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Maid who stole $54k in items gets 12 months in jail

32-year-old caught after posting pictures online of herself with employer’s valuables An Indonesian maid stole a Chopard ladies’ watch worth $35,000, a Celine snakeskin handbag that cost $7,500 and a Read More

Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam fined S$6,000 for contempt of court over Facebook post

File photo of lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam. (Photo: Eugene Thuraisingam LLP) SINGAPORE: Upset and demoralised on the day before his client was to be executed for drug trafficking, lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam Read More

Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima atomic bomb

People praying at Hiroshima’s Memorial Cenotaph yesterday for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing. Japan is the only country to have suffered atomic attacks, which claimed 140,000 lives in Read More

Indonesian military officer orders that forest burners be shot

File photo of men putting out a forest fire in Indonesia. (Photo: AFP) JAKARTA: A military official in the Indonesian province of Jambi said on Saturday (Aug 5) he Read More

Western Union armed robbery: Suspect charged, to be remanded for further investigations

The Western Union branch at Ubi Avenue 1 was cordoned off after a robbery. (Photo: Monica Kotwani) SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man accused of robbing a Western Union remittance outlet along Ubi Read More

HDB launches 5,291 flats, including 1,394 units under inaugural Re-Offer of Balance Flats exercise

Blocks of HDB housing flats around Whampoa area in the central part of Singapore. PHOTO: ST FILE SINGAPORE – There will be 5,291 flats for sale from Tuesday (Aug 1),Read More

Fewer layoffs, unemployment situation improves in Q2: Manpower Ministry

People crossing a street in Singapore’s central business district. (File photo: Ngau Kai Yan) SINGAPORE: Fewer workers were laid off and the unemployment situation for Singaporeans and residents showed signs Read More

Cross-border beer: Thailand’s craft beer dream brewed in Cambodia

With small-scale beer production prohibited in their home country Thailand, Stone Head is a beer start-up taken across the international border to Cambodia for the purpose of survival. Head brewer Read More

7 in 10 Singaporean seniors visited by Pioneer Generation Ambassadors

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong with PG Ambassadors at the appreciation luncheon. (Photo: Junn Loh) SINGAPORE: As of June this year, 7 in 10 Singaporean seniors above 65-years-old have been visited Read More

Buying your way to a degree: Singapore-based ghostwriting services target students online

Singapore-based ghostwriting services are available a dime a dozen on Carousell. (Photo: Howard Law) Some cite years of experience helping students, while others say they are students from elite schools Read More

Clubs with jackpot machines to face tighter regulations to guard against problem gambling

Clubs operating jackpot machines will come under more restrictions in order to get a permit to run such facilities, announced the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday (Jul 20).SINGAPORE: Clubs Read More

Army general among Thais convicted of human trafficking

Lt Gen Manas Kongpaen arrives at the Criminal Court on Nov 10, 2015. (AP file photo) A Thai army general was one of the most prominent figures found guilty Wednesday in Read More

Singaporean woman kidnapped in Manila rescued; 43 foreigners arrested

The Solaire Resort and Casino, where Singaporean Wu Yan was kidnapped. (Photo: Solaire Resort/Facebook) MANILA: A 48-year-old Singaporean woman who was kidnapped at the lobby of a casino in Manila Read More

14 dead in tropical storm in Vietnam

At least 14 people have died in a tropical storm that has hit Vietnam after pummelling China. The two countries are dealing with the aftermath of Storm Talas, which was Read More

Drug mule who transited in Singapore with 43 pellets of Ice gets 25 years’ jail and caning

Adri Anton Kalangie was sentenced to 25 years’ jail and 15 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to importing not less than 249.99g of methamphetamine on Monday, July Read More

Uber, Grab broke the rules by tolerating colorums

If Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) want to engage in the business of public transportation, they need to follow the rules just like any other type of public utility vehicles (PUVs).Read More

ROM voids marriage between same-sex couple

They married as man and woman but one later underwent sex change; family lawyers question registry’s move Kok Xing Hui They wedded as man and wife in October 2015. In Read More

Chinese Straddling Bus May Be Gigantic Ponzi Scheme

Remember that amazing straddling bus that China took out for a test drive a few weeks ago? The world couldn’t get enough of the concept and design. The savings by Read More

Boon Tat stabbing: Accused sent for psychiatric evaluation

Suspect’s family to get him a lawyer by next court date; victim cremated yesterday The man accused of murdering his son-in-law before a lunchtime crowd in the Central Business District Read More

Riding the ‘airfish’: Singapore company hopes to make it a travel game-changer

This odd-looking “airfish” could soon be the way you travel on holiday. A Singapore company has grand plans to help this game-changer take flight commercially. More about the wing-in-ground effect Read More