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It seems like Singaporeans are most worried about their personal savings. A study called "The Happiness Report" found that 46.5 percent of those polled reported a lack of sufficient savings in the last six months. This was especially prevalent among those aged between 30 and 44-years-old...

SINGAPORE - A body has been found at Bedok Reservoir this morning. According to an eyewitness, the body was pulled up by police officers at about 7.25am. Bus driver Yeo Kin Kiat, 53, said he was ferrying workers when he saw the police in the area. After dropping off his passengers, he...

A 40-year-old man in Singapore has refused to pay the $1 maintenance fee that the court awarded to his wife after their separation. According to a Shin Min Daily report, the wife is three years older than him, and has a monthly salary of over $10,000. The husband earns $5,000 per month...

According to an analysis done by Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Singapore is ranked 37th on the list of “Best and Worst Places for Women”, with an overall score of 80.8 out of 100. The study, which took into consideration five aspects of justice, health, education, economics and politics, saw...

I WAS disappointed by the remarks of the People's Action Party Member of Parliament for Yuhua, Ms Grace Fu, who heads the PAP's women's wing ('Women to pack more punch in the House'; last Saturday). Ms Fu, who is Senior Minister of State for two ministries - Information, Communications and...

A female police officer was jailed for six months on Tuesday for accepting a $50 bribe from a colleague in return for not reporting him for theft. Norhasidah Mohamed Said, 30, who is now nine weeks' pregnant, was also ordered to pay a penalty of $50, being the amount of bribe she took. She...

In his first speech on housing in Parliament, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan vowed to focus on making housing available to two groups of homebuyers within the next two years. Newlywed first-timers and vulnerable families are the two groups of homebuyers who are at the top of his...

WHEN the police raided a Sin Ming terrace house operating as an illegal gambling den, a neighbour was not surprised. After all, just two weeks earlier, she had witnessed a dramatic rooftop escape by a youth when the police first showed up at the house. The 53-year-old housewife, who wanted...

A seasoned politician, a family counsellor and a pair of young activists on Monday night became the first recipients of awards honouring them for their work in promoting gender equality. The awards were presented by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware). Minister of State...

Michelle Liang started drinking at 18. Then, she just wanted to enjoy a night out with her girlfriends. She went on to down five to seven drinks in one sitting a week and spend about $200 a night on jugs of house pour. It was not until she was thrown out of a club in Europe that she...

They are called 'sexts' - sexually explicit text messages that may include naked photographs of the sender. Has the new fangled practice of sending explicit photos over the phone become too prevalent in Singapore? The answer is a big yes. And the increasing prevalence of 'sexting' among...

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A MAN who allegedly lured his victims with the promise of jobs then sexually assaulted them on the pretext of conducting a medical examination, was accused of 12 more offences yesterday. Mohamad Rizuan Rahim, 28, first appeared in court in July accused of molesting six girls and women. The...

Scuffle breaks out at Bedok Jetty Three foreigners and a local man were seen scuffling at Bedok Jetty at about 2 am Sunday. In an email to citizen journalism website Stomp, a netizen who witnessed the scene said that a group of three men and a woman were making a nuisance of themselves...

A student in Nanjing, China has offered a man sexual favours in return for the new iPhone 4S. Leaked screen grabs of the QQ conversation between the girl and a man show her first offering him oral sex in exchange for the phone. Calling herself 'lovemelo', on the Chinese instant messaging...

SINGAPORE - Aljunied GRC Member of Parliament (MP) Chen Show Mao has been named to the Committee of Selection, reported The Straits Times. The former corporate lawyer is the first non-PAP MP to be named to this committee since Singapore became independent from Malaysia. The committee has...

SINGAPORE - The man linked to sociopolitical website Temasek Review, who was arrested last month for conducting an exit poll during May 7's general election, is now out on bail. A police spokesman confirmed the arrest and told The Sunday Times (ST) that 'it is inappropriate to comment further...

A 61-year-old man who had served 12 years in jail for incest was arrested after his nine-year-old granddaughter lodged a police report against him, Berita Harian reported. Kulim OCPD Supt Ghuzlan Salleh said the young girl made the report after she confided in a school teacher about what had...

KUALA LUMPUR - There will be no increase in the allowances of the 222 MPs as envisaged under Budget 2012, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz. "I am withdrawing the proposal immediately," Nazri, who is in charge of Parliament, said at Parliament lobby...