Teen given probation over attack on boy while they were residents in youth home
SINGAPORE – A teenager, his twin brother and two other offenders ganged up on a 14-year-old boy while they were residents in a youth home and rained blows on him […]
Mandatory treatment order for ex-condo building manager who stole from residents’ homes
SINGAPORE – A former Scotts Square condominium building manager was on Tuesday (Nov 9) ordered to undergo mandatory treatment order for 18 months, after he used an access card to […]
Qantas sees return to 100% of pre-pandemic domestic capacity by January
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Qantas Airways expects to get back to flying 100 per cent of its pre-pandemic domestic capacity by January as Australian state borders open up due to surging […]
Building manager of posh Scotts Road condo used access card to steal $100k in cash and items from residents
SINGAPORE – Using an access card he created for units at the Scotts Square condominium, a building manager entered residents’ homes and stole $28,000 in cash and three Hermes handbags […]
Most of MWS Christalite Methodist Home Covid-19 cases either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms
SINGAPORE – The residents at Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) Christalite Methodist Home, who tested positive for Covid-19, are recovering at hospitals and community care facilities. Its spokesman told The Straits […]
PM Lee and residents set new jigsaw puzzle record
SINGAPORE – Some Covid-19 restrictions may not have been lifted, but that did not stop the residents of Ang Mo Kio-Hougang ward from completing a mega jigsaw puzzle, with safe […]
PUB to raise 450m stretch of flood-prone Dunearn Road to reduce risk of flash floods
SINGAPORE – National water agency PUB will be raising a 450m stretch of Dunearn Road, where flash floods have occurred three times this year, to reduce the risk of such […]
New-age condos with ‘spiritual’ services
(NYTIMES) – The Jardine apartments in Los Angeles have all the trappings of modern luxury living: touchless lifts, a rooftop gym and a pool with private cabanas. And then there’s […]
Covid-19 swabbing exercise begins for residents in Tiong Bahru’s Eng Watt Street
SINGAPORE – Residents from a block of flats in Tiong Bahru trickled slowly into a pavilion for mandatory Covid-19 swab tests on Saturday morning (June 26). This comes after 13 […]
HSBC, StanChart eye $624 million fee windfall on new China investment link
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Global banks including HSBC Holdings and Standard Chartered are ramping up hiring to tap into China’s latest market opening – a new investment link with Hong […]
Residents of Block 559 in Pasir Ris go for swab test after 4 Covid-19 patients detected there
SINGAPORE – All 243 residents of a Housing Board block in Pasir Ris have been asked to undergo a swab test after four Covid-19 cases were detected in two different […]
Spreading festive cheer to needy families in North West District with carepacks of food, essentials
SINGAPORE – At the age of 37, Madam Nurseriwaty Rahim is a caregiver to six: Her four pre-teen children, one of whom has special needs; her 63-year-old mother, who recently had […]
Singaporeans least worried about getting Covid-19 in South-east Asia, but less confident of job security: Survey
SINGAPORE – While residents of Singapore are the least worried about contracting Covid-19 compared to people from five other South-east Asian countries, they are also the most pessimistic about an […]