Category: Singapore

Entertainment

15 Life-Sized Dinosaurs Are Coming to Singapore — But What Happens When a T-Rex Walks Within Arm’s Reach?

Singapore is about to get a prehistoric visitor unlike anything seen before. Dinosaur Odyssey, the acclaimed Japanese live dinosaur production from DINO-A-LIVE, is heading to Resorts World Sentosa this December for its first large-scale indoor production outside Japan. The show will run from Dec. 3 to 6, 2026, at Resorts World Convention Centre. And this isn't a traditional dinosaur exhibition where visitors simply stare at static models. The production will feature 15 ultra-realistic, life-s

August 28, 2026

Politics

Singapore Is Giving Every Child Almost S$70,000 — But the Bigger Change Could Be What Happens After Baby Bonus

SINGAPORE — Singapore is making one of its biggest changes to family support in a generation, replacing the long-running Baby Bonus and Large Families schemes with a new system designed to support children financially well beyond their first years. Under the new SG Child Support Package, every Singapore Citizen child will receive the same core level of support regardless of birth order, with assistance spread from birth through age 17. The Government says the broader package of financial suppo

August 28, 2026

Singapore

Singapore Hospitals Are Turning to Acupuncture for Stroke, Cancer and Severe Pain — But There’s a Catch

SINGAPORE — Acupuncture is moving beyond traditional clinics and deeper into Singapore's public healthcare system, with several hospitals now using it alongside conventional medicine for pain management, stroke rehabilitation and cancer-related symptoms. The shift marks a significant development in Singapore's approach to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), but health authorities are stressing that this does not mean replacing Western medicine with traditional treatments. Instead, the model be

August 28, 2026

Singapore

Singapore Designer Turns Hawker Stall Eggshell Waste Into Stylish Homeware — But It Takes 40 Eggs To Make Just One

What if the eggshells left behind after your favourite hawker meal could become a designer home accessory? That is exactly what Singapore-based designer Eden Loh is exploring, transforming discarded eggshells from a local carrot cake stall into planters, decorative plates, trays and other homeware products. Loh, who is behind Singapore design studio ODD M., collects the eggshell waste from Carrot Cubes at Rong Yuan Coffeeshop along Upper Serangoon Crescent and processes it into a composite mat

August 28, 2026

Singapore

He Pushed the Man Who Attacked His Father — Then the 78-Year-Old Died Days Later

SINGAPORE — A split-second decision to defend his father has resulted in a nine-month jail sentence for a 37-year-old man after the elderly man he pushed fell, hit his head and later died. Jimmy Yar Hock Long was sentenced on Thursday (Aug 27) after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt that resulted in grievous hurt. The case has drawn attention because the fatal confrontation began after Yar's 70-year-old father was allegedly struck on the head with an umbrella by the 78-year-old victim

August 27, 2026

Singapore

Singapore Responds as Nepal-Tibet Flood Death Toll Climbs — But Hundreds Are Still Missing

SINGAPORE — Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has extended Singapore's condolences to those affected by the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, as the scale of the Himalayan disaster continues to emerge and rescuers search for hundreds of people still unaccounted for. In a statement reported by Channel NewsAsia, Mr Wong said Singapore was deeply saddened by the tragedy and that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was in close contact with authorities in Nepal and China to provi

August 27, 2026

Singapore

Ex-Credit Suisse VP Wins Appeal as Jail Term Cut to 10 Years and 7 Months in Multimillion-Dollar Forgery Case

SINGAPORE — A former Credit Suisse vice-president who forged more than 100 bank instruction letters to carry out unauthorised transactions on clients' accounts has successfully appealed against her original 13-year jail sentence, with the High Court reducing it to 10 years and seven months. Soh Yuan-Yi, 50, had pleaded guilty to 30 charges, including forgery and dealing with benefits from criminal conduct, while another 123 charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. Her appeal was

August 27, 2026

Entertainment

Huang Yiliang Returns to Acting After 19 Years — But His Hawker Stall Isn’t Going Anywhere

Singapore entertainment veteran Huang Yiliang is back in front of the camera after nearly two decades away — but the 65-year-old says his return to acting was never about missing the spotlight. The former Mediacorp actor, who has spent recent months building a new life as a hawker, is making his acting comeback in the upcoming local microdrama BingBingBiangBiang Kopidiam, reuniting with a familiar group of former colleagues from Singapore's entertainment scene. Huang, who was last seen onscree

August 27, 2026

Singapore

You Drop Your Old Clothes Into Singapore’s Yellow Bins—But Where Do They Really Go Next?

That old shirt, pair of jeans or bag you no longer wear may not be headed straight to a recycling machine—or even directly to a new wardrobe. In Singapore, unwanted textiles placed in Cloop’s yellow recycling bins are collected and sent to Malaysia, where thousands of tonnes of clothing are sorted, assessed and channelled into different destinations depending on their condition, material and demand. And the scale of the operation is growing rapidly. According to a 27 August 2026 report by Cha

August 27, 2026

Singapore

231 Suspects, $6.35 Million Lost: Singapore’s Latest Scam Crackdown Exposes a Dangerous Money-Mule Network

Singapore police have launched a major crackdown on suspected scammers and money mules after 231 people were placed under investigation in connection with more than 900 scam cases that reportedly caused victims to lose over S$6.35 million. The two-week islandwide enforcement operation was conducted from Jan. 30 to Feb. 12, 2026, by officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and all seven Police Land Divisions, according to the Singapore Police Force. The 231 individuals comprise 165 men a

August 27, 2026