KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian man who lost his mobile phone later found a series of selfies and a video left in the phone by an unusual thief: a macaque. Sharing his experience in a Twitter post, Mr Zackrydz Rodzi, 20, said he had just woken up from a nap at his house last Saturday […]
SINGAPORE – Former doctor Ler Teck Siang, who was involved in the HIV registry data leak, took the stand on the second day of his trial on Wednesday (Sept 16) for not providing narcotics officers with a sample of his urine. Representing himself, Ler, 39, pressed on with his argument that he did not believe […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Wednesday, Sept 16. All adult S’poreans to get $100 tourism vouchers in December for staycations, attractions and local tours The vouchers will be accessible via SingPass and can be used until the end of June next year. READ MORE HERE Ex-principal, tutors sentenced to […]
SINGAPORE – Dentist Daniel Liew Yaoxiang, who is serving a jail term for his role in a Medisave scam, has been struck off the official dental register after a disciplinary inquiry by the Singapore Dental Council (SDC). He will not be able to practise after he is released from prison. The dentist professional watchdog said […]
SINGAPORE – The former principal of an education centre, who was assisted by her then tutors to help six students cheat in their papers during the 2016 O-level examinations, was sentenced to four years’ jail on Wednesday (Sept 16). Principal of the now-defunct Zeus Education Centre Poh Yuan Nie, 54, and two former tutors – […]
BRISBANE (AFP) – An Australian university student who has never visited China and has only a modest social media following would seem an unlikely target for the Chinese government. But when a foreign ministry spokesman personally denounced Drew Pavlou at a recent press conference, it was just the next phase in an extraordinary campaign against […]
SINGAPORE – Singaporeans aged 18 and above this year will each receive $100 in digital vouchers to spend on staycations, tickets to leisure attractions and local tours. The SingapoRediscovers Vouchers will be accessible via SingPass from December and can be used to offset ticket purchases and hotel stays until the end of June next year. […]
SINGAPORE – Singaporeans aged 18 and above this year will each receive $100 in digital vouchers to spend on staycations, tickets to leisure attractions and local tours. The SingapoRediscovers Vouchers will be accessible via SingPass from December and can be used to offset ticket purchases and hotel stays until the end of June next year. […]
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Australia’s Victoria state on Wednesday (Sept 16) said the daily rise in infections in its coronavirus hot spot of Melbourne has eased further, setting it on course to relax an extended hard lockdown in the city by the end of the month. Average cases over the last two weeks in Melbourne, the […]
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines and attracting international interest in their development, despite expert concerns over the safety of drugs that have not completed standard testing. China launched a vaccine emergency use programme in July, offering three experimental shots developed by a unit of […]