Extended Tanah Merah Coast Road at Changi East to be opened on 22 April
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that it has completed the extended Tanah Merah Coast Road at Changi East and it will be open to the public on 22 April 2017 (Saturday) at 7pm. The Authority...
View ArticleCyclone Debbie to hit Queensland
Bureau of Meteorology of Australia has announced that the Cyclone Debbie carrying winds up to 240km/hour moves towards the Queensland coast and is expected to arrive on land early on Tuesday local...
View ArticleIMDA reminds cease of 2G network on 1 April
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) reminds 2G mobile users to switch to a 3G or 4G handset by 1 April 2017. IMDA stressed that from 1 April 2017, the mobile network operators (MNOs) – M1,...
View ArticleEarly morning fire at AMK Hub shopping mall
A shop in AMK Hub shopping mall caught fire this morning at around 1:32am. Two fire engines, two red rhinos and five support vehicles were dispatched to the scene. With the help of one water jet and...
View ArticleThree men imprisoned for abetting illegal departure from Woodlands Checkpoint
Three men has been sentenced to jail for arranging the illegal departure of a male overstayer through Woodlands Checkpoint in February last year. A 26-year-old male Malaysian was convicted on 23 March...
View ArticleAVA: Revised licensing conditions for pet shops and pet farms
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has announced a revision to pet shop (display and sale of dogs and cats) and pet farm (dog breeding and boarding) licensing conditions to...
View ArticleNSL and BPLRT experienced train disruptions at the same time
In a twitter announcement, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) made known that it is experiencing a train service disruption on the North-South Line (NSL) due to a signalling fault and asked commuters...
View ArticleTrio arrested for suspected involvement in two cases of impersonation of...
Singapore Police Force (SPF) has arrested three men, aged between 20 and 44, for their suspected involvement in two cases of impersonation of police officer scam. The police said that in both cases,...
View ArticleMan arrested for possession of airsoft guns
Singapore Police Force (SPF) has arrested a 26-year-old man for the possession of airsoft guns on Monday (27 March). On 27 March 2017, officers from Tanglin Division conducted a raid at his residence...
View ArticleThe effect a post-secondary education can have on your salary
By Value Penguin The average cost of attaining a post-secondary education in Singapore has risen at staggering rate of 38% since 2007, which is 10% faster than general inflation. Despite this trend,...
View ArticleSmoking fines at multi-story carpark and void deck spark mixed reactions...
Pictures of electronic notice of smoking offences circulating online are causing a stir among netizens. Road.sg Facebook page posted a picture of the notice and wrote that smoking in any multi-story...
View ArticleGovTech and NUS signed agreement to develop public sector agencies
The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) with the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Wednesday (29 March) to collaborate...
View ArticleSingapore retains title as world’s most expensive city for fourth consecutive...
By The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) A resurgent Asia Singapore retains its title as the world’s most expensive city for a fourth consecutive year in a top ten that may have a familiar feel to it....
View ArticleTwo cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus infection reported at Simon Place
Two cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus infection in Singapore have been confirmed at Simon Place. According to National Environment Agency (NEA), both cases are from residents in the vicinity and...
View ArticleTwo men arrested for their suspected involvement in series of cheating cases...
Singapore Police Force (SPF) has arrested two men aged 22 and 27 for their suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases of Coldplay tickets. Between 10 and 23 March 2017, the police said that...
View ArticleSkillsFuture Singapore to provide more programmes for Polytechnic and ITE...
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) has announced its expansion in the SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme (ELP) to provide more polytechnic and ITE graduates with opportunities. The ELP is a work-learn...
View ArticleVietnamese man fell from the 15th storey of a hotel at Jalan Sultan
A 23-year-old Vietnamese man fell from a 15th-storey room of Hotel Boss located at Jalan Sultan on Wednesday (29 March) at about 2.30am. Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that Mr Nguyen Ngoc...
View Article143 volunteers went through training on Appropriate Adult Scheme for Young...
Singapore Children's Society (SCS) has been appointed by the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) to run the Appropriate Adult Scheme for Young Suspects for two years with 143 volunteers to begin...
View ArticleScoot and Emirates collided in Changi Airport, passengers and crew are safe
Emirates A380 and Scoot 787 collided in Singapore Changi at around 2am on 30 March. Scoot’s 303 passengers and 11 crew are safe and they were moved to a replacement aircraft for a rescheduled flight at...
View ArticleUpdate on Amos Yee’s detention by Grossman Law
Below is an update published by Singaporean blogger Amos Yee's attorney, Sandra Grossman from Grossman Law, LLC On March 27, 2017, Officers at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Chicago Field...
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