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SINGAPORE – Unlike what the Workers’ Party leaders had claimed, former Sengkang GRC MP Raeesah Khan had not been the sole actor in allowing her lie in Parliament to go uncorrected, two party members told a Parliament committee looking into the matter. In fact, the leaders had asked her to “take the information to the […]

SINGAPORE – Opposition party chief Goh Meng Seng has been issued a correction direction under Singapore’s fake news law for false claims about the Covid-19 variant Omicron. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said late on Friday night (Dec 3) that it has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue the […]

SINGAPORE – Former Workers’ Party (WP) MP Raeesah Khan on Thursday (Dec 2) told a parliamentary committee that she would have admitted to lying in Parliament and assisted the police in their investigation if the WP leadership had told her to do so. She said she did neither because WP chief Pritam Singh, party chairman […]

What drives you the most when it comes to giving your time and effort for a good cause? Are you inspired by the same causes as your friends or the people around you, or do you yearn to support a cause that you are truly passionate about? This season of giving, why not support causes […]

If you have yet to start your Christmas shopping and are starting to panic, here’s a clever tip. This year, FairPrice makes festive shopping super convenient – not only can you find something for everyone on the list, from food, drinks, health and beauty products, and decor items to toys and electronics, you can do it all […]

SINGAPORE – Political observers on Thursday (Dec 2) described the Workers’ Party’s handling of Ms Raeesah Khan as a failure of leadership, after it emerged top party leaders had known about their MP’s deceit for three months, but did not set the record straight and let the issue fester. The episode could set back the […]

SINGAPORE – The Workers’ Party (WP) had come under criticism after its MP Raeesah Khan admitted to lying in Parliament, but her resignation on Tuesday is expected to stave off further dents to the party’s standing, political observers said on Wednesday (Dec 1). They added that the party is not yet in the clear, as there […]

Q I am a 48-year-old man who has been newly diagnosed with HIV. I heard that HIV patients live for only a few years, and am afraid of transmitting the virus to my loved ones. What are some treatment options available for me? Being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be controlled with […]

SINGAPORE – About 20 people self-evacuated from a restaurant at 812 North Bridge Road on Monday (Nov 29) night, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). The SCDF told The Straits Times it was alerted to the incident at about 8.45pm. A check by ST showed Nan Hua Chang Fish-Head Steamboat Corner is located there. […]

SINGAPORE – What will happen to the migrant worker community here after the Covid-19 pandemic blows over? That was the overriding concern that the families of the late Khoo Teck Puat and Ng Teng Fong had when they approached the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Foundation early last year, with cash in hand and a desire […]

Over the last year, if you’ve picked up a new exercise habit of running, cycling or doing HIIT workouts – and subsequently sustained a strain or injury – you are not alone.  According to sports doctors, physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons in Singapore, the increase in number of people turning to new forms of exercise during […]

In land-scarce Singapore, space has always come at a premium. As Singapore’s first self storage provider, StorHub understands the concept of space as a resource and the perennial problem of finding enough space for things and activities we love, especially now that many people work from home and most of our time is spent within […]

SINGAPORE – Singapore has had to change course along its journey in tackling Covid-19, and is trying to persuade its people that it is necessary to accept a few thousand cases a day, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Nov 17). And while it will try its best, there will be casualties, mainly […]

SINGAPORE – Rising tensions between China and the United States as both superpowers clash over the Taiwan issue could result in a “mishap” that both sides might regret, and things as they stand now warrant concern, warned Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Nov 17). “I do not think it is going to war […]

Q. My 65-year-old father just received his Covid-19 booster shot. However, during a medical checkup, the doctor recommended that he be vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia as well due to his age. What is pneumococcal pneumonia and why should he get the vaccine?   Pneumococcal pneumonia is a lung infection caused by a bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae. Besides the […]

Q. My mother is in her early 60s and has been complaining about back pain, especially when she is carrying groceries. How can I tell if her back pain is a normal part of aging or something more serious, such as a spine fracture?   Back pain caused by aging is more gradual and occurs over […]

When he had first heard about The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Mr Sadman Sakib Rabbani couldn’t believe it was real at first. At the time, two years ago, he had been on a gap year to study for the public university entrance examinations in his country, starting the daily slog at 6am at a […]

SINGAPORE – A four-year-old boy whose breathing is being supported by mechanical ventilation in the children’s intensive care unit is one of four children in Singapore who developed a rare form of inflammatory syndrome linked to Covid-19. These four cases were among the 8,000 paediatric Covid-19 cases in Singapore since the start of the pandemic, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) […]

SINGAPORE – The courts have held that Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, the Malaysian scheduled to be hanged for drug trafficking, knew what he was doing when he committed the crime, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Friday (Nov 5). The issue of whether Nagaenthran’s mental responsibility for his actions was substantially impaired, at the […]