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  • Japan sinks Singapore at Sudirman Cup

    Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ...

  • Indian jailed in Singapore for prostitution

    A 24-year-old Indian man has been jailed by a court in Singapore for managing a prostitution ring. Kothandan Vinod has pleaded guilty to managing three Indian women after promising each of them a salary of Rs.30,000 (S$684) to work as prostitutes in Singapore, the Straits Times reported Monday. Vinod was in Singapore on business for less than a week when he was caught. Two of the women - ...

  • Man who filmed 423 upskirt videos charged with insulting modesty of women

    A man was charged in court on Tuesday with 423 counts of insulting modesty by taking upskirt videos of women. Kew Guozhi, 31, is alleged to have used a camera pen to capture video recordings of the inner thighs and underwear of his victims over a two-year period between 2009 and 2010. He allegedly committed 11 offences at an office in Hampshire Road by taking upskirt videos of four women. The ...

  • 2.5 per cent interest rate for CPF Ordinary Accounts from July 1 to September 30

    All Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will continue to get a 2.5 per cent interest rate on their Ordinary Account savings from July 1 to September 30 this year. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CAROLINE ...

  • Lorry driver jailed for causing death and injuring 14 others

    A lorry driver was jailed for eight weeks and banned from driving for five years on Tuesday over a head-on collision with another lorry which claimed the life of one and seriously injured 14 others. Periyasamy Jayaprakash, 25, an Indian national, admitted to causing the death of Mr Mathialagu Kathiravan, 19, a passenger in the rear cabin of the lorry, through his negligence along Tanah Merah ...


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Movie Review

Devil

Devil

No doubt Devil will receive more than its share of bad press and reviews for one of two reasons (or, more likely, both). First, it was co-produced and developed from a story by M. Night Shyamalan, the first in an apparent series known as The Night Chronicles, which is more than enough ... ...

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  • American was murdered in Singapore says pathologist

    (17 mins ago) An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry today. Edward Adelstein, 75, a deputy medical examiner in Missouri, contradicted Singapore police findings that Shane Todd killed himself, but admitted his conclusions were based on pictures of the body and ...

  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-SingTel dips on broker downgrade

    OCBC cut its rating on the sector. "In the search for yield, telco stocks have done very well, rising some 14 percent to 26 percent year to date, versus the STI's 9 percent climb," OCBC said in a report. "However, given the still-muted outlook, we believe that the share prices have run up too much, too quickly, and this has driven yields down to below 5 ...

  • Singapore firms need to be globally competitive IE Singapore

    trade as the backbone of its small, resource-scarce economy. But the cross-border exchange of goods and services in modern-day Singapore has come a long way from its humble origins. ...

  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Keppel REIT falls after parent firm trims stake

    stake in the trust for S$280 million ($223 million). The price fall came after Keppel REIT marched to a 5-1/2-year high of S$1.63 last week, rallying more than 20 percent so far this year and outperforming a 13 percent rise in the sector index. An analyst at a foreign brokerage said the uncertainty of a new shareholder and concerns about further stake sales by Keppel Corp weighed on ...

  • Shane Todd inquiry Parents US-based expert recants finding that Dr Todd was strangled

    Shane Todd's family is back at courts for the coroner's inquiry into the death of Shane Todd, on 21 May 2013. (front) Shane's parents, Mary and Rick, (back from left) Dylan (Shane's brother), Corynne ( Chet's wife), (checked shirt) John (Shane's brother), Chet (Shane's brother). The expert witness who suggested that American researcher Shane Todd was murdered, ...

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