Hours-long factory fire at Joo Koon leaves 1 SCDF personnel in hospital for...
Proving that the rowdy numbskulls in that viral videoclip are just a minority in the vocation, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) proved to be total selfless heroes yesterday morning when a...
View Article89 Singapore residents evacuated from Nepal arrived home today; 10 still...
As officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Armed Forces join the multi-national relief efforts assisting in earthquake-torn Nepal, 89 Singaporeans...
View ArticleCop fined $4k for misusing police system to dig out details of former mistress
A cop's sordid past came back to bite him after his former mistress started disrupting the life of his wife, driving him to abuse his authority as a senior officer to access a police database system in...
View ArticleCatch Star Wars: A New Hope in all its big-screen glory at The Projector on...
Not content with just the two-day Star Wars convention that's happening at Suntec City this weekend? Be one with the Force once again on Intergalactic Star Wars Day on May 4 and catch George Lucas's...
View ArticleY'all, Boat Quay promenade to get pimped out
Not that you're starting to look your age, Boat Quay, but you could benefit from a $5-million makeover. The Urban Redevelopment Authority has announced plans to create three new outdoor area...
View ArticleHusband in roach-ridden Eunos flat has been unable to stop his wife from...
The neighbours residing next to the roach-infested unit belonging to an elderly couple may be utterly frustrated over their unhygienic living conditions (re: viral video clip of them stomping out a...
View ArticleJapanese all-girl alternative rock band Tricot returning for Singapore show...
Japanese all-girl alternative rock band Tricot caused a righteous ruckus the last time they were here, when they played at the former Home Club last year to a fully packed crowd, who somehow knew the...
View ArticleSingaporean climbing team cancels 5-year long mission to conquer Everest...
A mission to conquer Mount Everest to represent Singapore has been cancelled following the deadly earthquake that struck Nepal last week. Three members of the Aluminaid Team Singapura 2015 who had...
View Article16 more charges dispensed to the first man charged under new human...
The first man to ever be charged under the new Prevention of Human Trafficking Act is in even deeper trouble now, with 16 new charges meted upon him in court today. 24-year-old Muhammad Khairulanwar...
View ArticleDuke-NUS study may have stumbled upon a way to regain calorie-burning fat!
If there's such a thing as good cholesterol, there's also 'good' brown fat that helps increase metabolism and burn calories. The problem is that as babies we have lots of this brown fat — an adipose...
View Article6 hours of non-stop trance music at Altimate tomorrow with Mental Asylum...
Trance-focused music label Mental Asylum Records will be taking their darker, twisted take on high-tempo dance music to our shores at Singapore's highest ultra-lounge Altimate. When they mean mental,...
View Article5 best midnight munchies for $10-and-under
We’ve all been there. Maybe we’ve stayed late at the office, or we’re fresh off a night on the town. Either way we’re tired and want something good to eat. But it can be tough to find restaurants open...
View ArticleThe government will not allow redevelopment of LKY's house to diminish...
Plans are already being laid out for the Oxley Road house of Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, of which the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the National Heritage Board have assured...
View ArticleSingaporeans are fitness tracker fanatics — nearly 19,000 units sold in 6 months
We all know our fitness trackers fairly well. From Fitbit to Garmin, it’s increasingly common to see Singaporeans walking around with a device hanging from their jean loops or on their wrists in bright...
View ArticleDevil Child: 14-year-old rapist, molester, housebreaker and thief to be tried...
A seriously disturbed 14-year-old boy will be facing court and tried as an adult over his multiple criminal offences which included snatch theft, housebreaking, and even rape. As the youngest person...
View ArticleFormer criminal monk who misappropriated hospital funds donates kidney to...
Has this former criminal monk redeemed himself? The Venerable Ming Yi — who was sentenced to jail in 2010 following a high-profile case — recently donated his kidney to stranger in need. According to...
View Article3-year-old boy miraculously survives fall from sixth storey flat in Queenstown
In an incident that is both horrifying and remarkable, a three-year-old toddler has miraculously survived a fall from a sixth floor flat in Queenstown. The boy was at home with his maternal...
View ArticleMan behind series of online shopping scams costing over $30,000 arrested
Too bad he can't hit the escape button. A 30-year-old man believed to have scammed victims ordering limited-edition watches and toy figurines online has been arrested by the Singapore Police Force...
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