Singaporeans, wherever you are this morning at 9am, try to spare half an hour or so because Olympic history could well be made for our little red dot.
Yes, put aside your mobile phones and stop hunting Pokemons, for you could…
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Morning blast rips through police booth
After she was rudely awakened by an explosion, Ms Amm Nathradee Kanjanayotee looked out the window of her Phuket home to find the next-door police booth damaged.
The 24-year-old Thai national went downstairs and was shocked…
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Reaction on social media
Twitter and Facebook were awash with excitement over Schooling’s Olympic feat…
Joseph Schooling! Go go go! Go for the gold!
– @currypoker
Much as I think it’d be cool for…
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Joe eyes the gold
REPORTING FROM RIO
He flailed his extraordinarily long arms across his torso like whips, sending lightning cracks reverberating around the arena and leaving those watching wincing, wondering how joints are…
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Judge: He inmate's life destroyed
It was his duty to help rehabilitate prison inmates.
But instead of doing that, a prison officer of 27 years, Mohamed Faris Osman, “destroyed” an inmate’s life when he repeatedly molested him at Admiralty West Prison last…
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Zheng Wen's satisfied
REPORTING FROM RIO
He had a tough programme here in Rio, he knew he would be busy lined up for the 100m backstroke, the 200m butterfly and the 100m butterfly at these Olympic Games.
After qualifying…
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Sputtering S.League due to years of bad management
In the report “In search of Singapore’s national sport” by Noah Tan (Aug 9), he writes that, while most Singaporeans consider football to be our national sport, there has been little for fans to celebrate in recent years.
This is because the national teams…
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More Pioneer Generation citizens aware of PGP thanks to taskforce
More Singaporean pioneers are becoming increasingly aware of the Pioneer Generation Package, from about 80 per cent in July 2014 to more than 95 per cent in August last year – thanks to the efforts of a taskforce focused on communications and outreach.
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Volunteer firefighters honoured as SCDF’s auxiliary unit marks 10th anniversary
SINGAPORE – Getting up close with Red Rhinos and firefighter suits during an exhibition highlighting the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC) and other co-curricular activities his school sparked a flame of interest in the 13-year-old’s heart to be a…
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Singapore thanks Indonesia for arresting Batam suspects
During a lunch meeting, defence ministers from both sides agreed on the importance of strengthening cooperation to counter terrorism threats.
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