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Summary Singapore will issue haze prevention notices to seven Indonesian companies linked to fires contributing to the current haze affecting Singapore. The National Environment Agency (NEA) will require the firms to extinguish fires, stop burning activities and submit plans to p...
A 25-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man were taken conscious to hospital.
A 20-year-old competitive bodybuilder died in 2024 after taking a banned weight-loss substance. State Coroner Adam Nakhoda ruled the youth’s death a substance-related accident on Oct. 16, CNA reported. The youth, who was a polytechnic student at the time, cannot be named due to a...
It is not clear how or why the woman’s body was found at a different location from the accident site.
SCDF conveyed the unconscious 69-year-old male to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he subsequently died.
SINGAPORE: A man with dementia was targeted by scammers twice within a year, as reported by his wife, who was smart enough to catch the crime. Case details revealed that the man received two suspicious calls involving life insurance policies within a year. As shared by his 70-yea...
He said that countries in the region should work together to develop measures to tackle the fires.
Summary Bagan Member of Parliament (MP) Lim Guan Eng urged Malaysia to consider legal action against Indonesia if Jakarta rejects a proposed permanent ASEAN firefighting task force. Malaysia recorded unhealthy air quality readings at 34 of its 68 monitoring stations, with Klang a...
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said Singapore will send preventive measure notices to seven companies in Indonesia responsible for fires causing the current haze....
The National Environment Agency (NEA) will send preventive measure notices under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) to seven companies in Indonesia, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Friday (Oct. 16) at a press conference. This comes after ...
A Greenpeace report published on Oct. 5 linked Singapore-listed palm oil companies Bumitama Agri and First Resources, as well as privately held First Borneo Plantations, to Indonesian plantation concessions where fires and smoke were detected between August and September. In a st...
Several firms listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Friday (Oct 16) distanced themselves from the fires and haze.
The minibus driver had left the scene before the police arrived.
A 24-year-old BYD Seal driver accused of causing a six-vehicle crash that killed a five-year-old girl in Kuala Lumpur has pleaded not guilty to three traffic offences. Raeven Goh Wey Haur, a bank employee, entered his plea at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates’ Court on Oct. 15, report...
Indonesia has agreed to accept assistance from neighbouring countries to tackle the forest fires that have sent haze across the region. Indonesian Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir said on Oct. 15 that President Prabowo Subianto had approved the assistance, while the National Dis...
Prolonged dry weather linked to El Nino is affecting crop yields and hampering efforts to contain fires contributing to the regional haze, industry players say....
SINGAPORE: As the air quality in Singapore has continued to worsen due to the haze stemming from forest and peatland fires in Indonesia, a local Reddit user on Oct 15 expressed concern over the risks children are exposed to, given that schools have remained open. On Oct 10, Educa...
Singapore is looking into which companies may be responsible for the haze-causing fires in Indonesia, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in an Oct. 15 Facebook post . Where warranted, Singapore will take action under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act and explore joint action wi...
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu says she contacted her Indonesian counterpart again on Friday (Oct 16) to offer civilian assistance....
When a bus captain on service 854 experienced a medical emergency in September, quick-thinking commuters helped to bring the bus safely to a stop.
The victim had lacerations on his leg that were deep enough to expose bone.
Palm oil producer First Resources said the current hotspots are largely concentrated in regions where the group does not operate, while Bumitama Agri said a number of incidents appear to have developed outside the areas directly managed by the group....
Palm oil producer First Resources said the current hotspots are largely concentrated in regions where the group does not operate.
Three public buses were involved in an accident in Yishun on Oct. 15. Six passengers were injured The accident took place at Block 790 Yishun Avenue 2 at about 3:05pm. Bus operator Tower Transit Singapore said its service 853 bus rear-ended a service 852 bus. This caused a chain ...
The news that the United States will be replacing its ambassador to Greece is usually a story that would have little interest outside of Greece or the U.S. But Kimberly Guilfoyle is no ordinary ambassador. Guilfoyle is a lawyer, a former host on the conservative Fox News Channel,...
Singapore is also exploring joint action with other countries, says Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
SINGAPORE: Another fire incident occurred in a bedroom unit located in Woodlands, and it was suspected to have started from a power bank that was left on the bed by the tenant. The accident happened on Oct 11, at approximately 9:40 in the evening. Case details revealed that the f...
He said that where warranted, Singapore will take action under its Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.
The governor of East Kalimantan province in Indonesia was recently spotted at Marina Bay Sands having breakfast. The scene of Rudy Mas'ud at the hotel sparked criticism and anger after going viral on Threads. The photo, which has since amassed over 11,000 likes and 1,500 shares, ...
