SINGAPORE - Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat has urged parents to find out what primary schools in their neighbourhood have to offer.

Mr Heng said many heartland schools offer impressive programmes that develop students holistically.

SINGAPORE - Singapore mobile operator M1 today said there was a temporary disruption of its fibre services due to a technical difficulty on its fixed network.

M1 said it has restored fibre services as of 3.15pm, to the affected customers.

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Police Force's new Community Policing System (COPS) was launched today by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office S Iswaran.

COPS, which aims to improve the way Neighbourhood Police Centres (NPC) work with the...

SINGAPORE - Eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a flat at Tah Ching Road in Jurong.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at 4.30am about the fire at Block 337B.

The fire was confined to...

JAPAN - Singapore's national cheerleading squad are currently in second place after the first day of competition at the Cheerleading Asia International Open Championships in Tokyo.

Team Lions are eight points behind Chinese Taipei, who are...

SINGAPORE - The People's Association (PA) has launched a new enhanced emergency preparedness programme for Singaporeans as the programme celebrates 30 years this year.

Among the first to kick off the programme were Residents' Committees (RCs)...

SINGAPORE - The Hougang by-election is a contest between the People's Action Party's (PAP) candidate Desmond Choo and the Workers' Party's Png Eng Huat, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stressed yesterday. And constituents should cast their votes based on...

SINGAPORE - Tackling the hot issue of immigration will require Singapore to employ tangible solutions, as well as address the emotional response of Singaporeans, said Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing yesterday.

SINGAPORE - To commemorate World Red Cross Day, the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) yesterday launched the "Rapid Rescue" iPhone application (picture) to enable prompt response to emergencies.

The location-based application allows an injured person...

More have come forward to join Inspirit, a community of young adult leaders that advocate for national and community issues. The group now has 150 members, compared to 120 last month.

Yesterday, some 60 members attended a dialogue session with...

A programme which screens seniors for fall risks will be expanded to other areas, such as Balestier, Boon Keng and Beach Road, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday.

The Tan Tock Seng Hospital's (TTSH) Stepping Out into Active Life...

The Government, unions and workers must work together to make Singapore's products and services more competitive, especially as economic problems plaguing the United States and Europe may in turn affect Singapore's export industry.

National...

SINGAPORE - More have come forward to join Inspirit, a community of young adult leaders that advocate for national and community issues.

The group, which now has 150 members compared to 120 in April this year, brings together young adult...

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong joined PAP candidate for the Hougang by-election Desmond Choo as he met residents in different parts of the constituency.

PM Lee, who is also the Party's Secretary-General, said the by-election will...

SINGAPORE - To commemorate World Red Cross Day, the Singapore Red Cross has launched the "Rapid Rescue" app to enable a prompt response to emergencies.

Singapore Red Cross secretary-general Benjamin William said: "The Singapore Red Cross is...

SINGAPORE - Government, unions and workers must work together to make Singapore's products and services more competitive.

Especially as economic problems plaguing US and Europe may in turn affect Singapore's export industry.

NTUC's...

SINGAPORE - The widow of the Ferrari driver who was killed on May 12 has publicly apologised for it.

Mr Ma Chi's wife had reportedly asked a friend to help her put up the post on Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo.

In the post,...

SINGAPORE - As the Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday signalled its intention to tighten the rail regulatory framework, commuters could expect greater reliability on the train network and better incident management, if a future disruption hits.

SINGAPORE - As campaigning for the Hougang by-election entered its third day, People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Desmond Choo said yesterday he can be the voice of younger voters in the ward, emphasising his ability to connect to younger residents.

SINGAPORE - Will it serve as a form of closure for the episode or will it reignite the scandal and unexplained actions of the former Member of Parliament for Hougang that forced the by-election in the Single-Member Constituency in the first place?