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Full-day bus lane hours to be extended from March 21
SINGAPORE - To speed up bus commuting, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is making full-day bus lanes out of bounds to motorists until 11pm, starting March 21. Distinguished by red solid lane...
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Gangs using social media to recruit members
SINGAPORE - They post photos of "brothers" covered in tattoos on social media to pique curiosity. Some send private messages on social media platforms to recruit members. Accounts of how gangs are...
View Article‘President must be voice of the people’
An Elected President has to be the "voice of the people" to some extent and speak on their behalf when things are not right, presidential hopeful Tan Cheng Bock said. Nevertheless, he reiterated that...
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Man who suffocated Vietnamese girlfriend to death sentenced to 9 1/2 years’...
SINGAPORE - A man who suffocated his Vietnamese girlfriend to death after a drug-fuelled argument, was sentenced to nine and a half years' jail and three strokes of the cane on Monday (March 14)....
View ArticleMan accused of raping minor attempts suicide
SINGAPORE - He allegedly touched his son's ex-girlfriend inappropriately and raped her when she was just 11. And over the next one and a half years, the 45-year-old man is said to have continued...
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WP will not contest Bukit Batok by-election, cites SDP’s plans there
SINGAPORE - The Workers' Party (WP) will not send a candidate for what is shaping up to be a multi-cornered fight in the Bukit Batok Single-Member Constituency by-election. The party's chairman Sylvia...
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Man who punched taxi driver jailed three months
SINGAPORE - After having a few drinks and getting into an argument with his girlfriend, a young man threw punches on a defenceless taxi driver. On Tuesday (March 15), William Ng, 27, was sentenced to...
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Blogger Roy Ngerng pays S$30,000 in damage assessment costs over defamation
SINGAPORE – Blogger Roy Ngerng has paid up the costs for the hearings to assess damages he owes for defaming Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Lee's press secretary Chang Li Lin confirmed that Mr...
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15 months’ jail for man who molested five-year-old
SINGAPORE - A district judge sentenced a middle-aged man with mild intellectual disability to 15 months' jail on Thursday (March 17) for molesting a five-year-old girl, noting that this is the youngest...
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Questions remain over how proposed e-scooter, bicycle laws will be enforced
SINGAPORE - While cyclists and those with personal mobility devices (PMDs) have welcomed the Activity Mobility Advisory Panel's proposed new regulations for the safe sharing of paths, pedestrians are...
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Mentally ill mother jailed five years over son’s death
SINGAPORE - A mentally unsound mother who pushed her 7 year-old son off their flat in Tampines was sentenced to five years' jail by the High Court this morning (March 18). The woman, who cannot be...
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Allow bicycles and e-scooters on footpaths, says panel, but within limits
SINGAPORE - Recommending a change in the rules to allow bicycles on footpaths, a panel looking into the proposed rules and code of conduct for non-motorist road users has set in place safeguards...
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Amos Yee files appeal against conviction and sentence
SINGAPORE - Teenage blogger Amos Yee, who received a four-week jail term earlier this month for posting an obscene image online and posting content intended to hurt the religious feelings of...
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CHC appeal will be heard in High Court in September
SINGAPORE - A five-day hearing in September this year has been scheduled in the High Court for the six former City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders who filed an appeal against their conviction and...
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Many other paths to success, say youths in SGFuture dialogue
SINGAPORE - The SkillsFuture movement is a good start to helping Singaporeans empower themselves with the necessary skills, but youths at a SGFuture engagement session on Sunday (March 6) felt that...
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Candidate has 16-year record of service in ward
SINGAPORE - Having served in various capacities in Bukit Batok for 16 years, Mr Murali Pillai is no stranger to the ward. In fact, he was the one who "held everyone together" - as People's Action Party...
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New grant for newborns ‘a boon’ for those who want to start a family
SINGAPORE - While he reiterated the Government's stance that parenthood is a personal choice, Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin said the new S$3,000 grant for newborns starting...
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Full-day bus lane hours to be extended from March 21
SINGAPORE - To speed up bus commuting, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is making full-day bus lanes out of bounds to motorists until 11pm, starting March 21. Distinguished by red solid lane...
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Phone payments for transport clear way for mobile wallets, say analysts
SINGAPORE - The push to enable more commuters to pay transport fares with their mobile phones using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology has potential for mass adoption, given that all they need...
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Commuters can now use phones to pay for public transport trips
SINGAPORE - In a breakthrough for the adoption of Near Field Communication (NFC) payments in Singapore, commuters will be able to tap their smartphones to make payments for all public bus and train...
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