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Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam told reporters on August 21 that the passport appeared to be valid, which allowed Amir Hamza to “slip through” the system unnoticed. ― TODAY pic

Singapore to investigate security breach after radical Bangladeshi preacher enters country with fake passport, gives illegal sermon

Yesterday, the woman pleaded guilty to two charges of distributing intimate images or recordings. — Picture by Hari Anggara

Singapore student care teacher, 22, admits to sharing nude images of her female colleague at workplace

The man was sentenced to 18 months' jail after pleading guilty to a charge of procuring an indecent act by a child or young person. — TODAY pic

Jail for Singapore dad who asked 10-year-old daughter for sex act while drunk, showed her obscene videos

Putien announced that in Singapore, GST will be absorbed and service charges waived for its customers. — Picture via Instagram/Putien

To keep customers coming, Singapore’s Putien is absorbing GST, waiving service charge

Screengrab from a TikTok user’s post listing reasons why she chose to leave Singapore for Amsterdam.

Too many ‘cheekopek’? Singaporean woman’s reasons for moving to the Netherlands spark debate online

For ill-treating a child under the Children and Young Persons Act, the man can be jailed for up to eight years or fined up to S$8,000 (RM26,720), or both. — TODAY pic

In Singapore, man admits to striking girlfriend's 11-year-old child over 20 times with leather belt; girlfriend pleads guilty to allowing it

A file photograph shows a general view of Johor Baru. — Bernama pic

Two holidays and a lost passport turns Singaporean’s midnight supper run into four-day Johor Baru stay

Under a new scheme, Singaporean parents can share 10 more weeks of parental leave. — TODAY pic

Singapore offers four weeks of mandatory, govt-paid paternity leave; extra 10 weeks of leave to be shared between mums and dads

Students will be allowed to study their mother tongue at a higher level in secondary schools as long as they score well for the subject in primary school, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said. — TODAY pic

‘Like a plate of Hainanese curry rice’: Singapore to preserve diversity by pushing for bilingualism, nurture future Islamic leaders

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at his first National Day Rally held at the Institute of Technical Education's headquarters in Ang Mo Kio on Aug 18, 2024. — TODAY pic

Missed Singapore PM Wong’s ‘major reset’ speech? Here are the most important talking points

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at the National Day Rally held at the Institute of Technical Education's headquarters in Ang Mo Kio on Aug 18, 2024. — TODAY pic

Major reset: In maiden National Day Rally, Singapore PM Wong outlines vision for a society beyond the rat race

Singapore police reported yesterday that the recent rise in housebreaking cases is the work of foreign syndicates involving Chinese nationals. — Picture by Farhan Najib

Singapore police crack down on surge in housebreakings in affluent neighbourhoods linked to Chinese syndicates, on the hunt for 14

The Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, which debuted last May as Asia’s largest wooden marvel. — Picture courtesy of Nanyang Technological University

Singapore’s NTU Gaia building: S$125m timber wonderland or mouldy mess?

Lim Hwee Yi was a security officer to Singapore’s presidents Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Halimah Yacob. She resigned from the police force in May 2024 to take over her parents’ hawker business. — Picture via TODAY

This bodyguard of Singapore presidents swapped gun for ladle to run her family’s hawker stalls

A transnational money laundering network operating in Hong Kong and connected to a tech support scam was busted in a joint operation between Singapore and Hong Kong police as well as Interpol. ― iStock pic

Tech support scam: Singaporean arrested in Hong Kong money laundering bust in joint operation by police and Interpol

Nelson Loh pictured in 2017 at the Sepang Formula One circuit in Malaysia. — Picture via Facebook/Novena Global Lifecare

Singaporean businessman who tried to buy Newcastle United jailed nearly 16 years for defrauding S$69m from six banks