SINGAPORE: Aung La N Sang feels good. “Amazing”, even, with barely a week having passed since he was crowned Myanmar’s first-ever mixed martial arts (MMA) champion. On June 30, willed on by a thunderous Yangon
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General waste disposal facilities to be licensed from August
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) on Tuesday (Jul 11) said it will start licensing general waste disposal facilities from August. These facilities are defined as those that receive, store, process or treat general waste
Read more2 arrested after 41-year-old man found dead in Geylang
SINGAPORE: Two Bangladeshi men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 41-year-old man in Geylang on Sunday (Jul 9). The suspects, aged 30 and 34, were arrested separately on Sunday and Monday,
Read moreInquiry: Woman killed by bus after missing component caused brakes to fail
Vehicle was missing a component; coroner calls death a ‘tragic traffic misadventure’ When he realised that the brakes on his vehicle had failed, a private bus driver mounted a kerb to avoid a crash with
Read moreBe the next Miss Universe Singapore
HOW TO ENTER Register online for Miss Universe Singapore 2017 at www.missuniversesingapore.com.sg by July 10. The event is organised by The New Paper and Miss Universe Singapore Organisation B.V. requently ASKED QUESTIONS We have complied a list
Read morePush for Singaporeans to eat healthier hawker food
Health Promotion Board draws up list of shop-bought dishes under 500 calories. Four in 10 hawker stalls will sell at least one healthier dish by 2019, if the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) latest effort to
Read morePacquiao backs call for review of Horn decision
Manny Pacquiao has backed a call asking the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) to review the controversial points decision that saw Australia’s Jeff Horn capture the Filipino great’s welterweight world title in Brisbane on Sunday. Horn
Read moreMan killed in Uber accident along Xilin Ave, driver arrested
SINGAPORE: A 31-year-old man was killed when an Uber car skidded and crashed into a tree along Xilin Avenue early on Sunday morning (Jul 9). Police said they were alerted to the accident, which took
Read moreSwimming: Schooling clocks world’s 2nd fastest 100m fly this year
TEXAS: Singapore’s Olympic swimming champion Joseph Schooling has given the perfect response to his main rival Caeleb Dressel ahead of the FINA World Championships in Budapest. Schooling clocked 50.96s to win the 100m butterfly finals at
Read moreTrump, PM Lee hold first bilateral meeting at G20 summit
HAMBURG, Germany: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and US President Donald Trump held their first bilateral meeting on Saturday (Jul 8), on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Hamburg. Both leaders reaffirmed
Read more52-year-old Taiwanese man charged with receiving $150,000 in stolen cash
SINGAPORE – A Taiwanese man, suspected of involvement in scams where a police officer was impersonated, was charged in court on Saturday (July 8). Huang Ying-Chun, 52, stands accused of dishonestly receiving stolen property. According
Read moreMore young singles do not intend to marry and more have not dated seriously: Marriage and Parenthood survey 2016
SINGAPORE – Most of Singapore’s young singletons intend to marry and most married couples plan to have children, though challenges to get more hitched have risen. A latest government survey of nearly 3,000 singles aged
Read moreNew project launched to support terminally ill patients who want to die at home
SINGAPORE – After fighting for her life for three months in a hospital, all Ms Noorhizah Abdul Rahman wanted to do was to go home. Her body was breaking down and doctors said there was
Read moreION Orchard fined S$15,000 over customer data breach
SINGAPORE: The company that manages ION Orchard was on Thursday (Jul 6) fined S$15,000 by the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) over a breach involving the personal data of its customers. In the incident, which
Read morePM Lee shares siblings’ wish not to carry on Oxley Road dispute in public
But PM Lee Hsien Loong says he could not agree to an earlier demand from his siblings to call off the debate in Parliament and to disband the ministerial commitee, saying it would have been
Read moreCompany director found guilty of GST evasion worth more than S$35,000
SINGAPORE: A director of robotic ice cream kiosk company Robofusion has been sentenced to six weeks in jail and charged with a penalty of about S$107,000 for assisting the company in evading Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Inland Revenue
Read morere National Day Parade 2017 to feature 300 unmanned drones
SINGAPORE: Three hundred unmanned drones will take to the skies at the National Day Parade (NDP) for the first time in the parade’s history, organisers said on Thursday (Jul 6). It will be Southeast Asia’s
Read moreFirst-timers and returners at Sungei Road market’s this weekend
The first time he visited the Sungei Road Flea market was in 1973, but graphic designer Jeffrey Goh remembers it like it was yesterday. He was a primary three student when his mother brought him
Read moreBoxer Rizan making up for lost time
Once a trailblazer for local pro boxing, 38-year-old will vie for belt for first time next month. Mohamad Nor Rizan was once a trailblazer in professional boxing in Singapore. But, as he approaches his 39th
Read moreResidents surprised by ‘drug house’ in HDB flat as 3 arrested
Three men who allegedly broke into an empty flat in Toa Payoh and used it as a “drug house” have been arrested. The men had been seen entering the unit several times in the past
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