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Man who posed as Wong Kan Seng's brother to cheat victims of $520,000 jailed
SINGAPORE - A self-employed man who made his victims believe that he was the brother of then Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Wong Kan Seng was sentenced to 4½ years' jail on Friday (May 13) for cheating...
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1MDB gets more time to repatriate $2.5 billion
Image: Category: NewsBusinessMalaysiaPublication Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 14:00Keywords: 1MDBExternal URL: 1MDB gets more time to repatriate $2.5 billionSend to mobile app: Byline: Trinna...
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Poor hygiene to blame for mass food poisoning case
Poor hygiene practices were the likely cause of a mass food-poisoning incident in February, an investigation by the authorities has found.Some 231 people fell ill after eating food supplied by Kuisine...
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Cheers for move to keep wildlife from becoming roadkill
Wildlife experts and animal welfare groups have applauded proposed changes that will give more creatures in the animal kingdom protection on Singapore's roads.The proposed changes to the Road Traffic...
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Vets claim horse was in bad shape, but stable says it was not in pain
A 17-year-old horse was in such a bad condition that three vets - including a former professor in equine medicine - believed it should have been put down.Sharpy had dead or rotting tissue on its right...
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Getting diabetes, white rick and GI all worked out
Image: Category: NewsYourHealthPublication Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 15:00Keywords: diabetesExternal URL: Getting diabetes, white rick and GI all worked outSend to mobile app: Byline: Salma...
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Chinese political 'tiger' charged with corruption
Former Chinese presidential aide Ling Jihua has been formally charged with corruption, and analysts say the lengthy investigation underscores the sensitivity of his case.Ling was accused of taking...
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When private cars go the way of horse carriages
When driverless cars become the norm, they will cause a redrawing of the transport map so major it will make the changes due to Uber and GrabCar look like a few pencil marks.A Massachusetts Institute...
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Fight against corruption: Singapore's experience
In an essay for an anthology compiled for the inaugural Anti-Corruption Summit held in London this week, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong identifies four factors key to the Republic's share of success on...
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Men fought with chopper and saw over money
Last July, two men - one with a saw and the other with a chopper - attacked each other in an open-air carpark in Boon Lay over a money dispute, with both inflicting cuts on each other's arms.Yesterday,...
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British baroness gaffe: 'Child' not 46 years old but actually a 22-year-old man
In another bizarre twist to the already strange story, the Daily Mail has an update on its earlier story of British baroness Michelle Mone, who carried up 46-year-old thinking he was a child.The story,...
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Having an affair: Who's to blame
A noticeable number of marriages in Singapore break down because of an unfaithful spouse: the wife.Twenty veteran family lawyers and private investigators told The Sunday Times that out of every 10...
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Only five and living with diabetes
Romanne Tan is five going on six and will be starting primary school next year. In addition to learning to handle money and buy food, she has also started learning how to prick her fingers to draw...
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Ramping up efforts to crack down on fare cheats
Frantic that his work permit had suddenly been cancelled five months after he arrived here, construction worker Gu Sheng Zhou called his employer repeatedly one day to demand why.He got no answers....
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Helping women ex-offenders rebuild their lives
Ms Kathy Goh first took heroin in her 20s to challenge her then boyfriend to quit the drug, only to begin her own vicious circle of addiction and recovery.She first went to prison when she was 29,...
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Migrant workers cheated out of a job in S'pore
Two Singapore companies are being probed by the authorities for allegedly scamming foreign workers out of thousands of dollars in payment for non-existent jobs overseas.The police are investigating...
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Now open: A garden to uplift the senses
Image: Category: NewsYourHealthSingaporePublication Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 17:00External URL: Now open: A garden to uplift the sensesSend to mobile app: Byline: Janice TaiSource: Story Type: Others
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Let kids have some junk food
Image: Category: NewsYourHealthPublication Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 15:33External URL: Let kids have some junk foodSend to mobile app: Byline: Lea WeeSource: Story Type: Others
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ItChangedMyLife: Navy Seals training and accident gave commando resolve to...
It was a clear September day in 2001, and Mr Yap Kwong Weng was sound asleep in the back seat of a red Buick making its way from San Diego to Los Angeles.In the United States to attend its elite Navy...
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Watsons aims for bigger slice of healthcare pie
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 15:00Keywords: watsonsHealthcareExternal URL: Watsons aims for bigger slice of healthcare pieSend to mobile app: Byline: Lee Xin...
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