Uber, SOSD's free puppy snuggling event criticised by animal lovers online
SINGAPORE - Free snuggles from puppies delivered to your doorstep sound like a cuddly treat. But netizens have slammed the inaugural event by ride-hailing service Uber and animal welfare group SOSD...
View ArticleBridget's Adventures: Clip 'n Climb
SINGAPORE - When people think of indoor rock climbing, images of intimidating, towering grey walls often come to mind. But a new facility here plans to change all that.Instead of dull coloured walls...
View ArticlePig born in China with a face like a monkey has people baffled
A pig with a face that resembles a monkey has been born in China and is baffling both locals and the Internet, say media reports.Photos show the mutant piglet appears to have a monkey's head, a small...
View ArticleUS frozen yoghurt brand Yogurtland opens first store in Singapore
SINGAPORE - Frozen yoghurt lovers now have more to choose from, as American frozen yoghurt or froyo brand Yogurtland opened its flagship store at Suntec City mall on Thursday (Dec 8) at noon.The...
View ArticleNegative outlook for S'pore banks, says Fitch
Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded its sector outlook on the Singapore banking system to "negative", in the light of soft economic conditions that are expected to persist next year.This...
View ArticleCase alerts consumers about 2 furniture firms
Both flagged for failing to deliver products on time after collecting money; one firm claims its records lost in fireThe consumer watchdog has flagged two furniture retailers for failing to deliver...
View ArticlePlan to save wildlife at site marked for housing
But the authorities say plan may not be applicable to all future developmentsTo save rare animals in a forested area in Lentor, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has for the first time embarked...
View Article1MDB not seeking China's help: Chairman
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian state fund 1MDB's court dispute with Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund over a US$6.5 billion (S$9.3Â billion) claim is still "ongoing", with the 1MDB chairman yesterday denying...
View ArticleAsk ST: Why can't retrenchment benefits be mandatory?
Reader Gabriel Tham wrote in to askST: "Why does Singapore not have a mandatory retrenchment benefits scheme?"First, it will make employers weigh the cost of retrenchment in the short term."Second, it...
View ArticleStagnant housing prices: cause for cheer or gloom?
Should stagnating house prices be a cause for cheer or worry?Housing Board resale prices have been virtually flat for the past 11/2 years, and in the private property market, similarly tepid conditions...
View ArticleLiquidators claim Pacific Andes Enterprises may have overstated assets,...
Singapore-listed fish seller Pacific Andes Resources (Pard), which defaulted on $200 million worth of Singdollar bonds in January, is "highly likely" to have overstated its assets, revenues and...
View ArticleOil prices likely to be both boon and bane for Singapore
Oil prices will likely strengthen next year, which will have mixed effects for the Singaporean oil and gas sector, BMI Research said yesterday.It expects oil prices to average US$55 a barrel throughout...
View ArticleSingaporeans' lives improved amid challenges, says report
Singaporeans earned higher incomes last year and unemployment was kept low, despite the economic slowdown.But productivity growth remained low, especially in domestically oriented sectors such as...
View ArticleSingaporean singer shed 20kg to sing better
Singaporean singer Jeremy Teng is now 20kg lighter than when he won the Japanese TV singing contest Nodojiman The World in 2014.He was comfortable with his 120kg frame, but he decided to shed the...
View ArticleTeochew festival targets the young
Jay Kok is not your usual 12 year old. Unlike most kids, he has a passion for dialects, specifically Teochew, the first language he was taught at home.Jay, who was helping his aunt at her Thye Moh Chan...
View ArticleCauses Week 2016: They walk the talk to nurture a green future
"In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught." That line was written by a Senegalese poet in the 1960s, but it is...
View ArticleComCare aid to needy hit record $130 million last year
Social assistance payments to the poor hit a record $130 million in the last financial year that ended in March.This is 10 per cent higher than the year before and triple the amount of money given out...
View ArticleEye docs take to the skies to help prevent blindness
A number of Singapore's top eye specialists owe their rise in part to a "Flying Eye Hospital" which has been making stops in the Republic since the 1980s.Today, Singapore physicians are paying it...
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