SINGAPORE: A kitchen fire broke out in a unit on the 11th floor of an HDB block in Yishun at around 9:25 p.m. on Oct 21, leaving four people with minor injuries. According to reports from 8world, the fire involved items in the kitchen. Members of the public used fire hoses to extinguish it befor...
It was in 2010 when Lee* found himself on the streets. He'd lost his job and his marriage had broken down. To financially support his son and his ageing parents, he sold his flat. He still recalls his first night sleeping rough. It was in a park, near a sex worker district. He st...
Singapore and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) intend to launch negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an Oct. 21 press statement. This was announced by Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and President an...
A Singaporean TikToker has apologised after some of her videos drew flak for supposedly gloating about a holiday. Many users felt that she was insensitive towards others in context of the haze situation, while others found nothing wrong with what she said. The video On Oct. 19, c...
A 16-year-old male student in Malaysia allegedly attacked a female teacher while live-streaming the incident with a phone attached to his forehead. Police later found an axe, a penknife and firecrackers in the student's school bag. The student was eventually restrained, and the t...
Under the Project Hope initiative, parents behind bars are able to keep up-to-date about their school-going children's lives through quarterly video calls....
Baby Trevor Neo, who died after being abused by his parents, was not referred to the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)’s Protective Service or any social service agency before his death. Trevor was admitted on Jan. 18, 2024, when his father brought him to the hospit...
Senior Counsel Jimmy Yim and former LawSoc vice-president Samuel Chacko, the two heavyweight lawyers contesting in groups this election, were both successfully elected to the council....
A former Indonesian trade minister Muhammad Lutfi has taken to social media to criticise Singapore and Malaysia's responses regarding the role of Indonesian companies in what is turning out to be the most severe and longest haze episode in the past decade. In one of his Instagram...