SINGAPORE: With Singapore becoming one of the most polluted cities in the world due to the severe haze that has enveloped it since September, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Thursday night (Oct 15) that the government is looking into the companies responsible for the forest and peatland...
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Several firms listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Friday (Oct 16) distanced themselves from the fires and haze.
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A woman in Singapore donated one of her kidneys to her husband after he developed kidney failure, hoping to give him a better quality of life and more time with their children. In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao , 39-year-old Lin Simei (transliteration) said she volunteered for a...
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The personal assistant of Kim Lim stole a Patek Philippe watch worth S$73,000 and used the company card to spend nearly S$20,000 while clubbing. Nearly a year after the incident was first reported, Tey Jing Wen, 33, pleaded guilty to five charges including embezzlement, breach of...
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SportSG is closing all outdoor and non-air-conditioned facilities at all ActiveSG Sport Centres due to the evolving haze situation, it updated on its website on Oct. 16, 12pm. Indoor and air-conditioned facilities will remain open. In an earlier update at 6:30pm on Oct. 15, the s...
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The decision to cancel the run, scheduled for Nov 1, was made to safeguard the health of participants, staff and volunteers, the event organiser said.
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A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight that was bound for Singapore ended up getting diverted back to San Francisco due to an unruly passenger just a few hours after takeoff on Oct. 14. Passenger injured himself An SIA spokesperson told Mothership in an Oct. 16 media reply that the un...
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The minibus driver had left the scene before the police arrived.
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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...
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Singapore has endured nearly two weeks of unhealthy air quality in at least part of the country, with Friday marking six weeks since it recorded its first unhealthy 24-hour PSI reading of the year....
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The Centre for Integrative Human Cell Research and Translation was launched on Oct 16.
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The drug, 2,4-Dinitrophenol, has been banned in the US for almost 90 years and is listed as a poison in Singapore.
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The state coroner found that the youth had probably taken dinitrophenol, which can only be obtained illicitly in Singapore.
