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‘Always,’ ‘Riverstone’ Win Top Prizes at Singapore Film Festival
Chen Deming's 'Always' claimed the top prize at the Singapore International Film Festival's Silver Screen Awards, taking home best Asian feature film.
Soh Rui Yong completes “Double-Up” challenge at Standard Chartered Marathon 2025
The 34-year-old claimed his sixth consecutive national marathon crown, just a day after winning the half-marathon national title. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s independence ‘hardly foreordained’: Albatross File shows separation from Malaysia suggested by Goh Keng Swee, says SM Lee
The Albatross File — created, named and kept by Singapore's first Defence Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee — sheds new and never before published insights on the story of Singapore's separation from Malaysia ...
New book sheds light on Singapore’s secret negotiations for independence
Dr Goh Keng Swee proposed a separation, even as Mr Lee Kuan Yew preferred a looser federation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s independence was not inevitable; key leaders on both sides pushed for separation: SM Lee
Racial tensions and political pressure led to Separation, and the Albatross File kept by Dr Goh Keng Swee revealed his push for a clean break. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.
Singapore High Commissioner to India misses staffer’s wedding amid IndiGo flight chaos, attends virtually instead
Singapore's high commissioner to India Simon Wong was forced to attend a staff member's wedding virtually, amid mass cancellations by India flight carrier IndiGo in the country.Posting on X on Dec 5, ...
Strong competition from non-bank players in mainland market forces banks to improve continuously, consulting firm Sia says
Strong competition from non-bank players in mainland market forces banks to improve continuously, consulting firm Sia says.
Elderly woman yelled at pregnant DBS employee protecting her savings from a scam
SINGAPORE - Less than two weeks before she gave birth, Fionice Teoh, a DBS assistant service manager at the bank's Century Square branch, served a woman in her 70s who looked agitated.She had gone ...
Elderly woman in Singapore yelled at pregnant DBS employee protecting her savings from a scam
SINGAPORE: Less than two weeks before she gave birth, Fionice Teoh, a DBS assistant service manager at the bank's Century Square branch, served a woman in her 70s who looked agitated.
Football: Singapore beaten 3-1 by Timor-Leste, putting Young Lions on brink of SEA Games elimination
BANGKOK: Singapore's Young Lions are on the brink of Southeast Asian (SEA) Games elimination after a 1-3 humbling at the hands of Timor-Leste on Saturday (Dec 6). A first-half Vabio Canavaro double ...
Amid rising health concerns, should Singapore limit or ban ultra-processed foods?
Ultra-processed foods are entrenched in Singaporeans' busy routines and the country's import-reliant food ecosystem. But as global debate heats up over their health risks, experts say the case for ...
Mobile resellers face cost hikes as telco consolidation cuts bargaining power
With the Simba-M1 merger, MVNOs could lose bargaining power and thus may have to tie up or exit Read more at The Business Times.
Sale of S$50mil Singapore building linked to Cambodian scam tycoon removed three days after listing
SINGAPORE: The sale of a 32,000 sqft commercial building in the crosshairs of an ongoing money laundering probe in Singapore and the United States has been taken down just three days after it was ... ( read original story ...)
Runner collapses at 15km mark of Standard Chartered Half Marathon, other participants seen giving 1st aid
A runner collapsed at the Standard Chartered Half Marathon, which was held on Dec. 6, 2025. According to a Mothership reader, he had seen the collapsed runner at about 6:40am at the 15km mark of the ...
Singapore retail sales rose 4.5% in October
Ten out of 14 major categories recorded year-on-year increases for the month. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.