CHIANG RAI — Eight drug couriers were killed and 600,000 methamphetamine pills and three assault rifles seized in a clash between a ranger unit and a band of armed drug couriers near the Thai-Myanmar border
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Nutrition and health claims to be prohibited on formula milk: AVA
SINGAPORE: Formula milk manufacturers will not be able to use nutrition and health claims, as well as images that make drinking formula milk look attractive, once changes to Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) regulations take
Read moreNURSING HOMES: FANCY MEALS AND NEW EQUIPMENT BUT NURSES’ WAGES SEE NO INCREASE
I am a Singaporean working in the most underpaid and super unappreciated profession called Nurse/Care Associate in Nursing Homes. Our salaries are depressed because the homes hire so many foreign workers from Philippines, Myanmar, India,
Read moreNew puffing rule sends a signal
Singapore’s move to raise the minimum legal age for smoking from 18 to 21 aims to reduce the chances of people picking up the habit at a young age, and falling into a lifelong addiction.
Read moreWater price hike: Water users worried but see need to curb wastage
Consumers and businesses have voiced concerns about water rates being hiked, even if some acknowledge that there is a need to do so to curb wastage of the scarce resource. Restaurant Association of Singapore president
Read moreNight bike race HolyCrit to kick off at Sports Hub for the first time on Feb 11
SINGAPORE – HolyCrit organisers will be taking their night cycling event up a notch, with races at the Sports Hub on Saturday (Feb 11). It will be the first time anywhere a bike race is
Read moreSingaporean’s smart bicycle helmet bags international design award
SINGAPORE – A smart bicycle helmet that was the brainchild of a Singaporean has won a prestigious international design award in Britain. The sleek gadget, studded with LEDs that automatically light up when a cyclist
Read moreHeavy rain causes flash floods in Tanjong Pagar area on Monday morning
SINGAPORE – Heavy rain on Monday (Jan 23) morning resulted in flash floods in the Tanjong Pagar area. National water agency PUB said on Facebook that floods occurred at Craig Road, Tanjong Pagar Road and
Read moreKim San Leng Food Centre in Bishan fined $1,100 and suspended for a day due to rat infestation
SINGAPORE – The Kim San Leng Food Centre at Bishan Street 13 will be suspended on Friday (Jan 20) due to a rat infestation, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said. The popular food centre was
Read moreMore rain and pain expected as Thai flood death toll rises to 40
BANGKOK: Thailand faces more hardship from unseasonable floods that have killed 40 people in its south, with more rain expected in the major rubber-producing and tourist region in coming days, a top disaster agency official
Read moreSingapore’s forgotten age of innovation
SINGAPORE: Long before there was Changi Airport, aviation legend Amelia Earhart described stopping over at “an aviation miracle of the east” – a “magnificent new $9-million airport, the peer of any in the world”. The
Read moreMyanmar sends envoy to Bangladesh as Rohingya crisis deepens
YANGON/DHAKA: A special envoy of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi will begin top-level talks in Bangladesh on Wednesday (Jan 11), as the United Nations said the Rohingya crisis prompted 65,000 people to flee Myanmar
Read moreMore caught on camera driving against traffic flow
At least five motorists recorded doing so by in-car cameras in past three weeks Over the past three weeks, there have been at least five known cases of motorists driving against the flow of traffic.
Read moreSurgical forceps removed from Vietnamese man after 18 years
HANOI: Doctors in Vietnam have removed surgical forceps from a man who unknowingly carried them inside his body for 18 years, national television VTV reported. Ma Van Nhat, 54, said the forceps had probably been
Read more2016 hottest year on record in Singapore, 2017 maybe hotter still
SINGAPORE: This year is set to be the hottest year in Singapore since records started in 1929, said the Meteorological Service on Friday (Dec 30). In a media advisory, the Met Service said the mean
Read moreSingapore second most vegan-friendly city in Asia
SINGAPORE: Food paradise Singapore is the second most vegan-friendly city in Asia after Taipei, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced on Tuesday (Dec 27). Chiang Mai, Thailand and Makati city
Read moreMalaysia confirms its eighth Zika virus case
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia confirmed an eighth Zika virus case on Sunday, involving a 67-year-old man who first showed symptoms in late November. An online statement from the Health Ministry’s director general, Noor Hisham Abdullah, did
Read moreWhy female genital mutilation still exists in modern Singapore
Female genital mutilation is carried out by communities around the world. But though it is not commonly associated with modern, cosmopolitan Singapore, it is quietly happening all the time, as the BBC’s Yvette Tan writes.
Read morePM Lee Hsien Loong pays respects to late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok
BANGKOK – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid his respects to Thailand’s late Bhumibol Adulyadej at Bangkok’s Grand Palace on Friday (Oct 21). PM Lee presented a white wreath at the palace, where the King
Read moreSeven Best Places to Live in Singapore for Expats
Singapore is a small country, where neighborhoods bleed into one another easily. Even if you are going to visit a friend on the other side of the country – it will only take you about
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