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Law ministry considering draft bill on plea bargaining
A concept paper and draft bill on a framework for plea bargaining is now with the Law Ministry for consideration, said Singapore's new attorney general Senior Counsel Steven Chong. Speaking at the opening of the new legal year, he........
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S'pore students attain stellar IB Diploma results
Students in Singapore have done well in the latest International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, with 41 managing perfect scores of 45 out of 45. On average, students in Singapore scored 36.50 points last year, higher than the........
Woman jailed for abusing nephews
A dishwasher, who tied up her two nephews in her kitchen for two days as punishment for misbehaving, has been sentenced to one year and one week's jail. After two days of being tied up, the younger of the nephews was found........
PM Lee sends letter of demand to blogger Alex Au
Lawyers for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have sent a letter of demand to blogger Alex Au over a defamatory post published on his blog, Yawning Bread. The article, titled PAP mis-AIMed, faces blowback", concerns the sale of........
16-year-old arrested for housebreaking, theft
Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy for committing break-ins at houses located at Thomson Hills Drive and Sembawang Hills Drive. They said several cases of break-ins were reported along Thomson Hills Drive from Dec 25 last year........
Man arrested after suicide attempt at Sengkang
A Chinese man has been arrested after he threatened to jump from the 16th floor of a block of flats in Sengkang, at Block 210A Compassvale Lane. Police said they received a call for assistance at 12.45am on this morning, and the........
Inter-agency group to look into family justice reforms
An inter-agency group is being set up to consider reforms when it come to dealing with family justice, and will comprise of Supreme Court judges and representatives from the Law Ministry and Social and Family Development Ministry, announced........
Lim Chow Kiat succeeds Ng Kok Song as GIC's Group CIO
Mr Lim Chow Kiat will succeed Mr Ng Kok Song as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) Group Chief Investment Officer from Feb 1, GIC announced today in a press release. The 64-year-old Ng will be retiring after a........
1,684 COEs available for first open bidding exercise in Jan
Details for January's first open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COE) have been released. The total quota available for this tender is 1,684. There will be 410 COEs for Cat A (small cars), 363 for Cat B........
Singapore Poly introduces multi-disciplinary engineering course with IBM and SMRT
Singapore Polytechnic (SP) today launched a new engineering course to train manpower for the transportation and engineering services sector. The new diploma is a holistic, multi-disciplinary engineering programme which combines........
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Suspected food poisoning at hotel
A Cantonese restaurant at the InterContinental Singapore hotel suspended operations yesterday, after suspected food poisoning last month during five functions such as wedding and company banquets. More than 200 people........
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Sales dip at dried seafood wholesale centre after relocation
Dried seafood sellers who used to operate at Victoria Wholesale Centre said they have seen business dip by more than half since shifting from Bugis to their present location in Kallang......
Number of foreign lawyers growing faster than local lawyers
SINGAPORE : Singapore's legal profession is growing steadily in numbers, but at the same time, trends indicate that the number of foreign lawyers is growing faster than local lawyers......
S'pore students attain stellar IB Diploma results
Singapore students have done well in the latest International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme......
Law ministry considering draft bill on plea bargaining
A concept paper and draft bill on a framework for plea bargaining is now with the Law Ministry for consideration, said Singapore's new attorney general, Senior Counsel Steven Chong......
Taxi driver jailed for loanshark harassment, robbery charges
Saddled with debt, a taxi driver became a loanshark runner and ended up slapped with a total of 130 harassment and robbery charges......
Woman jailed for abusing nephews
A dishwasher, who tied up her two nephews in her kitchen for two days as punishment for misbehaving, has been sentenced to one year and one week's jail......
Leasing of private homes to slow in 2013: forecasts
Rentals for private homes may have hit record prices and volume in 2012, but some market experts said the market will be slower in 2013......
Blogger to remove defamatory posts after PM Lee's letter of demand
Blogger Alex Au will remove four posts published on his site, which are said to be defamatory to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong......
CNB, ICA seize S$160k worth of drugs
Officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) have seized about 1.4kg of heroin from a Malaysian drug courier at Tuas Checkpoint......
16-year-old arrested for housebreaking, theft
Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy for committing break-ins at houses located at Thomson Hills Drive and Sembawang Hills Drive......
Man arrested after suicide attempt at Sengkang
A Chinese man has been arrested after he threatened to jump from the 16th floor of a block of flats in Sengkang......
Inter-agency group to look into family justice reforms
An inter-agency group is being set up to consider reforms on family justice......
1,684 COEs available for first open bidding exercise in Jan
Details for January's first open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COE) have been released......
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