Orchard Road after dark: the seedy side of Singapore’s exclusive shopping district
Orchard Road, one of Singapore’s main shopping and tourist attractions because of its ritzy, exclusive…
SMRT Trains see a record $86 million loss for FY2018
Due to increased operating expenses in addition to fewer riders, SMRT Trains has posted an…
Man receives 9 year jail sentence for first-date assault on teen
Samir Rukiman, age 28, has received a jail sentence of 9 years eight months after…
Woman takes to Twitter to warn others after armed robbery attempt in a lift
A woman was threatened with armed robbery by a knife-wielding man in the early morning…
oBike: we’re working on user refunds
In its first statement almost a week after announcing it would cease operations, oBike reassured…
10 year jail sentence for former HSBC exec who scammed S$5m from elderly relatives and friends
Emeline Tang Wei Leng, 40, received a ten and a half year jail sentence for…
Facial recognition that could help find lost elders introduced at Singapore Defense Summit
A three day summit on defense technology was held at the Shangri-La Hotel from June…
Yes, rainwater is taxed—but only when collected in large amounts
Surprisingly enough, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) charges levies for collecting rainwater. However, it’s not…
Netizens unhappy about 6.9% increase in electricity tariffs for July-September
The Singapore Power (SP) Group announced today, June 29, 2018, that tariffs on electricity will…
Four years later, Germany’s crushing World Cup defeat justified Singapore anti-gambling ad
During the last World Cup, in 2014, Singapore’s National Council on Problem Gambling ran a…