SINGAPORE: The number one topic on people’s minds these days is the haze. This year has been the worst in over a decade for transboundary haze, and Singapore has become one of the cities with the most air pollution across the globe. On Thursday (Oct 15), the 24-hour Pollutant Sta...
German authorities in 2024 texted Singapore police directly about a ransomware attempt, speeding up enforcement action.
The owner of Simba, a 1½-year-old male goldendoodle, said he planned to euthanise the dog after being unable to find someone willing to adopt it, attributing the difficulty in rehoming it to its behaviour. A reader alerted Mothership to Simba’s situation after another member of a...
SINGAPORE: One topic many Singaporeans are talking about these days is the haze situation, which is at its worst in over a decade. Due to forest and peat fires in Indonesia, combined with this year’s Super El Niño phenomenon, the haze has caused Singapore to be among the most pol...
The accident took place at Block 790 Yishun Avenue 2 at about 3.05pm on Oct 15.
Australian Assistant Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Matt Thistlethwaite tells CNA's Paul Sng that countries must work together to counter increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and transnational cybercrime....
The fires have burned through hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and plantations in Indonesia, and caused air pollution to surge locally, as well as in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Timor-Leste....
Photos released by KCNA showed one missile blasting vertically out of the sea, trailed by a thick plume of smoke. Another photo appeared to show a projectile erupting from the water at a 45-degree angle....
They were allegedly involved in a vessel-to-shore contraband smuggling of duty-unpaid cigarettes.
The Transboundary Haze Pollution Act targets those responsible for causing or condoning fires which contribute to haze.
Indonesia aims to extinguish within a month all forest and land fires that have caused haze to cover much of Southeast Asia, its environment minister has said. Within a month According to Indonesian news agency Antara , Indonesia's Minister of Environment Jumhur Hidayat said that...
A 38-year-old worker has died following a tree-felling accident at a private residential property in Katong on Oct. 13. The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) confirmed with Mothership that they were alerted to a work-related incident at Cranborne Road at around ...
SINGAPORE: A report from earlier this month by the global environmental organisation Greenpeace identified four companies with Indonesian plantations where fires contributing to haze were detected as having links to business groups based in Singapore. The report, prepared by Gree...
The airline had earlier cancelled flights on the route from Oct 10 to Oct 14.
The latest comments from the Indonesian authorities come as Malaysia on Wednesday (Oct 14) said that the two countries have “for the first time” begun discussions to explore ways of working together to tackle forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra....
Clinical Assistant Professor Jai Prashanth Rao operated on the woman before she died in January 2024.
There were expectations that Najib Razak could soon be transferred to house arrest, following a royal pardon in a separate case.
Lawyers in Indonesia have filed a class action case claiming "negligence, omission and failure" on the part of the government that has resulted in "a massive public health crisis"....
The accident occurred at a private residential property along Cranborne Road at about 2.30pm on Tuesday.
The tree had toppled at its base, causing the worker to fall along with it.
SINGAPORE: After a local man complained in a Facebook post about a woman who took the butter out of her order of kaya toast before dipping it in her eggs, others online said that maybe that’s just how she likes it. In the much-commented-on post, the digital creator Greg Leow, who...
Active mobility enforcement officers in Singapore impounded 70 devices during enforcement operations in September 2026, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Oct. 12. In total, 503 offences were detected. Two officers assaulted In one incident during an enforcement operation...
Johor Bahru politician Andrew Chen has urged Indonesia to take responsibility for transboundary haze and apologise to affected Asean countries. The DAP politician and member of the Johor state legislature's remarks came after an Indonesian government official said forest fires we...
A currency trader based in Sydney, Australia, who was allegedly on holiday in Singapore when he was supposed to be working from home, was fired by his company HIFX Australia, trading as Xe. The man won an unfair dismissal case on Oct. 7, but was not compensated or reinstated. The...
A five-year-old girl, Asiah, passed away after a six-vehicle pile-up along Jalan Kuching in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 10. The 24-year-old driver of a BYD Seal that police believe rear-ended the girl’s family car was later found at a private hospital in Damansara, where he was being tr...
They were arrested during an airport police operation at Terminal 4 targeting theft on aircraft.
The men were found with three bank cards that did not belong to them, the police said.
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has announced stepped-up measures to tackle the forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. However, he did not mention whether Indonesia would accept any offers of assistance from neighbours Singapore and Malaysia, who have also been affected b...
The National Environment Agency (NEA) is monitoring the haze situation in Singapore closely and gathering information on fire hotspots, their sources, and their impact on air quality. The agency was responding to media queries on Oct. 12 on whether any action would be taken under...
No evidence of fraud or cheating was found in the work injury claim filed by an employee of EatGreen Pte. Ltd., which operates Sumo Salad. The investigation outcome was announced in a joint media release by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Oct. 1...
