UFC Bantamweight fighter Bethe Correia (left) throwing a punch at Jessica Eye. (Photo: UFC) SINGAPORE: Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have agreed on a US$1 billion (S$1.36
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Shell station armed robbery: 48-year-old man charged
The Shell petrol station at 219 Upper Bukit Timah Road where an armed robbery was reported. (Photo: Leong Wai Kit) SINGAPORE: A 48-year-old man was charged on Wednesday (Aug 2) for robbing a Shell petrol
Read moreFewer workplace fatalities in first half of 2017
Construction workers from Bangladesh and India attend a briefing before starting work at a construction site in Singapore March 24, 2016. (File photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su) SINGAPORE: Fewer workers died in workplace accidents in the first
Read moreMan wielding knife at large after fleeing Western Union with $2k
In the second armed robbery reported over two days, a man with a knife forced a Western Union employee to hand over more than $2,000 at its Ubi Avenue 1 branch yesterday morning. The suspect,
Read moreEx-MD jailed for smashing glass against man’s head
Frenchman Franck Louis Maurice Peltier pleaded guilty to causing hurt to a Briton at a pub in Amoy Street. A company managing director smashed a glass against a man’s head in a pub after the
Read moreSingapore to Johor Bahru MRT service to start by end-2024
Malaysia’s Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Abdul Rahman Dahlan with Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure Khaw Boon Wan, who is also Transport Minister, enjoying durian during a tea break at Afiniti Medini, after a site
Read moreHDB 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), the Housing and Development Board
Read moreNew scheme to allow Singapore, HK visitors to use automated gates at Bangkok airports
Visitors from Singapore and Hong Kong will be able to access the automated gates now reserved for Thai nationals at both of Bangkok’s airports by the end of this month or next month.PHOTO: WWW.SUVARNABHUMIAIRPORT.COM BANGKOK
Read moreUp to 80% of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance
In this picture taken on Dec 4, 2014, a tsunami evacuation sign is displayed on a street near Patong beach in Phuket. (Photo: NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) BANGKOK: Up to 80 per cent of Thailand’s
Read moreTampines library to reopen with new features including cooking studio
The Singapore Collection features over 12,000 books by Singapore authors. (Photo: Rachelle Lee) SINGAPORE: A refreshed Tampines Regional Library is set to open its doors to the public at Our Tampines Hub on Aug 5.
Read moreSwimming: Schooling bags bronze in 100m butterfly final at FINA World Championships
United States’ gold medal winner Caeleb Dressel is flanked by Hungary’s silver medal winner Kristof Milak and bronze medal winners Britain’s James Guy and Singapore’s Joseph Schooling during the awards ceremony for the men’s 100-metre
Read moreLaunch of music album, concept trains among plans for NS50 week
ile photo of NSmen. (Photo: TODAY) SINGAPORE: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of National Service (NS) in Singapore, a slew of events and activities have been planned for NS50 week from Aug 1 to 10
Read moreAmazon Prime Now delivery down for second day after launch
After its highly anticipated launch in Singapore on Thursday, Amazon Prime Now’s delivery service continues to be unavailable. Prime Now stocks products according to a random stow systems. (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan SINGAPORE: The launch of
Read moreFewer 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 of improvement in the second
Read moreZika cluster reported at Serangoon North Avenue 1
A female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquires a blood meal on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo’s University, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Jan. 18, 2016. (Photo: AP/Andre
Read moreMain purpose of AHTC lawsuit to account for S$33m:
File photo of Aljunied-Hougang Town. (Photo: TODAY) SINGAPORE: The main purpose of a lawsuit against some of Aljunied-Hougang Town Council’s (AHTC) members is to make them account for S$33 million in payments made to its former
Read moreLargest mall in northern Singapore to open in Yishun at end of year
An artist’s impression of The Courtyard, which connects the north and south wings of Northpoint City. (Image: Frasers Centrepoint Singapore) SINGAPORE: The largest mall in northern Singapore will open in Yishun in the fourth quarter of
Read more13 injured in Mount Alvernia shuttle bus accident on Braddell Road
The aftermath of a bus accident along Braddell Road on Wednesday (Jul 26). (Photo: Natasha Razak) SINGAPORE: Thirteen people were injured in an accident along Braddell Road on Wednesday (Jul 26) afternoon, said the Singapore
Read moreCross-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 Sermsak Tangsiripatpron with a range
Read moreHundreds of Singapore and Malaysia investors duped of millions by property company
According to an ABC report, Macro Realty Developments Pte Ltd is controlled by Australian Veronica Macpherson (picture) and received over A$110 million (S$119 million), mostly from Singaporean and Malaysian investors ETALING JAYA – Singaporean police are investigating
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