Capturing Pasir Ris Park’s wild residents in short film
Capturing Pasir Ris Park’s wild residents in short film

SINGAPORE – Grounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, two photographers who usually spend most of their time travelling outside Singapore decided to document the wild residents at Pasir Ris Park in September. On Christmas Eve, they released a video entitled Residents Of The Park, which was commended by Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan... » read more

Broken cable caused six-hour disruption on Downtown Line
Broken cable caused six-hour disruption on Downtown Line

A broken signalling cable has been identified as the cause of delays over a period of about six hours on the Downtown Line (DTL) on Monday. Commuters had faced longer travelling times along a stretch of 12 stations from Expo to Geylang Bahru during the evening peak hours, from around 6.30pm. The fault continued till... » read more

Some MyRepublic broadband users face connectivity issues for more than 24 hours

SINGAPORE – Some customers of Internet service provider MyRepublic were hit by a broadband outage on Thursday (Dec 31) morning and there were reports ofthe problem continuing for more than 24 hours. Connectivity issues were reportedly experienced from 7.34am on New Year’s Eve by users in various locations, including Yishun, Seng Kang and Yio Chu... » read more

Brexit largely a barrier to foreign teenage dreams
Brexit largely a barrier to foreign teenage dreams

Brexit, Jurgen Klopp said in 2018, “makes no sense at all”. His views have not changed. Last month, he said he was still waiting to see any benefits from the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at... » read more

Over 70 courses to help job seekers reskill, upskill
Over 70 courses to help job seekers reskill, upskill

More than 70 curated courses for job seekers hoping to upskill and reskill can now be browsed on a single website. The majority of the courses on training marketplace FastLearn are SkillsFuture Credit-eligible, and many also qualify for additional subsidies and government support such as training allowances, job portal FastJobs said yesterday. The training portal... » read more

ST Singaporean of the Year 2020: Building a boutique PC builder from scratch

SINGAPORE – Twin brothers Marcus and Joe Wee took their common passion as kids – gaming – and turned it into a thriving business. Their childhood love became the foundation for Aftershock, the biggest boutique PC builder in Singapore. Marcus, 36, had been tinkering with computer systems since his early teens and loved gaming laptops.... » read more

Restrained Tokyo ceremonies

TOKYO • The organisers of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics yesterday said they have picked a new creative director to redesign “simpler and more restrained” opening and closing ceremonies for next year’s Games. The mammoth task will fall to advertising executive Hiroshi Sasaki, who helped produce the Games’ handing-over ceremony from Rio de Janeiro in... » read more

Football: Arsenal woes continue with defeat to resurgent Everton
Football: Arsenal woes continue with defeat to resurgent Everton

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Arsenal’s dreadful Premier League season continued with a 2-1 defeat to resurgent Everton at Goodison Park leaving the Gunners five points above the relegation zone. Colombian Yerry Mina grabbed the winner with a header from a corner on the stroke of halftime after a Nicolas Pepe penalty had brought the Gunners... » read more

Adapting his security skills to the digital space
Adapting his security skills to the digital space

For nearly a decade, Mr Muhammad Helmy Razali managed critical support operations to secure various sensitive sites, including Changi Airport and hospitals. Now, the 33-year-old is doing the same, but in the digital space as a cyberthreat-monitoring specialist at Deutsche Bank. He made the switch after enrolling in the Technology in Finance Immersion Programme (TFIP)... » read more

No reason to believe Singapore was a target in FireEye hack: CSA
No reason to believe Singapore was a target in FireEye hack: CSA

SINGAPORE – There is no reason to believe that Singapore was a target of the recent high-profile hacking attack involving cyber security firm FireEye and software provider SolarWinds Corp, authorities said late on Tuesday (Dec 15). Even so, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said that it has sent out an advisory on Dec... » read more

Lawyer M. Ravi charged with criminal defamation
Lawyer M. Ravi charged with criminal defamation

SINGAPORE – Lawyer Ravi Madasamy, better known as M. Ravi, was charged in a district court on Wednesday (Dec 16) with criminal defamation. The 51-year-old Singaporean is accused of defaming Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam in a unit at People’s Park Centre at around 8.45am on Nov 6. Ravi allegedly posted on Facebook... » read more

Singapore to let in more travellers in bid to retain air hub status
Singapore to let in more travellers in bid to retain air hub status

More travellers will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore as part of efforts to reconnect to the world and preserve the Republic’s status as an air hub. But the reopening of borders will be done in a controlled manner so as not to overwhelm Singapore’s healthcare system and contact tracing capabilities, Trade and... » read more

Real channel pain to end Atletico’s unbeaten run
Real channel pain to end Atletico’s unbeaten run

MADRID • Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said the club used the criticism thrown at them in recent weeks to their advantage in an emphatic 2-0 La Liga home win over crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Less than two weeks ago, the hosts were reeling from shock defeats by Alaves and Shakhtar Donetsk, with... » read more

Lee twins diving on in Olympic bid
Lee twins diving on in Olympic bid

Divers Mark and Timothy Lee thought they would be retired by now. But, with the Olympic Games postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the twins are still plugging away. Despite the “big smack” to their plans, Tokyo remains in their sights after qualifying for next year’s SEA Games in Hanoi at the 11th Singapore National... » read more

Italy mourns ’82 cup hero
Italy mourns ’82 cup hero

ROME • Paolo Rossi, Italy’s goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign and scorer of a hat-trick against Brazil in one of the most famous matches in the competition’s history, yesterday died at the age of 64. The celebrated striker’s death comes with the football world still in mourning for Argentina icon Diego... » read more