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View ArticleVideo: Man saves couple from burning car minutes before it explodes
A hero was 'born' yesterday afternoon on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) and someone captured it on video. A Mr. Lim had been driving towards the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) when he saw a collision...
View ArticleSingapore Airlines cancels 19 Bangkok flights over protests
Singapore Airlines will cancel 19 flights Singapore-Bangkok over the next few weeks because of lower demand to visit the Kingdom over fear of political protests.Singapore Airlines, which flies five...
View ArticleNUS startup BigSpoon wants to put an end to impersonal restaurant service
When we visit a popular or busy restaurant, often times we encounter scrambling waiters who are too busy to attend to us. It affects our dining experience; we sometimes feel frustrated trying to get...
View ArticleMalaysia's raunchiest couple Alvivi split up
Malaysian sex blogger couple Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee, better known as Alvivi, have split up. A post written Jan. 1 on their Facebook page reads, "Alvivi is going to split soon. Thanks for following...
View ArticleTrickeye Museum opening at Resorts World Sentosa this year
It's going to be an exciting year for Resorts World Sentosa. Shortly after revealing the opening of Singapore's very own Madame Tussauds wax museum, the integrated resort has announced Seoul's optical...
View ArticleClearing the Air: Nee Soon launches first community-led smoke-free zone
We're starting to look a lot more like Japan, folks, and in a good way. On Jan. 5, Nee Soon launched its first community-led smoke-free zone, which has six Designated Smoking Points (DSP), each made up...
View ArticleMinister of Finance will deliver Budget Statement 2014 on Feb. 21
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced yesterday (Jan. 5) that Singapore's Budget Statement for 2014 will be delivered on Feb. 21 by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Mr. Tharman...
View ArticleSingapore's Aspial Corp purchases 46.5 million Melbourne property
Singapore-based jewellery group Aspial Corporation has purchased a piece of commercial property in the Central Business District of Melbourne, Australia for AUD41.5 million (SGD46.5 million). The...
View ArticleSQ317 makes emergency landing in Azerbaijan capital
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight was said to have made an emergency landing today (Jan. 6) in Muslim-majority country Azerbaijan due to faulty cabin pressure.SQ317 was making its way to Singapore from...
View ArticleSingapore match-fixing syndicate tried to involve J. League football club
An international investigator working for the FIFA world soccer federation has revealed that a Singaporean crime syndicate tried to bring a J. League football club into a global match-fixing scam, but...
View ArticleVanness Wu holds wedding banquet in Singapore
Taiwanese actor and member of superstar group F4 Vanness Wu, held a wedding banquet in Singapore on Jan. 5. Celebrities Jerry Yan, Jaycee Chan and Wang Lee Hom were amongst those that attended the...
View ArticleWorking It Out: Foreign workers enjoy weekend yoga lessons
Non-profit organisation Art of Living Centre, has been conducting free stress relief workshops to foreign workers.Said facilitator Karuna Malhotra, foreign worker dormitories across Singapore have been...
View ArticleCecilia Cheung and her two sons now live in Singapore
In an exclusive interview with local media, Hong Kong star Cecilia Cheung confirmed that she has indeed relocated to Singapore with her two songs, who will attend school here late this month. The...
View ArticleLocal label Depression caught up in Urban Outfitters furore
Founders of local label Depression Andrew Low and Kenny Lim are in a bit of a tizzy.The Urban Outfitters online shop, where one of their offerings — a crop top with the word "depression" printed all...
View ArticleCauseway derby may open Singapore's spanking new National Stadium
A Singapore-Malaysia match may well be the first major event at the new 55,000-seater National Stadium when it opens in May.On Jan. 6, the Football Association of Singapore (FAM) reportedly revealed to...
View ArticleMediacorp: We could subtitle, but we'd lose spontaneity
A lot has been said about Mediacorp's Celebrate TV50 Countdown show, most of which has been negative and touching on how the programme was Chinese and Mandarin-dominated. The gist of the feedback is...
View ArticleTiong Bahru's cooler now, but it's still not 'your grandfather's road'
Tiong Bahru residents, unhappy with cases of illegal parking in the area, have launched the 'Is this your grandfather's road?' campaign, which involves disseminating information about alternative...
View ArticleVideo: Everything looks better in slow motion... but only if a girl does it
Here's another one of those fun videos that don't mean much, but can pack a good laugh, or at least help you get that much closer to the weekend without gagging yourself. According to the peeps from...
View Article'The Messiah' rejects court's offer to proceed on half his drug charges
'The Messiah', or 35-year-old James Raj Arokiasamy, has rejected the prosecution's offer to proceed on two of four drug consumption charges made against him.The other two charges would be taken into...
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