Thursday, January 19, 2012

Singapore Local News, 2012-01-19



    CNB seizes S$590k worth of drugs ahead of CNY
Anti-narcotic officers have busted a major drug trafficking syndicate, with the seizure of a stockpile of heroin meant for the coming festive holidays. In all, they seized about 3.4kg of heroin, 1kg of ketamine and 5,000 Erimin-5........

    Man jailed for stealing S$32 from mosque
A 40-year-old man was sentenced to a year's jail today for stealing S$32. Noraizam Abdullah, who has a handicapped mother, admitted to stealing the money from a donation box in a mosque to buy food for his family. The........

New Woodsville Tunnel to open on Jan 28
The new Woodsville Tunnel will open to traffic at 9am on Saturday, Jan 28. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it has completed the construction of Woodsville Tunnel, which comprises three new road tunnels. They link........

Circle Line disruption due to fault in signalling equipment: SMRT
Train service between Marina Bay and Promenade stations along the Circle Line were disrupted today due to a fault with the signalling equipment along the track, said SMRT. The disruption, which occurred at around 12.08pm, lasted for........

Man hurt in Lornie Road accident
A man was injured when his car went over the road barrier in an accident along Lornie Road this morning. The police said they received a call at about 8.35am about an accident involving two cars, which were headed toward Upper........

Ionescu calls for key witness to testify in Romania
BUCHAREST - Silviu Ionescu, the former Romanian diplomat charged with manslaughter after a deadly 2009 car crash in Singapore called yesterday for a key witness not yet heard in court to testify. "The Singaporian authorities who made a national......

    Govt dissatisfied with hygiene of food establishments
The Government is still not satisfied with the overall hygiene levels of food establishments in Singapore and will continue to work to raise standards, said Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu in Parliament yeste.....

    MFA aware of Ionescu's comments on key witness
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said it is aware of the comments by former Romanian diplomat Dr Silviu Ionescu to the media concerning a key witness in his trial......

Man arrested in illegal gambling den bust
Police have arrested a 29-year-old Malaysian man after busting an illegal gambling operation in a Geylang back lane on Wednesday......

Cash incentive for off-peak travel effective?
Dangling carrots such as discounts or rewards to get more train commuters to travel during off-peak hours is unlikely to be effective......

S'pore, Indonesia reinforce maritime ties
Singapore and Indonesia have reinforced their maritime ties and partnership between their maritime agencies......

Remaining charges against Sunshine Empire trio dropped
The remaining charges against the Sunshine Empire trio, who were convicted in 2010, were withdrawn by the prosecution on Thursday......

Revised telecoms law to take effect Feb
The revised Telecommunications Act (TA) will come into operation on the first of next month......

Latest Circle Line disruption due to signalling equipment failure
Train services between Marina Bay and Promenade stations along the Circle Line were disrupted on Thursday at 12.08pm......

CNB busts major drug trafficking syndicate
Anti-narcotic officers have busted a major drug trafficking syndicate, with the seizure of a sizeable stockpile of heroin meant for the coming festive holidays......

Man jailed for stealing S$32
A 40-year-old man was sentenced to a year's jail on Thursday for stealing S$32......

Countries relying on 3rd-party dispute mechanisms encouraging: Jayakumar
Singapore's former Senior Minister S Jayakumar said regional countries, including Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, have demonstrated an excellent and encouraging trend of relying on third-party dispute mechanisms......

A*STAR, GE Global Research to develop medical imaging technologies
The Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is partnering GE Global Research to develop medical imaging technologies and diagnostics......

Promenade & Marina Bay Circle Line stations hit by track fault
SMRT train services between Promenade and Marina Bay stations on the Circle Line were hit by a track fault Thursday afternoon......

New Woodsville Tunnel to open on Jan 28
The new Woodsville Tunnel will open to traffic at 9.00am on Saturday, January 28......

Criminal Mentions Court to sit on Monday
In view of the Lunar New Year public holidays, there will be a special sitting of the Criminal Mentions Court on Monday (January 23) at Court number 26......

Big morning rush-hour jam after Lornie Road accident
A man was injured when his car went over the road barrier in an accident along Lornie Road on Thursday morning......

US, Singapore enhance relations
The first United States-Singapore Strategic Partners Dialogue took place in Washington DC on Wednesday......

Analysts, MPs share thoughts on political pay debate
Discussions on political pay didn't stop at Parliament on Wednesday......

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