23+ hour, 18+ min ago   (391+ words) Eight people were hurt after an accident involving a car, an SBS Transit bus and a power-assisted bicycle (PAB) along Middle Road on Saturday evening, 12 September. The 31-year-old male car driver was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence of…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (793+ words) An Indian listed-company boss who tried to recover S$468,090 from his former girlfriend has had his claims dismissed by the Singapore High Court. Chander Agarwal, whom the judgment identified as the chief executive officer and managing director of TCI Express…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (369+ words) Two Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights from Singapore to London were diverted on Tuesday, 8 September, after a technical failure disrupted air traffic control services across Britain. The affected flights were SQ308 and SQ318, which were redirected to Paris and Munich respectively instead of…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (462+ words) Singapore Airlines (SIA) cancelled 19 flights between Singapore and Jakarta scheduled for Sunday, 6 September, as volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau disrupted air travel across western Indonesia. Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport suspended flight operations after volcanic ash was…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (412+ words) Ng Lye Poh, the mother of Sheng Siong Group chief executive Lim Hock Chee and affectionately known by some as the “Sheng Siong Grandma”, has died aged 91. Lianhe Zaobao reported her death on Sunday, 6 September. The report did not disclose…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (408+ words) Taiwanese actress and television host Tsai Yi-chen has been fined 500,000 yen, about S$4,060, over an incident in which she stained a national treasure at Japan’s Yakushiji Temple. The 39-year-old was summarily indicted on Wednesday, 2 September, and fined by the Nara…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (486+ words) Police will look into racist online comments about Singaporeans missing after the Nepal floods, as well as remarks surrounding Singapore Airlines' investment in Air India. Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday, 5 September, that he had asked the police to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (555+ words) Former Wah!Banana actor Lev Panfilov has been acquitted of all four sexual-offence charges after successfully appealing against his convictions. The Court of Appeal overturned the 30-year-old Russian national’s convictions on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. Panfilov, a Singapore permanent resident, had been…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (496+ words) Two self-styled wealth gurus who reportedly drove Lamborghinis and wore expensive watches while pitching investment opportunities have been declared bankrupt, with more than 50 investors now worried about roughly S$5 million tied up in their deals. Lim Jian Bin, 36, also known…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (523+ words) A married couple were arrested after the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) carried out simultaneous early morning operations at homes in Fernvale and Chinatown on Thursday, 27 August. The 59-year-old Singaporean man and his 52-year-old wife, a Chinese national, are suspected…...