A group of Singapore boys heading to a football tournament in Sweden were caught up in the chaos following an attempted coup in Turkey last Friday.
While the 13 footballers, aged eight to 14, and the accompanying adults were…
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Grooming Miss Universe Singapore
In 2002, lawyer Nuraliza Osman was crowned Miss Universe Singapore (MUS) and is an example of a beauty contest winner with brains.
Fourteen years on, while most past winners are leading their lives out of the public eye, the…
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Ex-liifeguard jailed for raping Sentosa party-goer
It was the first time they had met.
But then-Sentosa lifeguard Pram Nair, now 26, plied the young woman with so much alcohol during a beach party on the island that she blacked out.
He then isolated her from her friend…
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Table tennis star Feng in the mood for Olympics
Bring on the Olympic champion!
With less than three weeks to go to the Olympics, Singapore table tennis star Feng Tianwei has stated her ambition to win in Rio.
“I’m slated to meet (China’s defending women’s singles…
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Shanmugam urges youth to be prepared for emergencies
SINGAPORE – Young people in Singapore need to step up and play their part in being prepared for national threats, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said, in light of recent terrorist attacks overseas.
This could mean volunteering to be trained in key…
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One serving of red meat a day raises kidney failure risk: Study
SINGAPORE – Taking one serving of red meat a day – regardless of how it is cooked – increases one’s risk of developing kidney failure by as much as 40 per cent, a study that tracked participants for 15 years has found.
The finding was derived from a long-term…
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Serving court papers electronically ‘needs more safeguards’
SINGAPORE – While a recent landmark judgment allowing court papers to be served on individuals through new media – Skype, Facebook or Internet message boards – ensures that the law keeps pace with technological advancements, more safeguards may be needed to…
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Young people must be ready to take on challenges in the ‘new world’
SINGAPORE – With disruption and technology transforming the jobs landscape in this “new world”, young people have to be ready to confront such challenges head-on and not take things for granted, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said.
Speaking at a…
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Temasek mulling over plans to take SMRT private, say reports
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s investment firm – Temasek Holdings – is exploring the possibility of taking public transport operator SMRT private, according to reports yesterday. The reports follow SMRT’s announcement on Friday that it would be selling its…
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Reverting to a closed world will make everyone worse off: PM Lee
SINGAPORE – In a globalised world, it is important that countries stay open or everyone would be “worse off” because the levels of cooperation seen around the world would not be possible, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.
But it is important that…
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