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CID hauls $600,000 worth of counterfeit phones and accessories in Little...
Ever wondered why all those mobile phones, cables, cases and other accessories sell so cheap in Little India? It's because they're obviously fake, mate. Officers from the Criminal Investigation...
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Singtel, Warner Bros and Sony Pictures team up to launch Netflix-like...
In the wake of increasingly popular over-the-top (OTT) content services such as Netflix, Amazon Instant Video and Hulu, Singtel has announced a partnership with Sony Pictures Television and Warner...
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Yuan Ching deaths: Man hinted on Facebook he'd kill wife
37-year-old Ken Ong, who died this morning at the National University Hospital (NUH) following an altercation with his wife in a Park View Mansions apartment, may have revealed his deadly intentions on...
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Safuwan on bench as Melbourne City beat Western Sydney
Safuwan Baharudin was an unused substitute as Melbourne City emerged with a 2-1 victory over the Western Sydney Wanderers. It was the club’s first game since the defender’s arrival on a three-month...
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Two foreign workers found dead in Geylang Hotel
The infamous stretch of lorongs situated in Geylang are frequent hosts to dubious activity and yesterday was no different — two foreign nationals were found dead in a room in Hotel 81 Palace. In what...
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Singapore woman asks PM Lee for equal treatment for unmarried mothers
Singaporean Carolyn Teo's letter to Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong, which was posted to Facebook over the weekend, has gone viral with close to 900 shares and about 1,800 Likes. In the letter,...
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Singapore launches universal healthcare insurance, move seen as boosting...
Photo: An elderly man cleans the pavement using a portable battery operated machine in the financial district in Singapore on April 30, 2014; AFP / Rahman Roslan Singapore's parliament has enacted a...
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56 months' imprisonment for The Messiah hacker
For his crimes of computer misuse — targeting servers of more than seven organisations — and drug consumption, infamous hacker James Raj Arokiasamy aka The Messiah has been sentenced to 56 months in...
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Cool Beans: Chinatown Food Street open till late during festive season
Supper hunters in Singapore — bookmark this delicious piece of news. The recently revamped Chinatown Food Street is extending its operating hours from now through March 31 for Chinese New Year. 24...
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Google launches Cyber Monday-style sale in Singapore
Google's first ever Cyber Monday-style sale in Singapore, the Google Online Shopping Festival (GOSF) launched this morning at midnight, and wil happen through Feb. 4. That's three full days of...
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Couple found dead at Chin Swee block, bears uncanny resemblance to '04 triple...
In an eerie case of deja vu, a couple jumped to their deaths at a block in Chinatown, their bodies landing close to the same spot where a mother and her two daughters died after falling from the 25th...
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Johor cuts down on fish exports to Singapore to prepare for Chinese New Year...
Folks here better stock up on their fish soon — the state of Johor Bahru will be restricting the export of five types of fish in view of the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations, and Singapore will...
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Tan Kin Lian criticised for insensitive Facebook post
Ex-presidential elect Tan Kin Lian is in yet another social media scandal. Screenshots of his photo of Indian passengers on a bus yesterday have been circulating, although the original post on...
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LTA wants to make sure Singaporeans will never be unreachable ever again
If you’ve ever attempted to board the MRT during the peak hour, you’ll know how much of a nightmare it can be. I’m not exactly complaining — I’ve experienced worse traffic in other countries, after...
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8 (not so) stupid questions about the new alcohol ban in Singapore
We’d like to think that Singaporeans are capable of behaving responsibly without being ordered around like badly behaved children, so we’re not particularly excited about the Liquor Control (Supply and...
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23-year-old man arrested after three-hour attempted suicide standoff
A troubled young man was the centre of commotion at Yishun last Saturday when he perched dangerously on a 13th storey ledge for three hours, threatening to jump as as onlookers gathered in the...
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Singapore Polytechnic students build air cannon capable of shooting...
Mechanical engineering students from Singapore Polytechnic (SP) built the appropriately named BAD — the Ballistic Accelerator Device — capable of tearing holes into ping pong bats with ping pong balls....
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Getai Electronica: A mini music festival on the People's Park Complex rooftop
Gaze upon the picturesque cityscape of Chinatown as live music by local talents waft across the rooftop of People's Park Complex this Saturday in the inaugural launch of Getai Electronica. In a...
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Littering-related summonses double to 19,000 in 2014
Littering is increasingly becoming a foul issue among the authorities that be, especially since both Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chock Tong came out on Facebook to...
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Scoot welcomes first of many Boeing 787s in Changi Airport
Budget airline operator Scoot has reason to celebrate today; their very first Boeing 787-9 touched down in Changi Airport this morning at 9.33am, fresh from Boeing's factory in Everett. The 40 guests...
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