Committee formed to strengthen safeguards for children in religious settings, report due end-2026
Its work will include frameworks on the screening and oversight of people who work or volunteer with children.
Its work will include frameworks on the screening and oversight of people who work or volunteer with children.
safety
A taxi driver in Singapore set up a fundraiser in September 2026 to appeal for donations following an accident with a police car. While there have been donations, some were sceptical and unsympathetic. The negativity stemmed from the fact that it was the 45-year-old driver's thir...
safety
Singaporean actress Apple Chan of "Ah Girls Go Army" fame recently gave birth to her second child via an emergency caesarean section. The 37-year-old shared in an Instagram post on Sep. 22 that she gave birth prematurely at 32 weeks of pregnancy. "At 31 weeks, baby girl was only ...
business
When a female tourist from mainland China won a McDonald’s voucher worth HK$10,000 (S$1,600) she could use in Hong Kong, she was faced with a dilemma. She was leaving the next day and could not use the voucher by herself, and in-store gift cards were sold out. Undaunted, the tour...
News
A 49-year-old woman was killed in 2024 after being reportedly hit by two vehicles within eight seconds. She was fatally dragged along the road by the second vehicle for about 5.9 km in Shaanxi, China. Five individuals were charged with homicide in connection with the incident, an...
News
Low Zhi Wei and Dillon Jang Wei Hong were sentenced to 72 months and 79 months’ jail respectively.
government
A man, Julian Tung Yan Kai, has been found leaving fake reviews for about 100 businesses. According to a press release by the Competition & Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCS), Tung, the sole director of Reputifly Pte. Ltd., owns and operates the websites BuyReviewSG and GetRe...
Local
A 61-year-old Singaporean man was convicted and sentenced on Sep. 29 in a case involving obscene acts at Chai Chee HDB blocks. Charge Ng Chong Teck was charged with committing an obscene act at around 1:58am on Aug. 15, 2026, along the level 14 corridor of Block 807A Chai Chee Ro...
business
More than 2,000 applications were submitted for a grace period for eligible smaller retailers and non-profit organisations to clear their stock of non-BCRS-labelled beverages until Oct. 31. The applications were mainly from smaller retailers such as provision shops, neighbourhood...
Local
The quantities of heroin and cannabis seized exceed thresholds under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act that can carry the death penalty.
News
Consumers may benefit from price controls initially, but over time, suppliers may have less incentive to produce or invest, says the prime minister.
Local
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, welcomed the first batch of Palestinian scholars to Singapore. On social media, Zhulkarnain said he took the scholars, including four Palestinian undergraduates, out to a Singaporean dinner. In the caption, he sh...
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More than half of the 30 companies showcased at the NextGen Tech 30 event are applying AI to physical industries, marking a shift from the software-focused firms in previous cohorts....
