SINGAPORE: Joey Lim takes a Grab ride “99 per cent of the time” when she leaves home. She checks out new restaurants and bars every week or fortnight with friends, and they spend about S$100 per person each time. To keep fit, she has a personal trainer and goes to Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Ms Lydia Yee is not worried about the prospect of having to pay for disposable carrier bags from supermarkets come Jul 3. The 43-year-old already brings reusable bags when shopping – for years, she has been reusing packaging material in ways that minimise the need for carrier bags to Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Defending champions Fiji suffered a surprising setback against near-neighbours Samoa at the Singapore Rugby Sevens on Saturday (Apr 8), while series leaders New Zealand asserted their class with wins against Australia and South Africa in the pools. Fiji had won the last 15 matches against their fellow Pacific islanders, Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s preparations for its political leadership transition are being done “as well as they can”, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam. He also noted that what sets Singapore’s leaders apart from their counterparts in many other countries is the “degree of training” they go through before moving up Continue Reading
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Advertisement Singapore The increase in ERP rates affects earlier time belts at several expressway gantries. An ERP gantry on the Southbound CTE before Braddell Road. (Screengrab: Google Maps) 28 Mar 2023 05:41PM (Updated: 28 Mar 2023 05:45PM) SINGAPORE: Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates will go up by S$1 at seven Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A man was sentenced to two years’ jail on Tuesday (Mar 28) for having more than 15,000 photos and videos depicting child pornography. Ansari Abdul Amin, a 36-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child abuse material. The court heard that Ansari began watching pornographic material using the Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Public Service Division (PSD) on Monday (Mar 27) announced a host of leadership changes at several ministries and key statutory boards. Mr Png Cheong Boon, the current chief executive officer of Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), has been appointed as the new chairman of the Economic Development Board (EDB). Taking over at Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Guangzhou on Monday (Mar 27) at the start of his first trip to China in more than three years. Landing in Guangzhou at 12.19pm, Mr Lee was greeted by Chinese officials, including Guangdong Vice Governor Zhang Xin and the People’s Republic of Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The current increase in COVID-19 cases in Singapore is not causing a strain on healthcare capacity, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Mar 27) in response to CNA’s queries. New infection waves are expected to occur periodically and MOH said it will continue to closely monitor the local situation Continue Reading
