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SINGAPORE – It was 2.30am in the wee hours of Saturday (March 18) at St James Power Station, but the music had stopped at a few of its clubs. Police officers in vests stood by
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SINGAPORE – The sales suspensions on 12 coastal fish farms affected by an oil spill in January were fully lifted on Tuesday (March 14), the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said in a statement on
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SINGAPORE – A 43-year-old woman who assaulted her live-in boyfriend and stomped him to death after a quarrel was on Thursday (March 16) sentenced to 5½ years’ jail for culpable homicide. Sukanya Praphuttha, a Thai
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States and China are finalising plans for a summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago this April, but diplomats are struggling to remove last-minute stumbling blocks. Officials
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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.
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SINGAPORE: To see or not to see? That is the question for William Shakespeare fans, as a 400-year-old copy of the Bard’s work makes its way to Singapore for the first time. This month, the
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SINGAPORE – A double-deck bus with three doors hit the road on Monday (March 13), as part of a trial by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to evaluate the suitability of such a bus design
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SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old Singaporean man was on Monday (Mar 13) sentenced to 18 weeks’ jail for two counts of animal cruelty, after he caused the death of a cat in Tampines. Fajar Ashraf Fajar Ali was
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SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday (Mar 13) issued a 10-year Prohibition Order (PO) against former Goldman Sachs director Tim Leissner for 1MDB-related breaches. The local financial regulator said in its press release
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SEOUL: South Korea’s highest court voted unanimously to confirm the impeachment of scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye on Friday (Mar 10). Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was appointed acting president and will remain in that post until the election
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Over the years, taxpayers have had to subsidise more of the rising operating costs as public transport fares in Singapore have not kept up, according to Minister Khaw Boon Wan. SINGAPORE: While the Government will
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Transport will assess the bids tendered for the bicycle sharing service to serve the Jurong Lake District “carefully”, and to see if it will extend them to other towns, amid the
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced it has applied to the Federal Court of Australia for the appointment of a provisional liquidator to six companies within the Macro Group, all of which have
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Singapore and China have signed four cooperation pacts, including one for each of the three government-led projects, a day after inking 15 agreements on mainly commercial deals. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and Chinese
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.The Jakarta administration demolished over 31 illegal buildings under a North Jakarta toll road on Friday to make way for the development of a child-friendly integrated public space (RPTRA) Officers from the public order agency
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The Philippines’ main antinarcotics agency signed an agreement with the military Tuesday to harness troops in President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-drug crackdown after he barred the national police force from carrying out the campaign to
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SINGAPORE: Businesses will have to adopt certain measures to guard against security threats in a bid to boost public safety, as the Government announced its intent to amend laws to this effect this year. Speaking
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SINGAPORE: A new Defence Cyber Organisation (DCO) will be set up to monitor and defend the Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF) networks around-the-clock from cyberthreats, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announced in Parliament on Friday (Mar
Read moreIt is likely that taxi commuters will soon have to pay fares which fluctuate according to demand. Transport giant ComfortDelGro, which controls over 60 per cent of cabs here, has informed the Public Transport Council
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Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), one of the Indonesian companies blamed for the record-breaking haze that affected Singapore in 2015, has not provided enough information to the Singapore authorities investigating the fires. APP has been
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