JOHOR BARU: Malaysians working in Singapore are taking precautionary measures due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases there. Many said they were not taking any chances, despite the fact that most people on both sides of the Causeway had been vaccinated. Customer service officer P. Thineswara Rao, 35, said he was monitoring his health to avoid...
SINGAPORE: For 12 days, Natalie Dau pounded the streets across Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, chalking up 1,000km – the equivalent of two full marathons (42.195km) a day. Her running shoes melted in the 35 deg C heat and a hip injury threatened to derail her quest, but she pushed on with her solo run. And there was...
SINGAPORE: Tucked away in the basement of an old mall lies gleaming Singapore's only heavy metal bar, where music fans brush shoulder-to-shoulder with international rockers who helped pioneer the genre. Few venues cater to the country's tiny but vibrant metal scene, while the government has focused on luring more mainstream headliners -- most recently Taylor Swift. Around...
SINGAPORE: It has been likened to a french bulldog, American actor Steve Buscemi, a grumpy old man and the character Gollum from the Lord Of The Rings. A video of a long-nosed stargazer fish has gone viral on Instagram, garnering nearly 1.3 million views since it was posted on May 18. Posted by The Untamed Paths, a...
SINGAPORE: The man suspected of killing Singaporean Audrey Fang has been confirmed as a beneficiary of her Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings, a Spanish media outlet reported on Monday (June 3). Singaporean Mitchell Ong, 43, was arrested in Alicante in Spain nearly a week after Fang, 39, was found dead with more than 30 stab wounds...
JOHOR BARU: The QR code system for Malaysian travellers has seen an encouraging response, with nearly 70,000 people registering to use the trial system aimed at expediting immigration clearance at the border crossings with Singapore. As of press time, one of the applications, known as MyTrip and embedded within the MySejahtera mobile app, has been functioning...
PUTRAJAYA: The Communications Ministry’s meeting with Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) and representatives of other social media platforms scheduled to be held in Singapore next month will discuss, among others, the Madani government’s commitment to combat fake news and disinformation, says Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said the meeting would take place during his official visit to...
BANGKOK (The Straits Times/ANN): It began with an emergency call on May 21 requesting Bangkok’s Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital to take in about 20 injured passengers from nearby Suvarnabhumi Airport. But every few minutes, the number would climb. Eventually, the private hospital would provide medical care for 104 patients who were on board Singapore Airlines’ turbulence-hit Flight SQ321...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Suspended policeman Kevin Chelvam admitted in court on May 27 that he had grabbed domestic helper Piang Ngaih Don by her hair and lifted her off the ground in a fit of anger a month before her death. The 24-year-old Myanmar national weighed only 24kg when she died on July 26, 2016,...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A new Covid-19 vaccine is available under the National Vaccination Programme (NVP) from May 28, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement on the same day. Called the Novavax/Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5 Covid-19 vaccine, it will be free for eligible individuals at any participating general practitioner (GP) clinics offering Covid-19 vaccinations. Approved by...
