Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day National Service (NS) was introduced in post-independence Singapore. On March 14, 1967, Parliament passed the National Service (Amendment) Bill after ...

SINGAPORE — Caterer Chilli Api, which was ordered to suspend operations on March 14 after more than 100 people fell ill having eaten its food, was on Friday (April 30) allowed to resume its ...

SINGAPORE — A 30-year-old man was sentenced to three months’ jail and a fine of S$10,000 on Wednesday (March 10) for intentionally lying about his sexual history with other men before donating ...

Singapore’s next generation of political leaders have much on their mind, not least the need to pick the next Prime Minister from amongst themselves. Each time the baton was passed in Singapore ...

SINGAPORE — A coroner’s court heard on Wednesday (March 9) that wires fusing together in a three-pin plug used to power a water heater was the main factor behind the deaths of an 80-year-old ...

HDB and MND will increase the Fresh Start Housing Grant from S$35,000 to S$50,000 The scheme subsidises the purchase of owned flats for second-timer rental flat households with young children ...

SINGAPORE — A co-conspirator who played a key role in a fraud to cheat the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) of over S$11.8 million through the now-defunct Productivity and Innovation ...

SINGAPORE — In a bid to improve the safety of transporting construction workers, the Government will require all lorries with a laden weight of more than 3,500kg to ...

Screengrab from Twitter user @foreveryour1910 A video purportedly showing the slashing incident at ITE College West has since surfaced online. In the 26-second video uploaded to YouTube, two men ...

SINGAPORE — As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8), the famous doll Barbie also marked its 60th anniversary. To commemorate its diamond jubilee here, Mattel, the ...

SINGAPORE — All senior-centric activities conducted by government agencies will be suspended for 14 days from Wednesday (March 11), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. In a statement on Tuesday ...

Dr Lui Weng Sun, 48, was cleared of molesting a female patient in November 2017 District Judge Jasvender Kaur found several aspects of her evidence to be inconsistent with what she told police ...