MELAKA: Singapore Airlines' low-cost carrier Scoot is set to make its maiden flight to Melaka International Airport by the end of September, said Datuk Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman. The state tourism, heritage, art and culture committee chairman said the airline is expected to make six daily flights from the airport within the next few months. "We anticipate...
PHNOM PENH: A recent parliamentary exchange in Singapore has sparked debate over the deportation of seven convicted money-launderers to Cambodia. The discussions centred on the decision to send the criminals to the Kingdom, in spite of the fact that some of them do not hold Khmer citizenship. In August last year, Singaporean police concluded a years-long...
Singapore: Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Candy Ko, 32, overcame multiple challenges, such as building up her fitness after piling on 27kg during her second pregnancy and raising a child who had kidney cancer, to become the first and only woman to join the Police Tactical Unit (PTU). The PTU responds to public order and public...
SINGAPORE: About 1.5 million eligible adult Singaporeans will receive S$450 or $850 in cash in August to help with their daily living expenses, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Thursday (July 4). Those living in homes with annual values of up to $21,000 will get $850. Those with homes with annual values of more than $21,000,...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two people were taken to hospital following an accident involving four vehicles along Lim Chu Kang Road on June 27 evening. The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted at about 6.10pm to the accident involving a van and three lorries along Lim Chu Kang Road towards Neo...
SINGAPORE: More than 110 suspicious bank accounts with over S$400,000 were blocked by UOB or seized by the police in a joint operation targeting money mules. The operation was conducted by the bank and officers from the Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) from June 17 to 24, the police said in a statement on Thursday (June 27). The...
JOHOR BARU: Those travelling between Malaysia and Singapore using the Causeway can expect traffic congestion on Friday morning (June 28) due to the crossing's centenary celebrations. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said in conjunction with the Causeway celebrating its 100th anniversary, traffic congestion is expected to occur on the day itself. “The celebration programme will...
SINGAPORE: A woman appeared in a district court on Thursday (June 27), accused of repeatedly performing a sexual act on an intellectually disabled man without his consent in 2022. She is also accused of making video calls to her boyfriend while committing the alleged offences. Court documents did not disclose how the Indonesian woman was linked to...
SINGAPORE (Bernama--Agencies): It will take three months to complete the oil spill clean-up in the Tanjong and Palawan beaches at Singapore's resort Sentosa, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Grace Fu has announced. The spill happened on June 14 after a collision between a Netherlands-flagged dredger and a Singapore-flagged bunker vessel. The oil spread to Singapore's...
PUTRAJAYA: The government will try to facilitate Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) registration for foreign-registered vehicles entering Malaysia but will not turn back on the enforcement of VEP starting Oct 1. Transport Minister Anthony Loke (pic) said the government currently has no way to track foreign-registered vehicles with summonses and offences. He said once VEP is in place, foreign motorists...
