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  • Train services along NEL back to normal except between Woodleigh and Punggol

    Train services on the North East Line are being delayed on Wednesday evening due to a train fault, said SBS Transit. -- ST FILE PHOTO: MARK ...

  • 30-minute delay for train services along North East Line

    Train services on the North East Line are being delayed on Wednesday evening due to a train fault, said SBS Transit. -- ST FILE PHOTO: MARK ...

  • Singapore shrouded in Sumatran fire haze

    Singapore enveloped in a thick pall of wood smoke caused by forest fires in Sumatra Pollution index reaches 173 on Wednesday, the worst level since 1997 when it reached 226 National Environment Agency says air quality becomes 'very unhealthy' when the index passes 200 Singapore is anxious to avoid a repeat of the 1997 haze crisis which cost an estimated $9 ...

  • Singaporeans turn on officials for smog inaction

    Singapore's smog caused by Indonesian forest fires worsened today as air pollution levels reached a 16-year high, triggering a run on medical masks and angry complaints from tourists and locals. The city-state's Pollutant Standards Index soared to 172 at mid-afternoon, well past the officially designated ';unhealthy'' threshold of 100, according to the National ...

  • Worsening haze from Indonesia angers Singapore tourists

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore's smog crisis from Indonesian forest fires worsened Wednesday as air pollution levels reached a 16-year high, triggering a run on medical masks and angry complaints from foreign tourists and locals.The city-state's Pollutant Standards Index soared to 172 at mid-afternoon, well past the officially designated "unhealthy" threshold of 100, according ...


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Primal Fear [Blu-Ray]

Primal Fear [Blu-Ray]

A beloved archbishop in Chicago is brutally murdered in his bedroom, stabbed 78 times with a large knife, his eyes gouged out, his body mutilated. A 19-year-old altar boy named Aaron Stampler is found running from the crime scene, covered with the bishops blood. He is caught and immediately ... ...

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  • Huawei unveils thinnest smartphone in Singapore

    International telecommunications giant Huawei unveiled its latest flagship device Ascend P6 in Singapore on Wednesday, marketing it as the thinnest smartphone in the world. And it features a distinctively sleek design, too.The Asia launch came just a few hours after the global debut of the smartphone at a standalone event in London, showing the aspirations of the China-headquartered ...

  • Singapore to Host IADC Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation

    For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, off-shore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies organises the International Seminar on Dredging and ...

  • Premiums for larger cars inch upwards yet again

    Potential car buyers and members of the public at a Toyota showroom on March 17, 2013. The premiums for purchasing a car rose across the board with those for larger cars leading the way as tenders closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. -- ST FILE PHOTO: NEO ...

  • Latest Certificate Of Entitlement results out

    Here are the latest Certificate Of Entitlement results from the bidding exercise on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. -- ST FILE PHOTO: ALPHONSUS ...

  • Two jailed for paid sex with minor in another online vice ring case

    Two men who had paid sex with a 16-year-old student, former port inspector Alvin Chen Zi You formerly known as Tan Zi Yu and bell hop Muhammad Ibrahim (above), were each jailed for 12 weeks on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in another online vice ring case. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI ...

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