Arsenal, Everton, Stoke City playing in Singapore this July
Arsenal, Everton, Stoke City and a Singapore Select XI team will compete for the Barclays Asia Trophy in Singapore this July. The seventh edition of the tournament will feature several firsts: Arsenal...
View Article$1k reward for leads behind culprit who shoved object into cat's rectum and...
There is no end to human cruelty. A stray cat was found with a gaping hole in its torso in Ang Mo Kio — someone shoved a unknown hard object into the cat's rectum and through its stomach. Speaking to...
View ArticleWhat's happening at Savour this month
Earlier this year, we announced that Singapore's hottest gourmet fest is coming back to the F1 Pit Building from March 26 — 29. Here's a breakdown of what's happening that yummy long weekend so you can...
View ArticleFormer SAF medic jailed for lending mobile phone to detention barrack...
A former medic in the Singapore Armed Forces was sentenced to jail for 12 weeks for corruption, lending his mobile phone and bringing in snacks for the detainees under his care at an army detention...
View ArticleContemporary art exhibition for children 'Imaginarium' returns at Singapore...
Singapore Art Museum's (SAM) annual contemporary art exhibition for children returns for its fifth edition in Imaginarium: A Voyage of Big Ideas this Saturday. Featuring emerging and established...
View ArticleThousands of One Direction fans flock to National Stadium to chope good spots
Entire classrooms must've been devoid of students today as thousands of One Direction fans flock to the National Stadium early this morning, several hours before the show is scheduled to start tonight...
View ArticleDomestic helper ordered by employer to clean up canal and wipe park's plant...
Though it's entirely out of her job scope, a domestic helper was tasked by her employers with the colossal chore of cleaning an actual public canal at Lorong Chuan as well as — get this — wiping the...
View ArticleOver 50 employees of Clarke Quay establishments lodge reports over unpaid wages
Over 50 people showed up at the Ministry of Manpower building this morning to lodge complaints over unpaid wages — all of whom are employees at several establishments in the Clarke Quay district....
View ArticleToa Payoh, Woodlands and Pasir Ris towns to receive various upgrades
Plans have been announced to revitalise the neighbourhoods of Toa Payoh, Woodlands and Pasir Ris under the Housing and Development Boards (HDB) Remaking Our Heartland programe. According to Senior...
View ArticleChinese national gets 3 months in jail for attempting to bribe police over $2k
Last December, Chinese national Yang Ming Juan was charged in court for trying to bribe four police officers with $2,349 to release her from police custody. She has since pleaded guilty to one count...
View ArticleOver 3.2k cartons of contraband cigarettes seized from lorry at Woodlands...
A container hiding cartons upon cartons of contraband cigarettes were intercepted by officers of the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Tuesday at Woodlands Checkpoint, amounting to...
View ArticleIncrease in satisfaction rates for cab services aided by growth of...
According to the Taxi Customer Satisfaction Survey conducted by the Ministry of Transport, commuters have reported being more satisfied with taxi services over the past year as compared to 2013, though...
View ArticleSingapore fans get upclose with One Direction
Young fans of One Direction (better known as Directioners) skipped remedial classes, CCA meetings and meals too, probably, to cop the best spots in the National Stadium for the English pop group's...
View ArticleMalaysian construction worker jailed three weeks for taking upskirt videos
38-year-old construction worker Cheong Chap Mun has been sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment yesterday for taking an upskirt video of a woman on an MRT station escalator. In June 2012, the...
View ArticleVideo: Harry Styles trips over pink bra at Singapore concert
One woman's passion almost sent One Direction member Harry Styles flying on stage at their first ever Singapore concert yesterday. A fan in the moshpit had tossed a hot pink bra onto the extended...
View ArticleChangi Airport is world's best for third time running
Singapore may have been topping a lot of international charts lately, but its people aren't proud of them all, especially not the one that votes them the most expensive country in the world to live in,...
View ArticleDrugmaker GlaxoSmithKline setting up regional headquarters in Singapore
British pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says it will soon be conducting its Asia operations out of a Singapore office located in One North. According to The Business Times, the company...
View ArticleYeap, 'mysterious wooden crate' in abandoned bunker was a Tiger Beer...
Yeap, we called it. That whole stumbling on a 'mysterious wooden crate' in abandoned bunker has been revealed to be a marketing stunt by Tiger Beer, who must've been disappointed by the lack of genuine...
View ArticleYes please — 10 more hawker centres to be set up over next 12 years
Finally, something different from the usual news of the latest bar/restaurant/cafe openings. If you're a fan of something more hearty, local and doesn't burn a black hole in your wallet, you'll be glad...
View ArticleFrotteur gets six months in jail for rubbing groin against woman's shoulder...
A man suffering from frotteuristic disorder has been sentenced to jailed for six months for rubbing his groin against a woman's shoulder on a bus. What disorder is that? Glad you asked. Frotteurrism...
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