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  • Singapores exports continue to fall

    Singapore's external trade continued to fall in the first quarter of this year, with declines for total trade, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) and non-oil re-exports (NORX), the city-state's trade promotion agency, International Enterprise Singapore, said Thursday. This is the third consecutive quarter of decrease for both total trade and NODX. According to the data, the NODX, a key gauge of ...

  • Fast Furious 6 stars surprised by car prices in Singapore interview video shared

    A six-minute video showing the stars of the movie Fast & Furious 6 astounded by car prices in Singapore has been shared rapidly around the world.The clip showing actors Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano and Luke Evans trying to to guess how much cars cost here is now one of the highest-viewed on online television site RazorTV (razortv.com.sg)Straits Times Life! journalist John Lui, ...

  • Car reduced to metal heap after catching fire near CTE entrance

    A car that caught fire near the entrance of the Central Expressway (CTE) earlier this afternoon was reduced to an ashen tangle of metal after the flames were extinguished by Singapore Civil Defence (SCDF) officers. -- ST PHOTO: KELVIN LIM ...

  • US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

    SINGAPORE -; The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a coroner's inquest, saying they had lost faith in the process. Their lawyer said they would push for a U.S. congressional ...

  • Singapore to Host IADC Seminar

    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 ...


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Welcome to Mooseport

Welcome to Mooseport

Welcome to Mooseport is a political satire that wants to be little more than a warmnfuzzy comedy. Theres plenty of ripe comedic potential for skewering politics, but the movie bypasses almost all of it. In some ways, this is a letdown, but the result, watered ... ...

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  • Parents of dead US man leave Singapore before end of inquest hope Congress will investigate

    SINGAPORE - The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year have left the city-state before the end of a coroner's inquest. They say they have lost faith in the process and their lawyer says they will push for a U.S. congressional investigation. Rick and Mary Todd believe their son Shane Truman Todd was murdered in June 2012 and that evidence of ...

  • President appoints 103 honorary Aides-de-Camp at Istana ceremony

    President Tony Tan Keng Yam officiated the appointment ceremony of 103 Honorary Aides-de-Camp (ADCs) at the Istana on Thursday morning. Currently, the President has three full-time ADCs. Honorary ADCs assist these full-time ADCs in the discharge of their duties to the President by helping in areas such as receiving guests and serving as liaison officers for VIPs or emcees at official events, to ...

  • Former accounts officer forged 95 cheques and pocketed $634000

    A former accounts officer with a trading and services company who forged 95 company cheques and misappropriated $634,000 was jailed for 50 months on Thursday, May 22, 2013. -- ST POSED PHOTO: WANG HUI ...

  • Public to vote for names of 16 Thomson Line stations

    Members of the public may now vote for their preferred names for the 16 Thomson Line (TSL) stations. Starting from Thursday, they may vote online through the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) portal until June 17. -- PHOTO: ...

  • City Harvest DPP shows that 2 documents signed in 2007 were drafted in 2010

    Church founder Kong Hee (right), and his lawyer Edwin Tong (left), leave the Subordinate Courts after the fifth day of the City Harvest Trial, on May 22, 2013. On the sixth day of the City Harvest trial involving six accused persons from the church, the prosecution showed that two sets of documents which were signed in 2007, appeared to have been drafted only in 2010. -- ST FILE PHOTO: SEAH ...

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