A 19-year-old man sexually assaulted his sister, who is more than one year older than him, on multiple occasions. He was sentenced to 12 months’ jail and one stroke of the cane. The man pleaded guilty to two charges, CNA reported. Three other charges were taken into consideration during sentencin...
government
A 58-year-old former group director of the Housing & Development Board (HDB) was charged with accessing the agency’s database without authorisation and retaining documents. Tan Chew Ling is facing two charges under the Computer Misuse Act and the Official Secrets Act. She was cha...
Local
Some academics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who were acknowledged in a working paper alleging that civil servants had engaged in "informed trading" of homes near unannounced MRT stations clarified that they were not involved in the paper’s research, and comment...
schools
Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) is building on ongoing efforts to adjust and manage teachers' workload, so they can spend more time on teaching and interacting with students. As part of these efforts, MOE is looking into the possibility of allowing teachers to focus on tw...
safety
Tower Transit Singapore is thanking three passengers on board a bus and a commuter at a bus stop after they helped a bus captain who became unresponsive while driving in Hougang. Their actions were commended in a Sep. 15 Facebook post , which stated that the incident took place t...
library
Singapore is rewarding Singaporeans for reading. The gamification strategy was reported by CNN and The Guardian on Sep. 15, 2026. The objective is to get people to read for at least 15 minutes a day and to log their daily progress over time to cultivate the habit. ReadSG Challeng...
News
"I invited him because I want to tell him that we can be friends and trade. We can accept Myanmar, but they must accept (its refugees) back," Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said....
safety
The driver was freed by SCDF with hydraulic rescue equipment.
government
Ever since July, something has been brewing in Malaysia regarding the management and operations of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH), Malaysia’s Haj pilgrims fund board. In 2018, the Malaysian taxpayer was required to rescue TH after it was discovered to have been misreporting its assets ...
safety
He allegedly threw a rock twice at the complex's main entrance glass door.
business
Anthropic, the company behind AI tool Claude, will open a Singapore office in October, according to a press release. It already has offices in Tokyo, Bengaluru, Seoul and Sydney, making this its fifth in the region. "From working with customers across Southeast Asia, I’ve seen th...
Local
From Sep. 16, Singapore Citizens, aged 18 and above, will receive a six-month complimentary subscription to a premium AI tool after attending an eligible AI course. They can find a list of over 200 curated courses and sign up for them on the MySkillsFuture website. The course mus...
safety
Growing up, I had naturally curly, voluminous hair. However, back then in school, my hair would catch eraser chunks thrown by my classmates. During one Chinese New Year, a relative grabbed decorative toy firecrackers from around the house and joked that an explosion must have giv...
