Yet another local agency cries foul over 'idea recycling'
Last week, branding agency Relay Room complained that W Singapore Sentosa Cove had ripped off their red packet design for the Lunar New Year. After a mini outburst on their Facebook page, co-founder...
View ArticleKorn and Rob Zombie performing at first Singapore Rock Festival in March
Alter Bridge, Black Veil Brides, Five Finger Death Punch, Newsted will join Korn and Rob Zombie at the first ever Singapore Rock Festival happening Mar. 5 — 6, 6:30pm at Fort Canning Park. According to...
View ArticleVideo: Woman blocks carpark gantry for over an hour because of problems with...
Looks like there are people amongst us who're zealous about their New Year resolutions. This woman, for example, is clearly intent on saving every last cent she's got, even if it means starting a big...
View ArticleGood Beer purveyor Daniel Goh calls out 'archaic' hawker licensing rule,...
Daniel Goh, founder of favourite hawker stall The Good Beer Company, wrote in a Facebook post on Jan. 10 calling out the National Environment Agency's hawker licensing rules, one of which he called...
View Articleplan activities and book vacations during office hours play hooky at work to...
A survey done by Hotels.com on 160 Singaporeans reveals that about 70 percent of Singaporeans plan social activities and book their holiday trips under the pretense of work in their office.One-third of...
View ArticleBodies of Marina Bay Suites security officers charred from fire
Marina Bay Suites, a luxury condominium at 3 Central Boulevard, experienced a fatal fire on the evening of Jan. 13. Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived at the scene shortly after a...
View ArticleGallery: You will not believe the amount of candy that went into this...
On Jan. 11, TripleOne Somerset unveiled a one-of-a-kind art showcase to ring in the Year of the Horse. On display were four paintings, as well as a life-like sculpture of a horse, but these were not...
View ArticleEdipresse Singapore announces shutdown of Appetite magazine
Publishing house Edipresse Singapore announced yesterday that one of their offerings Appetite magazine is no longer. In their Facebook post, the company explained revenue made from the food magazine...
View ArticleSingapore agency launches Disposable China Collection at Goods of Desire
Singapore agency The Local enters the world of lifestyle retail this week with the quirky Disposable China Collection.Available while stocks last at Goods of Desire, the collection consists of cups...
View ArticleSteady introduction of programming classes to boost economy starting this year
Students will soon be able to learn how to code as programming classes are progressively introduced in public schools within the next few months.The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)...
View ArticlePrice for LionsXII season tickets reduced to encourage fans
The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced today that season tickets for LionsXII home games will be sold at lower prices for the upcoming Malaysian Super League (MSL).According to Channel...
View ArticleDengue goes around the body's immune system, local researchers say
A discovery by local researchers from Duke National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School may potentially aid the creation of an effective vaccine against dengue.According to the...
View ArticleBishan HDB flat sold for record $1.05 million
A HDB executive maisonette in Bishan Street 13 was sold for a record S$1.05 million in December with cash-over-valuation of S$250,000, according to market data.Located on the 20th floor of Block 190,...
View ArticleSingapore responds to Forbes''Iceland prediction'
Singapore's central bank has refuted suggestions in a prestigious US magazine that the affluent city-state faces a risky credit bubble linked to high property prices.A statement issued late Tuesday by...
View ArticleSingapore to buy upgrade for its F-16 fighter jets
Singapore is ready to invest USD2.43 billion to modernise its F-16 fighter jets in an arms deal with the United States, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.The Defense Department informed Congress of the...
View ArticleSingapore's stern response to New York Times editorial about 'angry migrant...
On Jan. 14, the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) issued a strongly-worded statement on the editorial titled "Singapore's angry migrant workers", which was published on the New York...
View ArticleWong Fu boys back in Singapore this February as part of Habitat for Humanity...
Superstar short film production house Wong Fu from Los Angeles will be back in Singapore on Feb. 11 for a live Q&A plus meet-and-greet session before they head off to Kuching, Sarawak to take part...
View ArticlePussy Riot in Singapore from Jan. 16 for Prudential Eye Awards
Two Pussy Riot punk rockers recently freed from jail will this week travel to Singapore where their controversial anti-Putin video has been shortlisted for an award, the husband of one of them said on...
View ArticleNEA: Outdated hawker licensing rule applied to 'zi char' stalls of the past
The National Environment Agency (NEA) explained that the 'archaic' rule referred to by The Good Beer Company founder Daniel Goh and whose removal was ordered by Environment and Water Resources Minister...
View ArticleSingapore to Increase Penalties for Animal Abuse
Singapore will impose stiffer penalties for animal abuse, Law Minister K Shanmugam said Tuesday, following a recent spate of high-profile cases including the poisoning of stray dogs and attacks on...
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