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    Michelle Kwara

    Michelle Kwara

  • Singaporean babies born in 2015 will receive 8 birthday gifts in Jubilee Baby Gift pack

    All Singaporean babies born next year will receive a Jubilee Baby Gift pack comprising eight presents, as part of the Singapore’s 50th anniversary celebrations, said the National Population and Talent Division on Friday.

  • Six women charged with rioting at Cineleisure Orchard

    Six women, aged between 18 and 30, were charged in court on Friday with rioting at K Box Cineleisure Orchard early last month.

  • Catholic Church in Singapore reiterates 'consistent' position on LGBT issue in reply to Wijeysingha

    The Catholic Church on Tuesday night responded to a Facebook note condemning it for speaking out against homosexuality, reiterating its stance of non-discrimination but also disagreement with homosexual relationships.

  • PAP MP Inderjit Singh confronts Singapore’s hard truths in wide-ranging Facebook post

    People’s Action Party Member of Parliament Inderjit Singh has written a lengthy – if surprisingly critical – commentary on the performance of the government under the ruling party in the past three years. The disconnect between Singapore’s wealth and citizens’ well-being, the importing of talent, the complacency and elitism in the top ranks of civil servants, and the national identity for Singapore’s young people – these were the issues the former deputy government whip raised in a Facebook post Monday night titled “Response to the President Address At the Re-Opening of 2nd Session of Parliament May 2014”.

  • Singapore food masters fight to keep food heritage alive in new Street Food course

    At just 14, master chef Sin Leong started working in the kitchen, washing dishes to hide from the Japanese during the WWII occupation in Singapore. 63 years on and he’s still in the heat of the kitchen. “Why did I not change careers? Because I like to cook, and I like to experiment with cooking,” said the still sprightly 87-year-old in Mandarin. Together with fellow master chef Hooi Kok Wai, Sin belongs to the older generation of cooks, whose culinary skills and cumulative know-how are in danger of being completely extinguished in years to come.

  • Moth invasion in Singapore

    Large, dark-coloured moths are the new big thing in Singapore's social media sphere. Social media users have been posting sightings of the insect - on the ground, outside their windows, at HDB void decks and even on the train. While some appreciated this bit of wildlife in urban Singapore, others were less pleased.

  • NUS is top Asian university: QS rankings

    National University of Singapore has pulled ahead of its rivals to take the top spot in this year’s Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Universities Ranking: Asia survey. The university had been tied for second place with the University of Hong Kong in last year’s rankings.

  • Five youths charged with vandalism of Toa Payoh HDB rooftop offered bail

    Five 17-year-old youths have been charged for vandalism on Saturday, for their suspected involvement in the rooftop graffiti case in Toa Payoh. Police were alerted to a report of graffiti being painted on a wall of the rooftop of Blk 85A Lorong 4 Toa Payoh on Wednesday morning. Profanities against the police and the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) were discovered to have been sprayed-painted in bright red paint on the rooftop.

  • Free early-morning MRT train rides to the city extended

    Early-bird commuters will get to enjoy free MRT rides to the city area for another year. MRT commuters who tap out of 18 designated city-area stations before 7.45am on weekdays currently enjoy free rides, under a trial scheme that first began on 24 June 2013. The trial was slated to end in June this year. However in a statement released on Friday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that the scheme will be extended to 23 June 2015.

  • Thursday #sgroundup: CPF, Medisave minimum sums to go up from July

    Here are today’s top trending stories in case you missed them: CPF, Medisave minimum sums to go up from July Singapore invests in Brazil online sports retailer Grenade thrown at home of Thai judge Saudi Arabia finds another 18 MERS cases as disease spreads World powers join hunt for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

  • Customers can pledge McDonald's meals to charity while buying Hello Kitty toys

    [UPDATE on Sunday, 27 April: Adding information about pledging meals to charity] To prevent food wastage, McDonald's will be allowing its customers to pledge the meals that they don't want after buying Hello Kitty plush toys to charity.

  • Indonesia’s armed forces chief says “no apology” for warship’s name

    General Moeldoko, the head of Indonesia’s Armed Forces, has clarified that he had not apologised for the naming of a warship after two Indonesian marines who had been involved in the 1965 MacDonald House bombing in Singapore.

  • Singapore writer laments that Singapore has lost its soul

    Singapore writer Felix Cheong wants to know where and why the country has lost its soul. He said, “We have become this glamour city, full of chrome and glass, tall iconic buildings, but no soul.” Cheong, author of short stories collection “Vanishing Point”, takes on this issue in his new book, along with hot-button topics like transport, education and economic growth.

  • Singapore Medical Council suspends surgeon Dr Woffles Wu for four months

    Singapore plastic surgeon Dr Woffles Wu has been suspended from practice for four months, according to a statement released by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) on Monday. The SMC, which regulates the professional conduct and ethics of registered medical practitioners, imposed the suspension penalty after Wu was found guilty in 2012 for getting an employee to take the rap for him for two speeding tickets.

  • Singapore woman survives getting hand stuck in a meat grinder

    A woman’s hand was caught in a meat grinder in a factory on Thursday morning. Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they received a call at 10:11am, at a fifth-floor unit at Food Xchange at Admiralty Street. Local newspaper The Straits Times reported that the incident occurred at the factory floor of The Gourmet Pie Company.

  • First rainfall in Singapore in 8 weeks

    The Web rejoiced as Singapore finally got relief from the two-month long drought, as rain fell in several parts of the island on Saturday afternoon. Rain fell in northern parts of Singapore such as Ang Mo Kio, Hougang and Bishan as well as eastern parts such as Bedok Reservoir.

  • NEA to introduce PM2.5 reading in PSI

    Singapore’s air quality will be classified in the “Moderate” range more often, the National Environment Agency said on Tuesday. However, this is no cause for alarm — it's simply the result of a new integrated air quality reporting system, the NEA announced.

  • Haze escalates in Singapore

    The National Environment Agency announced on Twitter at 7pm on Friday evening, that the 3-hour PSI was 64. However, many people in Singapore are reporting worse situations in areas of Singapore.

  • 25 foreigners jailed in Singapore for submitting forged documents

    The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is clamping down on foreign employees who submit forged academic certificates. Some 25 foreign workers were charged on Thursday for submitting forged academic certificates to obtain work passes to work in Singapore, under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA), the ministry announced in a press statement.

  • Mother and daughter found dead in Sengkang

    A 35-year-old woman and her 8-year-old daughter were found dead at a HDB block in Sengkang on Tuesday morning. Police said they received a call at 5.45am on Tuesday morning. When they arrived at the scene, the woman was found lying motionless at the foot of Block 299A Compassvale Street in Sengkang. The girl’s body was found in a unit at the same block, police said.