SINGAPORE: A diner has questioned whether water is becoming an expensive commodity after being charged S$0.50 for a small glass of warm water at a local eatery. Posting in the Complaint Singapore (Anonymous) Facebook group on Friday (Sep 18), the diner uploaded a picture of the receipt and expres...
To follow a "trend", a man in Singapore made a TikTok where he was seen taping a phone to the back of an SBS Transit bus while it was stationary along Jalan Besar. The rest of the video, supposedly filmed from the taped phone, showed him on a motorbike apparently following behind...
A new bill was introduced in parliament on Nov. 3, 2026, requiring courts to consider reformative training or imprisonment as punishments for convicted young scam offenders. In its first parliament reading, introduced by Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming on b...
The nine-and-a-half-hour public healthcare service disruption on Oct. 13, 2026 was caused by a "preventable lapse", said Senior Minister of State for Health Tan Kiat How said in parliament on Nov. 3. Tan said "we apologise" and added that a required security update by a contracte...
Alex Lo Chun Ming was charged with the murder of his then-23-year-old ex-girlfriend. Her body was found in a bathtub at a five-star hotel in Hong Kong in 2022. He has pleaded not guilty to murder. Charged The victim, also known as Aqua Chow, was found dead at The Ritz-Carlton hot...
Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia stated that the country could continue exporting electricity to Singapore, provided the transaction price is advantageous for Indonesia. According to Kompas , Bahlil emphasised that the export price must align ...
A man filmed two conservancy workers in a Marine Parade-Braddell Heights estate returning cans and bottles at a Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) return machine. He then accused them of obtaining the cans from waste bins and criticised them for earning a "double salary". Ba...
The 24-team tournament, which Singapore qualified for on merit, was moved from January to December 2027 amid security concerns following Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia....