Singapore

Speco®, a Singapore-based award-winning smart sanitiser company, uses its ambient sanitisation technology to make more public and private places in Singapore safer and virus-free. Last March, the company officially launched  Speco® Ion, an innovative ambient sanitisation machine that automates hygiene maintenance, veering away from the laborious manual procedure that regular cleaning companies require. Cleaning Solutions […]

Philips is a leading electronics brand that is always appreciated for launching cutting-edge TV technology at surprisingly low prices compared to competitors. The new Philips OLED807 continues this trend with a new OLED EX Panel, a new ‘AI’ P5 video processor, and Android Operating System (OS). The TV set has already bagged the prestigious EISA […]

Singapore-based brand KIKI & SEBBY® has been making waves in the baby product industry with its sustainable and luxurious offerings. Founded in 2016 as Angel Baby Box, the company rebranded to KIKI & SEBBY® in 2022 to expand its range and push boundaries in design and innovation. KIKI & SEBBY® is more than just a […]

Nestled in the heart of Singapore, Highlander Bar has become an iconic entertainment and drinking venue over the years. Recently, it relocated from Clarke Quay to a new venue at Millenia Walk, offering a world-class live music entertainment experience, large selection of whiskies and drinks, and authentic Scottish fare. The new outlet boasts a purpose-built […]

When a taxi driver saw traffic being backed up causing a jam while picking up passengers on Orchard Road, he stopped using the meter to pay the fare, saying, “Uncle comes from poor family, money is not easy to make, so don’t worry, if I can help, I help.” He act of kindness has won […]

A man was sentenced to 10 years and 8 months in prison, plus 12 strokes of the cane, after he was drunk, imagined his 8-year-old daughter was his ex-girlfriend, and used a vibrator to sexually assault her. The incident happened on May 25 last year. At the time of the incident, the 8-year-old victim lived […]

  Four teenagers were arrested on suspicion of affray. Their age ranges from 15 to 18 years old. The police issued a statement saying that they received a report at about 1:40am on 28 November that there was a fight at the passage of the Marina Park. Preliminary investigations revealed that two men, aged 27 […]

Singapore Customs arrested three male Malaysians, aged 28 to 33, and seized a total of 512 cartons and 759 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes in an operation on 22 November 2022. Singapore Customs said that in an operation conducted at an industrial building at Yishun Industrial Street 1, Customs officers checked on three men and two […]

The JTC, National Parks Board (NParks), and Singapore Land Authority (SLA) have issued a final notice to the caretakers of an illegal makeshift shrine on a roadside green verge along Science Centre Road today, to vacate the site by 12 December 2022. A statement by the authorities said that this was communicated to the shrine’s […]

British billionaire Richard Branson turned down the Singaporean government’s offer for him to speak in a live televised death penalty debate and its war on drugs. In its place, he urged Home Affairs and Law to engage local activists in the discourse and not him. The invitation comes after Branson ranted through a blog post […]

Lowering the minimum voting age is not enough to ensure informed youth political participation. Young voters need political education and practice opportunities to understand and internalise principles of democracy. This was a key finding in Asia Centre’s latest report “Youth and Disinformation in Malaysia: Strengthening Electoral Integrity”. Asia Centre, a research institute in Special Consultative […]

SINGAPORE — For many years, I harboured dreams of being a pilot. I took all the right steps to arm myself with a commercial pilot licence, because I thought this would be my career trajectory for the foreseeable future. But then, the unforeseeable happened – the Covid-19 pandemic. It struck at the worst possible juncture […]

Going out for a run or jog? Well, here is some good news. Singapore has been voted the fourth best city for running. According to data by shoe company, SportsShoes.com the city comes in at number four based on Instagram hashtag data. Singapore landed at number four with plenty of running groups sharing their sunrise […]

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on 11 May that it has imposed a civil penalty of $100,000 on Mdm Tan Su Lan for false trading in the shares of Aspial Corporation Limited (ACL) and Far East Orchard Limited (FEOL). MAS said Mdm Tan had pledged ACL and FEOL shares as collateral for share […]

The Police said that on May 6, 33-year-old Xu Shaowen and 32-year-old Lim De Xian of 7W Consultancy Pte Ltd (“7W Consultancy”) were charged in court for their suspected involvement in cheating and falsification related offences in respect to grant applications made under the Professional Conversion Programmes (“PCP”). The PCP is offered by Workforce Singapore […]