Singapore director Alvin Lee has won an award at China’s Golden Rooster Awards. His work, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, was one of 10 winners for best short film announced on Friday evening. “This is my ...
World Cup fever hits Singapore: Free giant screen football screenings at 70 locations including community clubs
With just a week to the World Cup’s kick-off, Singapore fans have been given many free viewing options, including over 70 locations at community clubs, ActiveSG Sports Centres and Safra clubhouses.
Commentary: With so many green spaces in Singapore, why aren’t youth more interested in nature?
Time spent in nature helps young people develop not only an interest in the natural environment, but also a sense of ownership of their living space, say science educators Tan Aik Ling and Theresa Su.
Answers needed in curious case of FTX’s Singapore entity
Retail users and their assets are not parked under FTX’s Singapore entity, which has received an MAS exemption. Read more at straitstimes.com.
More young people under 20 in Singapore caught taking cannabis; CNB to step up engagement with parents
"Some of them come from very good family backgrounds ... that worries us," said the new chief of the Central Narcotics Bureau.
Singapore parents who abused children may find it harder to claim maintenance later, under proposed changes to law
To prevent the Maintenance of Parents Act from being unfairly used by abusive parents against their children, a workgroup has proposed four changes to ...
Is the Singapore government just uncool?
A few weeks ago — on the eve of Deepavali — my family and I went to Little India for our annual family countdown at the festival bazaar. We were especially ...
I spent a night in Singapore’s worst-rated hotel for $96 to see if it’s really as bad as the reviews say. I was in for a night of surprises.
I found Hotel Calmo Chinatown to be overpriced, but the only thing that really bothered me were the bloodstained sheets.
Singapore reports 1,940 new Covid-19 cases and one new death on Saturday (Nov 12)
Singapore reported 1,940 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 2,138,598. A total of 247 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 12 of them in intensive care units, ...
Leader of Iceland’s ‘ministry of the future’ visits Singapore to boost links
Icelandic Minister for Higher Education, Science and Innovation Aslaug Arna Sigurbjornsdottir, 31, has visited Singapore to pick up lessons to help her lead her country’s economy into the future. Read ...
India, Singapore To Start Inter-Country Money Transfer System
India and Singapore have completed technical preparations to link their fast payment systems UPI and PayNow to enable fund transfers between the ...
Crowdfunding in Singapore raises RM10.11 million needed to buy drug to treat baby with rare genetic disorder
A five-month-old boy facing immobility or even death because of a rare genetic disorder may get a new lease on life after his parents successfully raised the S$3 million (RM10.11 million) needed to ...
Teen boys aged 14 and 17 among 96 suspected drug offenders arrested in Singapore islandwide drug operation
A 17-year-old boy was arrested in South Buona Vista Road on Monday, after officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) found about 371g of cannabis and drug paraphernalia near him.
Singapore is Germany’s gateway to Southeast Asia, says German ambassador
Norbert Riedel, German ambassador to Singapore, says the German government and the European Union have a "clear commitment" to Asia-Pacific, and the "geopolitical center has shifted from the West to ...
In Singapore, teenagers aged 14 and 17 among 96 suspected drug offenders nabbed in islandwide raids
A total of 96 suspected drug offenders were arrested in islandwide raids by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), including teenagers aged 14 and 17 who ...
Singapore’s last giant joss stick makers call it a day
Though there are no competitors, customers are not willing to pay high prices for the joss sticks, which will be burnt eventually. Read more at straitstimes.com.