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A Malaysia-based man bought 30 packets of Hokkien mee from a Singapore stall, vacuum-sealed them, and stored them in his freezer to preserve their freshness. — Picture via Facebook/Bosco Cheung

Hokkien mee fan vacuum packs 30 packets from Singapore stall to bring to Malaysia

DBS Group, the biggest among the three Singapore lenders, is projected to record a 9.8 per cent rise in net profit in the October-December period versus a year earlier, according to LSEG estimates. — Reuters pic

Singapore banks to post higher Q4 profit, but Trump tariffs could hurt 2025 growth

Deputy Principal District Judge Kessler Soh, in sentencing Lin yesterday, described his actions as ‘abhorrent’ and acknowledged the public distress they caused. — Pexels pic

Cat killer jailed: Ang Mo Kio man gets 14 months for throwing felines off HDB blocks

According to Channel News Asia (CNA), two individuals familiar with Ong’s condition said that the 79-year-old has multiple myeloma, a rare cancer characterised by an abnormal expansion of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. — Reuters pic

Malaysian property tycoon Ong Beng Seng diagnosed with bone marrow cancer amid legal proceedings, sources say

Singapore’s flu seasons typically run from November to February and May to July. — Pexels pic

Singapore clinics see spike in flu jab bookings after ‘Meteor Garden’ star Barbie Hsu’s death

The Ministry of Health said that the patient, a five-month-old Indonesian girl, was medically evacuated from Indonesia for treatment of her symptoms and arrived in Singapore on January 26. — IStock.com pic via AFP

Singapore confirms imported polio case in five-month-old girl, risk of community spread low

Coldplay shot its music video in Singapore in January last year during its Music of the Spheres World Tour. — Screengrab from YouTube

In tie-up with Singapore Tourism Board, Coldplay releases ‘Man in the Moon’ video with familiar sights like Jewel Changi, Fort Canning (VIDEO)

The Himalayan griffon (left) and hair-crested drongo were recently spotted in Singapore. — Picture from Facebook/Daniel Ong and Bai Qw

Singapore’s birdwatchers thrilled over rare appearances of Himalayan griffon, drongo on island

Singapore’s former transport minister and minister-in-charge for trade relations S. Iswaran (right) had pled guilty to five criminal charges. — Reuters pic

Convicted over receiving gifts, former Singapore minister S Iswaran now put under house detention after designated ‘low risk’

Pokemon fans display cards and products at the dedicated trade area during the 2023 Pokemon World Championships in Yokohama on August 11, 2023. — AFP pic

Singapore police: Around RM534,000 lost to scammers targeting Pokémon trading cards collectors

An altercation happened on the Singapore Airlines Flight SQ826 to Shanghai. — Reuters pic

Singapore Airlines: Two passengers booted out of Shanghai-bound flight for ‘verbally and physically’ abusing cabin crew (VIDEO)

Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Singapore is resolute over a two-state solution. — Picture by Drew Angerer/Getty Images via AFP

Singapore’s Foreign Ministry reiterates backing for Palestinians after Trump doubles down on Gaza proposal

Yesterday, property portal Mogul.sg introduced Maia (Mogul’s Artificial Intelligence Agent), the first AI-powered property agent in Singapore. — AFP pic

AI takes over: Singapore’s new property agent isn’t human

Barath Gopal discovered his girlfriend’s infidelity and became unable to focus on his work so he sought to take three days of paid bereavement leave by fabricating his grandfather’s death. — Unsplash pic

Singapore analyst forges death cert for paid leave to nurse a broken heart, gets slapped with S$4,000 fine

Halimah, in a Facebook post, likened the plan to the forced displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the ‘Nakba’ or catastrophe. — TODAY pic

Former Singapore president Halimah criticises Trump’s Gaza remarks as ‘truly horrifying’

STB said it expected tourist spending in 2024 to be at the upper end of its forecast of S$27.5 billion (RM90 billion) to S$29.0 billion, after spending of S$22.4 billion over the first nine months of last year. — AFP pic

Singapore says visitor arrivals rise 21pc in 2024, highest since Covid-19 pandemic