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Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) said on Wednesday that Internet firm Yahoo had obtained a 'free ride' by reproducing its news content on its website without the company's permission. The media company said this in a reply to the defence by Yahoo! in the law suit that it commenced against the...

A police officer was jailed for two months on Wednesday for unlawfully accessing the computer system of the police force to look up his former girlfriend's contact details after their break-up. The offences against Muhammad Alfian Roslan, 24, came to light when Ms Nur'ain Mohd Rahiman, also...

SINGAPORE - A mother and her two daughters were sentenced to jail on Wednesday for a series of horrific abuses committed on a boy who was staying with them. The trio pleaded guilty today to causing grievous hurt to the boy, now 10 years old, The Straits Times reported. The 46-year-old mother...

SOURCE: The Straits Times A JOBLESS man was yesterday placed on probation and ordered to do 80 hours of community service after making two underage girls pregnant. The 21-year-old had pleaded guilty last month to having sex with a 14-year-old girl on two occasions. Four other charges of...

Another two Malay People's Action Party (PAP) MPs have weighed in on the controversy that erupted over remarks made by fellow MP Seng Han Thong on a TV talk show. Mr Zainal Sapari and Mr Zaqy Mohamad made separate postings on Facebook on Friday that distanced themselves from Mr Seng's...

SMRT shareholders can look forward to their generous dividends for a while yet despite the transport firm's rocky few weeks with the breakdowns. Analysts believe the company has the financial ability to continue dispensing its traditionally high dividend, even if its maintenance and repair...

The Ministry of Defence has revealed figures on how many Singapore Armed Forces regulars retire for the first time. It also showed that eight in 10 retiring servicemen take an average of six months to land a new job in the civilian sector. According to a Straits Times report, six in 10 of...

一家7口竟有一半是罪犯！老大涉谋杀、老二行为猥亵、老三纵火，继父也涉吸毒，母亲为避阿窿，和另外2个孩子躲在家！ 晚报日前报道，21岁阿兵哥苏伟坚因涉嫌于去年中秋夜，在兀兰万礼德光公园杀死少妇何虹玲（32岁，书记）被控，过后又因涉嫌用刀刺伤3女子，被加控3项企图谋杀罪。 原来，苏伟坚的家庭背景复杂，母亲（38岁）经历两次婚姻，2001年与前夫离婚后带着3个儿子改嫁黄志勇（42岁，散工）。 黄志勇与前妻育有一子（17岁），患有血癌。完整报道，请翻阅12.12.2011《联合晚报》。

HER three-year-old son woke up on Tuesday morning and refused to go to the childcare centre which he had been attending since early this year. He told her he was being bullied by the “big kids”. It was only then, his mother said, that she found that he had a bruised wrist. The...

Cleaners at Newton hawker centre have been using filthy mops to clean the tables and chairs. This practice was discovered by a member of the public, Ms Cai (25, clerk), when she was at the hawker centre. At about 4pm on 7 November, Ms Cai was shocked when she witnessed cleaners at the...

19-year-old Rabbani Mohammad Zaini has had more than 20 girlfriends in the last five years, but he says he is not proud of it. At the first ever Character Development education forum, entitled "Friendship, Courtship, Hatred, Love" organised by Temasek Polytechnic, he stood up and asked the...

A STOMPer was appalled to see a Facebook posting made by a woman, who bragged about stealing food from a buffet at a restaurant for her kids at home. Said the STOMPer: "I saw these photos online plus the caption saying that she took food from the buffet at Sakura restaurant for her kids at...

FROM the front, the first-storey unit in Ang Mo Kio looks like any other neighbourhood store. Nobody seemed to have any idea that above the shop, on the second storey, is a flat that is operating as a sleazy massage parlour. Inside, a paying customer can opt for a "sensual" massage with...

去年净赚2亿2850万元，康福德高被质疑，为何还要起价？ 康福德高德士公司日前宣布在下星期一起调整车资，许多人不满公司每年的净利可观，去年更高达2亿2850万元，比起前年多了4.1％，却选择在经济情况不明朗之际调高车资。 据过去报道，康福德高今年第三季的净利，同比猛增12.5％，达6910万元。 康福德高去年给予董事经理兼集团总裁柯逢豹的薪酬，也介于175万元到200万元之间。 就有读者指出，若康福德高的董事和职员，没有因调高车资而获利，那他搭乘德士时，也会比较心甘情愿。 陈清木医生，面簿上发表看法。完整报道，请翻阅08.12.2011《新明日报》。

The National Environment Agency evaluates requests for hawker centres in housing estates based on several factors, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. Members of Parliament had earlier asked for hawker centres for their constituencies. But some factors that...

A male corpse was found in the waters around East Coast Park yesterday afternoon at about 4.20pm. The deceased man's face was covered in blood and he appeared to have suffered head injuries, reported Shin Min Daily. He is a Chinese man with a tanned complexion and was wearing a t-shirt and...

To repay his loans, he tried to arrange for his wife to become a prostitute, telling her it was a job that paid well. This was what Madam Lim Kum Hui, 54, who was married to Mr Sim Chee Yong, 56, for three years, told Lianhe Wanbao. The couple were divorced more than 30 years ago and lost...

PUTRAJAYA,Malaysia - A new civil service remuneration scheme has been unveiled giving government employees a pay rise of 7% to 13% effective Jan 1. Public Service director-general Tan Sri Abu Bakar Abdullah said the increments for the civil servants would be based on four principles...

One in five Singaporean men who are in relationships admit to having affairs, a survey of men and women from 36 countries has found. The respondents who have been unfaithful - which include 22 per cent of male respondents here - are also more likely to be having casual sex or paying for...