Shane Pow, who is previously a Mediacorp actor, has been imprisoned for five weeks, fined S$6,000 (RM18,589.55) and banned from driving for five years today after driving his van while drunk in the Bugis area last year. The 30-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty in the State Courts to one count of drink-driving under the Road Traffic Act. Related PostsSingapore Suicides hit …

Suicides among all age groups have increased and have reached an eight-year high last year during the Covid-19 pandemic, where most have been marked among the elderly. The number of elders aged 60 and older who took their lives rose to its highest since 1991. According to the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS), a non-profit suicide prevention centre, a total number …

The 40-year-old Singaporean Dickson Yeo, who spied for China in the United States is being detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for acting as a paid agent of a foreign country. The Internal Security Department (ISD) said in a press release today that it had served the detention order on Dickson Yeo on January 29 and that his continued …

Singapore has started Covid-19 vaccination drive for 400,000 students with ages 12 and above. It has started today at 8 AM which began with those who are taking the N, O and A-level examinations. A line of students along with their parents to accompany them were seen in the Bishan Community Club for the vaccination. Related PostsFormer law minister Zaid …

Eight British nationals were fined S$3,000 each today for violating Covid-19 protocols while partying with two more individuals on a yacht near Lazarus Island during the Boxing Day last year. District Judge Jasvender Kaur told the court that those who displays negligence against the rules imposed in containing the virus should be punished accordingly. The other two, a couple and …

The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has declared an Indian news report to be untrue following the latter’s claim of the existence of a “Singapore variant” of the coronavirus spreading across the country. The MOH of Singapore refuted the claim saying that the news being reported about the matter has no truth at all. “There is no ‘Singapore variant’,” Singapore …

After having four confirmed Covid-19 cases of facility workers over the past 10 days, Singapore is currently intensifying its efforts and has taken additional precautionary measures at the seaport. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), along with port operator PSA Singapore said that they are consulting with the Ministry of Health (MOH) regarding the additional precautionary measures that …

Raffles Hospital engaged to carry out free Covid-19 swab testing following the arrival of about thousands of people at the four regional screening centers as the public testing for the possible exposure to the TTSH cluster of Covid-19 started on Monday. The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Health Promotion Board (HPB) stated that those who have visited the premises …

After less than a year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced his latest Cabinet reshuffle including the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Transport. “It will be a more extensive reshuffle than is usual this early in the term of government,” He said during a virtual press conference.  Related PostsSingapore is receiving the first shipment of the COVID-19 …

Occurrences of flash flood during the course of the weekend were reported despite having spent S$2 billion (RM6.2 billion) in drainage system developments over the decade which is solid proof that the government should invest more to control the effects of climate change. Grace Fu, the minister for sustainability and the environment has mentioned that the government is starting to …