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    Public toilet cleanliness efforts to be stepped up as coffee shop restrooms remain below standards

    The recently set up Public Toilets Taskforce told CNA it will release recommendations in the first quarter next year, addressing key areas including the design, cleaning and audit of public restrooms. Doctors said an unclean toilet poses risks like the spread of salmonella bacteria or skin...
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    SingPost board member Lim Cheng Cheng resigns

    SINGAPORE: Ms Lim Cheng Cheng, outgoing group chief corporate officer of telco Singtel, has stepped down from Singapore Post's board of directors. In a bourse filing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday (Dec 23), SingPost said Ms Lim resigned as a non-executive, non-independent director...
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    Two teenagers arrested after bicycles left on Commonwealth Avenue

    SINGAPORE: Two male teenagers have been arrested in relation to an incident where several bicycles were left on a main road in Queenstown, the police said on Tuesday (Dec 24). The bicycles were left in a row on Commonwealth Avenue, with one bike occupying each lane of the three-lane road in the...
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    Singapore footballer Adam Swandi retires at 28 due to heart condition

    SINGAPORE: Footballer Adam Swandi has retired from the professional game at the age of 28 because of a heart condition, his club announced on Tuesday (Dec 24). The Lion City Sailors midfielder was substituted at half-time during a Singapore Premier League (SPL) match with Tanjong Pagar United...
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    Grab, Gojek, CDG Zig, Tada platform fees to rise by up to 50 cents from Jan 1

    SINGAPORE: Four ride-hailing operators in Singapore will be raising their platform fees by up to S$0.50 (US$0.37) from Jan 1, 2025, in a move they partly attribute to costs arising from the upcoming Platform Workers Act. Grab, the leading ride-hailing platform in Singapore, will increase its...
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    Short detention order for man who injured ex-girlfriend in fight, used chopper to scare her

    SINGAPORE: A 49-year-old man who admitted to injuring his ex-girlfriend in a fight days after they broke up received a 10-day short detention order on Tuesday (Dec 24). Lim Hwa Ghee also admitted to swinging a kitchen chopper by Ms Chua Sok Hoon's face multiple times while pinning her down on a...
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    Former actress Ivy Lee reunites with former screen husband Xie Shaoguang: ‘Long time no see’

    Ever since Xie Shaoguang announced he's making his comeback, fans have been hoping to see him and his former on-screen lovers, like Huang Biren from Stand By Me (1998), Ivy Lee from Stepping Out (1999), and Chen Liping from Holland V (2003), create sparks again. While that doesn't seem to be...
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    The Edge apologises to Singapore ministers over article on Good Class Bungalows

    SINGAPORE: Business publication The Edge Singapore apologised to Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng on Tuesday (Dec 24) over a Bloomberg article that The Edge reproduced on its website. The article, titled Singapore Mansion Deals Are Increasingly...
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    Former Citiraya CEO denied bail, prosecutor says he was on the run under alternative identity

    SINGAPORE: Ng Teck Lee, the former CEO of Citiraya who absconded for almost 20 years, was denied bail by a district court on Tuesday (Dec 24). The 58-year-old is implicated in an alleged S$72 million (US$53 million) embezzlement case involving Citiraya, a firm that recycled and recovered...
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    Mediacorp announces it will offer contracts to 8 additional finalists from Star Search 2024

    In a statement, Doreen Neo, Mediacorp's chief talent officer, said: "Star Search has once again uncovered many rising stars, and we are thrilled to welcome these nine talents to the Mediacorp family. "From aspiring actors and hosts to content creators, each of them brings unique strengths...
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    Singapore food critic KF Seetoh pays tribute to brother who died in villa explosion in Italy

    SINGAPORE: The Singaporean man who died in an explosion at a villa in Italy was Singapore food critic KF Seetoh's brother, the Makansutra founder said in a tribute posted late on Monday (Dec 23) night. The explosion on Saturday night left Mr Seetoh Kwok Meng dead and his Taiwanese partner...
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    71-year-old man charged with attacking 2 people with knife in Lavender

    SINGAPORE: A 71-year-old man was charged on Tuesday (Dec 24) with attacking two people in Lavender using a knife. Lim Tee Tee was given two charges of voluntarily causing hurt with a 50cm knife at Block 805, King George's Avenue. This allegedly happened at the block's eighth-floor corridor at...
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    Commentary: NRIC debate reveals a greater problem underscoring how we manage identities in Singapore

    SINGAPORE: She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me not. Our beloved National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) must have recently felt like a teenager entering a sea of raging hormones and feeling overwhelmed. Upon receiving an internal circular signalling a broader policy...
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    No wallet, no phone, no problem: How you could pay with just your palm in future

    SINGAPORE: Hold your palm over a scanner for two seconds, then wait a few more for payment to be processed. That’s how some Visa employees have been paying for their coffee at a cafe near Tanjong Pagar. The Visa-Tencent pay-by-palm machine at the Alchemist 71 Robinson was set up in October...
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    SingPost sackings: IMDA issues advisory to company to uphold proper governance, processes

    SINGAPORE: The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has issued an advisory to Singapore Post to "uphold proper governance and processes" after the company sacked three top executives over their handling of internal investigations into a whistleblowing report. In response to CNA's...
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    SingPost shares tumble nearly 11% after sacking 3 senior executives

    SINGAPORE: Shares of Singapore Post saw a sharp selloff on Monday (Dec 23) after the firing of three senior executives raised jitters over the future of the home-grown company. The stock finished the trading day at S$0.50 (US$0.37), down 10.7 per cent or six Singapore cents. More than 90...
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    SingPost sackings: 'Unprecedented' for a Singapore firm to fire 3 top executives, shows severity of issue, say experts

    SINGAPORE: Singapore Post's termination of its three top executives is a case rarely seen in Singapore’s corporate governance scene, experts said. Singapore's main postal service provider said it sacked group chief executive officer Vincent Phang, group chief financial officer Vincent Yik and...
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    OCBC, UOB to give junior employees one-off bonus to help with cost-of-living expenses

    SINGAPORE: For a second year running, Singapore banks OCBC and UOB will give one-off payments to their junior employees to help alleviate cost-of-living pressures, the two banks said on Monday (Dec 23). OCBC announced in a news release on Monday that it would be making the payment in 2025, with...
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    ISD warns of spillover effects on Singapore from terror groups exploiting Syria’s political instability, says ‘fluid situation bears watching’

    SINGAPORE: Instability in Syria following former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall may have spillover effects on Southeast Asia and Singapore, given “ideological and operational links between extremist groups in the Middle East and the region”, said Singapore’s Internal Security Department (ISD)...
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    Explosion in villa in Italy kills Singaporean man, partner still missing: Reports

    SINGAPORE: An explosion at a villa in Italy on Saturday (Dec 21) night left a Singaporean man dead and his Taiwanese partner missing, local media reported. The explosion happened at a house in Molazzana, outside a small town in Garfagnana, and caused the villa to collapse, according to news...
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