Will Covid-19 drugs be less effective against the Omicron variant?
SINGAPORE – As the highly mutated Omicron coronavirus variant surfaces in more places around the world, there is concern that it will evade a class of drugs – known as […]
Integrated community hub One Punggol to open from mid-2022, 700-seat hawker centre among facilities
SINGAPORE – One-stop community hub One Punggol, which features everything from a library and a 700-seat hawker centre to childcare and senior care centres, will open in stages from the middle […]
Retail takes off at airport terminals and Jewel amid looming headwinds
SINGAPORE – Shops at the airport terminals and those at Jewel Changi Airport mall are starting to see some signs of life again, bolstered by the easing of social restrictions and […]
3 key areas Raeesah Khan’s testimony differs from Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh’s account
SINGAPORE – Further questions have been raised about the incident involving former Sengkang GRC MP Raeesah Khan lying in Parliament, after she and other Workers’ Party members gave evidence to a […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Dec 4
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, Dec 4, 2021. WP leaders told Raeesah Khan to stick to the lie she had told Parliament: Committee of Privileges […]
Consumers more likely to fall victim to phishing SMSes, says expert
SINGAPORE – The gross merchandise value in Singapore’s e-commerce sector is projected to increase by 45 per cent from $6.7 billion last year to $9.7 billion this year, according to […]
S’pore-made Acumen Diagnostics’ PCR kits able to detect both Omicron, Delta variants
SINGAPORE – The battle to fend off the new Omicron coronavirus variant has got a boost from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits developed by home-grown medical technology firm Acumen Diagnostics. […]
Man jailed 13 weeks for uploading on Facebook a photo of his wife having sex with her supervisor
SINGAPORE – A 27-year-old man who posted a photo on Facebook of his wife having sex with her work supervisor, calling the supervisor a “homewrecker” in his caption, was sentenced […]
1,534 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes found on Indonesia-registered tugboat
SINGAPORE – Few people would have given a green cabinet in the corner of a room in a tugboat even a glance. But it did not escape the scrutiny of […]
Watch search-and-rescue missions from home as RSAF open house goes fully virtual for first time
SINGAPORE – The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) open house is going fully online this year for the first time. People can now watch search-and-rescue missions and examine aircraft […]
Sale of standard tickets at MRT stations to end by March 2022
SINGAPORE – Sale of standard tickets – limited use paper tickets – at MRT stations will be progressively phased out between January and March 2022. This comes as most commuters […]
Teen who was out on bail slashed ITE schoolmate on campus
SINGAPORE – An Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College East student was out on bail for offences including cheating by personation when he used a bread knife to slash a […]
No by-election in Sengkang after Raeesah Khan’s exit, 3 remaining MPs will stay on: Sylvia Lim
SINGAPORE – There will be no by-election in Sengkang GRC following the resignation of Ms Raeesah Khan, said Workers’ Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim on Thursday (Dec 2). Ms Khan’s […]
WP leaders told by Raeesah Khan in August she had lied, decided to give her time to deal with matter: Pritam Singh
SINGAPORE – Leaders of the Workers’ Party (WP) were told by their MP Raeesah Khan that she had lied in Parliament, about a week after she made false statements about […]
Seniors and the poor most likely to feel uneasy about Singapore’s Covid-19 reopening: IPS study
SINGAPORE – The poor and the elderly in Singapore were most likely to feel uneasy about the country’s decision to live with Covid-19, new research from the Institute of Policy Studies […]
Teen who allegedly confessed in video to sexual assault to be remanded for psychiatric observation
SINGAPORE – A teenager who allegedly confessed in a video to sexually assaulting a girl will be remanded for psychiatric observation at the Changi Prison Complex Medical Centre. The 18-year-old, […]
Jail term more than doubled for fake sugar daddy agent who duped women into having sex with him
SINGAPORE – A man who appealed against his sentence for duping at least 11 women into having sex with him had his jail term more than doubled, from 31/2 years […]
Fresh graduate jailed 4 weeks for taking upskirt video, can’t recall number of victims
SINGAPORE – He has taken so many upskirt videos of women that he does not know his exact number of victims. In his latest attempt, Euan Liew Sheng Qi, 26, […]
Warrant of arrest issued against elderly man accused of assaulting bus driver
SINGAPORE – An elderly man accused of assaulting a bus driver last month had a warrant of arrest issued against him after he failed to turn up in a district […]
7 men arrested for suspected illegal gambling; 49 people under investigation
SINGAPORE – Seven men, aged between 37 and 53, were arrested for their suspected involvement in illegal gambling activities in three police operations in October and November. Another 45 men and […]