Singapore

Todd didn’t fear for his life: Ex-colleague

1 hour 30 min ago

Shane Todd was concerned what co-workers would think of him if he returned to research group but never expressed fear for his safety

Study launched on reducing elderly depression with therapy

By Tan Weizhen -

2 hours 11 min ago

SINGAPORE — A 10-year study on ageing, aiming to reduce rates of depression and dementia by way of intervention through therapy involving art and music, is underway for elderly...

Govt to call S$1.2b worth of IT tenders

By Eugene Neubronner -

5 hours 22 min ago

SINGAPORE — The Government plans to call new tenders to procure Information Technology services that will beef up its software needs on the cloud, centralise the provision of...

COE prices rise ahead of system changes

By Kok Xing Hui -

11 hours 24 min ago

SINGAPORE — In the first Certificate of Entitlement (COE) bidding exercise since Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew spoke of restructuring the COE system to remove luxury models...

E-exams for mother tongue languages to be introduced this year

By MONICA KOTWANI -

11 hours 24 min ago

SINGAPORE — Computer-based writing will be introduced for the first time at this year’s A-Level Mother Tongue Language (MTL) ‘B’ examination.

Community Chest aims to raise S$85.9m this year

By Kenneth Low -

11 hours 24 min ago

SINGAPORE — Twelve years ago, Mr Jonathan Kiew was a rebellious teenager who was “getting into a lot of trouble in school” and part of a street-corner gang. All these changed...

Singapore eyes ‘ambitious’ review of FTA with Japan

By Imelda Saad Aziz -

11 hours 24 min ago

TOKYO — Singapore is hoping for an “ambitious” review of its Free Trade Agreement with Japan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday after a meeting with his Japanese...

Giving Normal stream students the chance to lead

By Alfred Chua -

11 hours 24 min ago

SINGAPORE — Too few students from the Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) streams are taking on leadership positions in schools, but a new programme targeted at these...

Physical abuse of workers ‘cannot be condoned’ here

By Kenneth Low -

11 hours 24 min ago

SINGAPORE — National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Deputy Secretary-General Heng Chee How yesterday spoke out on the alleged physical abuse of a worker by a supervisor at a local...