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Singapore moves to tighten public sector data-sharing rules after SingHealth attack
SINGAPORE, Aug 15 — Singapore is moving to strengthen its Public Sector Governance Act (PSGA) to ensure tighter control over how public agencies share data with external partners. The amendments will enable public sector agencies to authorise an external partner
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Singapore’s Sengkang-Punggol LRT hit by second breakdown in three days; back running after five hours
SINGAPORE, Aug 15 — The Sengkang-Punggol Light Rail Transit (SPLRT) is fully operational again, five hours after a power fault this morning pulled the brakes on its trains. “Service on the Sengkang LRT has fully resumed since 12.54pm. Free regular
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Four suspected housebreakers taken back to Bukit Timah sites under police escort
SINGAPORE, Aug 14 — Four Chinese nationals accused of possessing housebreaking tools were brought under police guard to locations in Bukit Timah on Wednesday, less than a week after their arrests in an attempted break-in case. Zhuo Yinggui, 36; Yang
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Battery pack likely cause of Bukit Merah flat fire that killed two, says Singapore Civil Defence Force
SINGAPORE, Aug 14 — A man and a woman in their 30s died after a fire swept through a Bukit Merah flat on August 13, with preliminary findings pointing to a personal mobility device (PMD) battery pack as the likely
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Singapore woman, 68, charged over bizarre scissors, nail clipper attack on domestic helper
SINGAPORE, Aug 14 — A 68-year-old woman has been accused of injuring her domestic helper with a pair of scissors and a nail clipper. Her alleged actions caused the helper to suffer multiple injuries. According to The Straits Times, Lim Lay
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Singapore man convicted for making drug-laced vape pods that trigger muscle spasms
SINGAPORE, Aug 13 — A 41-year-old man from Yishun has admitted to producing vaporiser pods laced with etomidate, marking the first conviction linked to Kpods. According to The Straits Times, in December 2024, Mohammed Akil Abdul Rahim was caught at his
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Singapore’s richest man, Nippon Paint tycoon Goh Cheng Liang, dies at 98
SINGAPORE, Aug 12 — Goh Cheng Liang, founder of Wuthelam Group and Singapore’s richest person, died today at the age of 98, his family said, according to a report published in The Straits Times today. According to Forbes’ 2025 ranking of the
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StarHub seals S$105m MyRepublic buyout as Keppel strikes S$1.43b M1 deal with Simba in telco shake-up
SINGAPORE, Aug 12 — Singapore’s telecommunications sector is seeing a fresh wave of consolidation, with StarHub completing its S$105.2 million (RM345 million) purchase of MyRepublic’s broadband business just a day after Keppel announced plans to sell M1’s telecom operations to
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Singapore’s non-oil exports jump 7.1pc in Q2 amid trade turbulence
SINGAPORE, Aug 12 — Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew by 7.1 per cent in the second quarter of the year (2Q 2025) on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, extending the 3.3 per cent growth recorded in the previous quarter, according
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Singapore lifts 2025 GDP forecast to 1.5-2.5pc after tariff truce, but warns of slowdown in second half
SINGAPORE, Aug 12 — Singapore has upgraded its 2025 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 1.5 to 2.5 per cent to reflect the better-than-expected performance of the country’s economy in the first half of 2025 (1H 2025). However, the
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