast a shiny coat of black paint, a far cry from their previous...
Two North Korean professors went to Singapore's Nanyang Technological University in 2014, not to teach but to learn.Mr Pak, in his 50s, and Mr Hyon, in his 30s, lived in hostels and "studied very hard" for their master's in...
Whenever his good friend of six years told him stories about suicide bombings, 19-year-old Muhammad Tegar Sucianto felt uneasy.When that friend, Hadi Gusti Yanda, 20, tried to cajole him into joining a terror group called Katibah Gonggong Rebus, or...
In celebration of Singapore's 51st birthday, Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao will offer free and full access to its premium digital content and e-paper on Aug 9 and 10.Non-subscribers will be able to enjoy unlimited access to Lianhe Zaobao's print...
