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  • UAE Singapore discuss global development

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore have held talks over international development. The talks were held between UAE's minister for international cooperation and development, Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid al-Qasimi and visiting Singaporean minister for foreign affairs K. Shanmugam and his delegation. Both sides discussed ways to support efforts in international development, stimulating the ...

  • Indian lorry driver jailed in Singapore

    An Indian lorry driver has been jailed by a court in Singapore for causing the death of one person and injuring 14 others due to negligence while driving. Periyasamy Jayaprakash, 25, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mathialagu Kathiravan, 19, when his lorry collided head-on with another lorry on the Tanah Merah Coast Road here in the morning of July 3 last year, the Straits Times reported ...

  • New leadership programme to help civil servants become specialists

    Office workers walk in Raffles Place on Nov 6, 2012. A new leadership programme was launched to help civil servants become specialists in their respective fields. -- ST FILE PHOTO: RAJ ...

  • Bullying Singaporean boss deals office blows

    (5 mins ago) A Singaporean company supervisor caught on video slapping a male intern is in trouble after the clip went viral on the web and sparked a public outcry. Police confirmed to AFP that a complaint had been lodged against the supervisor, who works at a software company, and the manpower ministry said it had also been alerted about the alleged case of workplace abuse. The 17-second ...

  • New E-exam for students taking this years A-level Mother Tongue Language B paper

    The Education Ministry will introduce "e-examination" for mother tongue starting from this year's A-level Mother Tongue Language "B" exam. For the first time, computer-based writing will be introduced. Some 300 junior college students under the Mother Tongue Language B programme will complete their functional writing on a computer, where they will type out either an ...


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Garden State [DVD]

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  • Shane Todd inquiry Todds parents said they will no longer participate in inquiry

    Shane Todd's family is back at courts for the coroner's inquiry into the death of Shane Todd, 21 May 2013. (front centre and right) Shane's parents, Mary and Rick, and his 3 brothers, including (left) Dylan, walked out of the Subcourt during the afternoon session shortly after a witness, Luis Alejandro Andia Montes, took the stand. The parents of American researcher Shane Todd ...

  • US parents quit Singapore inquest into son’s death

    Rick, left and Mary Todd, right, parents of late American software engineer Shane Truman Todd, leave the Subordinate Courts of Singapore on Wednesday in Singapore. Singapore has opened a coroner’s inquiry into the death of Todd, with evidence pointing to an alleged suicide case which was consistently refuted by his parents and drew queries from US senators. AP SINGAPORE--The parents of an ...

  • Parents of dead American doubt honesty of Singaporean inquest prepare to head for home

    The parents of an American software engineer who believe their son was murdered last year in Singapore withdrew from the inquest today, saying they have no confidence in the island’s legal process. (Pictured, the brothers of American Shane Todd, John, left, and Dylan). Shane Truman Todd's body was found in his Singapore apartment by his girlfriend last June 24, and police have said ...

  • ComChest sets another record fund-raising target of $85.9 million for this year

    ComChest's donation boxes in supermarkets. The Community Chest (ComChest) kicked off its annual fund-raising drive on Wednesday by announcing another record fund-raising target of $85.9 million for this year. -- ST FILE PHOTO: NG SOR ...

  • Heng Chee How condemns alleged physical abuse of worker at IT company

    NTUC deputy secretary general Heng Chee How speaking at the annual fair employment conference organised by the Tripartite Alliance on Fair Employment Practices. Physical abuse of workers by their bosses cannot be condoned in Singapore, said NTUC deputy Secretary-General Heng Chee How in a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday. -- ST FILE PHOTO: JAMIE ...

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