SINGAPORE – The Braddell Flyover officially opened on Sunday morning – more than four years and two delays after construction first started. Motorists who frequent the route hope that the new flyover will ease the
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13 arrested for gang-related activities at funeral
SINGAPORE: Thirteen suspects, aged between 16 and 49, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in gang-related activities, the police said in a media release on Saturday (Jun 10). Police said that on Jun 4,
Read moreFootball: Lionel Messi arrives in Singapore with Argentina squad, won’t feature in friendly
About 10 fans waited outside the private terminal at Changi Airport on Saturday – some of them had camped out for seven hours – hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite players as
Read moreThe ‘demand and supply’ fuelling Singapore’s premium foreign sex industry
Unlike the streetwalkers openly prowling red-light districts, these women operate under a shroud of secrecy and discretion – yet are a ubiquitous presence online. SINGAPORE: Her website, with its own personal domain name, is particularly
Read moreS’pore drops out of top 20 list of world’s most expensive cities for expats
The weakening Singapore dollar has made the city-state less expensive for expatriates. Singapore has fallen out of the top 20 list of the most expensive cities in the world, moving six notches down from
Read moreMalaysia tourism tax to be enforced from July, not August: Minister
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will begin imposing its tourism tax from July and not August as reported earlier, according to Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz on Thursday (Jun 8). An earlier announcement on
Read moreMan jailed for trying to pass driving test with S$200 bribe
SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old man was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Thursday (Jun 8) for attempting to bribe his way through his driving test. Yang Qiang, a Chinese national, tried to give S$200 to his driving
Read moreMastermind behind largest fake casino chip scam jailed
His ruse caused a loss of $1.3m for Marina Bay Sands casino The mastermind behind Singapore’s largest counterfeit casino chip scam had breezed through Marina Bay Sands (MBS) with $1,000 chips that looked so real,
Read moreResale volume of Housing Board flats up 8.1% in May, prices down 0.1%: SRX
SINGAPORE – Resale volume for Housing Board flats went up by 8.1 per cent in May, property data portal SRX said in a flash report on Thursday (June 8). According to resale data it compiled,
Read moreAustralian PM says Melbourne siege ‘a terrorist attack’
Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday police were treating a deadly siege in the southern city of Melbourne as an “act of terrorism” after a claim by the
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