Singapore

A company and its director have been fined for illegally importing more than 360kg of fresh fruits and vegetables from Malaysia, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Monday (Jul 25). JQA, an importer of food products, and company…

A former research fellow was on Monday (Jul 25) jailed for 20 weeks for making almost S$40,000 worth of false claims from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Thomas Teh Kok Hiong, 42, started serving his sentence immediately. He…

Singapore's core inflation in June hit its highest level since November 2008, with stronger price increases across most categories such as services, food, retail, as well as electricity and gas. Core inflation, which excludes…

While all vehicles entering Singapore's land checkpoints are checked by immigration officers, doing the same for every outgoing vehicle would have a significant impact on trade and travel, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority…

Drugs worth S$470,000 were seized in a five-day drug bust that saw 100 suspects arrested, said the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in a news release on Saturday (Jul 23). The haul comprised 194g of heroin, 657g of Ice, 9,339g of cannabis,…

Six local COVID-19 cases with the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 were reported on Friday (Jul 22) in the Ministry of Health's (MOH) daily update of infection statistics. All cases were isolated upon testing positive for COVID-19 and had mild…

More frozen chicken from Indonesia is set to arrive in Singapore next month, after the first batch containing 50 tonnes of frozen chicken was shipped here last week. The first shipment of products, comprising two containers of chicken,…

Singapore is continuing to improve connectivity with Johor, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Jul 20), adding that the southern Malaysian state plays a crucial role in maintaining close cooperation between the two countries.…

Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar was awarded an honorary degree by the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Wednesday (Jul 20). In a press release, the university said Sultan Ibrahim was conferred the…

Indonesia on Wednesday (July 13) started delivering frozen chicken to Singapore, a move that will allow the Republic to diversify its chicken sources after its major supplier Malaysia banned exports early last month. As much as 50,000kg…