Top Stories: Singapore authorities Friday charged an Indian man with the murder this week of a 30-year-old Philippine tourist, a media report said. IANS Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:10:02 -0400Singapore President Sellapan Rama Nathan, whose is of Indian descent, visited the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala... ANI Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:30:05 -0400The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), which investigated 134 jewellery or antique shops between December and last month, found 59 selling body parts of the highly endangered big ... Strait Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:44:17 -0400Singapore, March 19 : Singapore authorities Friday charged an Indian man with the murder this week of a 30-year-old Philippine tourist, a media report said. New Kerala Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:38:59 -0400Article Reprints The UK-based Miller Insurance Services Limited announced that Paul Cheng has joined its office in Singapore. He will be assisting with the servicing of Miller's "existing professional... Insurance Journal Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:33:19 -0400Singapore - Tiger parts that have been smuggled into Singapore are openly on sale in jewellery and antique shops in the city-state, an animal welfare group claimed Friday.The Singapore-based Animal Co... Earth Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:28:55 -0400SINGAPORE: The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) will start its undergraduate admissions exercise on Saturday. This will be the first in a series of admissions exercises to select ... Yahoo! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:40:34 -0400Maintaining your online banking security without the hassle of carrying around portable dongles may soon be possible, with the help of a group of Temasek Polytechnic school students. The trio from th... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:39:12 -0400Students enrolled in the school can expect to complete their studies in three and a half years and graduate with a Bachelor's Degree. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM SINGAPORE's fourth university - the ... Strait Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:08:41 -0400Singapore - Singapore authorities on Friday charged an Indian man with the murder this week of a 30-year-old Philippine tourist, a media report said.Gopinathan Nair Remadevi Bijukumar, 34, was suspect... Earth Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:53:52 -0400SINGAPORE, March 19 - The chairman of Singapore's DBS Group <DBSM.SI> Koh Boon Hwee will step down on April 30, to be replaced by board member Peter Seah from May 1, the bank said in a state... Yahoo! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:13 -0400SINGAPORE: The Society of Aesthetic Medicine has formed a new body called the Create Independent Review Board, in a bid to boost its credibility. It is the first such body formed in Southeast Asia to... Yahoo! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:11 -0400By Ambika Ahuja BANGKOK - Tens of thousands of opposition activists vowed on Friday to press ahead with anti-government protests, preparing for a new drive to win over Bangkok's politically powerful ... Yahoo! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:10 -0400By Marissa Lee AFTER working as an engineer for 14 years with a listed company, Mr Ee Chee Koon decided to shift gears completely by embarking on full-time share trading. It was his fascination with... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:06:48 -0400Singapore - 91.3FM's 'The Married Men' will move to the 6am to 10am Morning Drive timeslot from next Monday, March 22. "Get ready to wake up, Singapore. You are in for the ride of yo... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:06:45 -0400It all started with tea at a hotel with her mother. At the age of six, Deon Ning caught the music bug when she heard a pianist at a hotel play a classical piece. For her next birthday, Deon requeste... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:06:35 -0400Peck Choon Khim hired a maid in 2008 to help take care of her two adopted children, she started hitting the Myanmar national. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW SOON after Peck Choon Khim hired a maid in ... Strait Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:39:19 -0400SINGAPORE: A former management consultant who had cheated several charities was sentenced on Friday to 13 months’ imprisonment. The court also ordered 51—year—old Stephanie Chee Jok... Yahoo! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:39:39 -0400If you're planning to head down to the Choa Chu Kang cemetery or any of the four government columbaria this Qing Ming, take note of this to make your trip convenient. Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:38:12 -0400Sim Lian Land Pte Ltd has won the tender for the residential site at Tampines Ave 1/Tampines Ave 10. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) awarded the company the tender after it submitted the high... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:38:09 -0400Singapore hotels in April may not be expecting to find a Shakespeare production on offer in the city. But for six nights, travellers who are craving something familiar and British will be able to t... 24 / 7 Press Release Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:42:18 -0400Her message of compassion and selflessness is conveyed with a firm embrace, kind words and a warm smile. Over the years, Amma has hugged over 30 million people, according to her followers. She has a... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:04:43 -0400A SECURITY guard who torched a private investigators company was jailed for five months on Friday for mischief by fire. Ngoo Boon Huat, 46, pleaded guilty in a Community Court to setting fire to Inte... Strait Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:42:14 -0400AN INDIAN national was charged on Friday with the murder of a Filipino woman last Sunday. Gopinathan Nair Remadevi Bijukumar, 34, is said to have caused the death of Ms Roselyn Reyes Pascua, 30, in a... Strait Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:11:36 -0400* Japan's Nikkei leads gainers in Asia * Greece debt problems linger in the background * Quadruple witching in US may cause some volatility By Kevin Plumberg HONG KONG, March 19 - Asian stocks... Yahoo! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:07:27 -0400By Mr Eugene Huang I COMMUTE by MRT from Bukit Gombak to my workplace in Raffles Place daily, and would like to suggest ways to improve the public-transport experience. Recently, it seems that the t... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:07 -0400THE boom of a tower crane toppled at a construction site in Punggol on Wednesday evening, killing a man and injuring three others. One casualty had a fractured left arm, another complained of back pa... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:04 -0400SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong is on an official visit to New Delhi which started yesterday and will end tomorrow. He will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Minister of External Affairs S. M. Krishn... Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:02 -0400CENTRAL Provident Fund's (CPF) members will continue to receive interest of 4 per cent a year for in their Special and Medisave accounts from April 1 to June 30, the CPF Board said. Asia One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:05:58 -0400FEWER Singaporean students have been heading to Australian universities in the last decade, and the promise of two new tertiary institutions here may have something to do with it. One is the Singapor... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:30:41 -0400All 76 Boeing 777 planes are getting the software upgrades to reduce the risk of runway overruns. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE Airlines' entire fleet of 76 Boeing 777s has been affected b... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:30:39 -0400Property agents have apparently collected cheques from buyers for the 99-year leasehold development in Shenton Way. -- PHOTO: HONG LEONG HOLDINGS BUYERS are said to be already showing interest in a... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:30:36 -0400SINGAPORE -- The world's fourth Universal Studios welcomed its first visitors on Thursday with a lavish ceremony aimed at attracting luck, and repeat business, to the Singapore theme park which hopes ... The China Post Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:12:38 -0400SINGAPORE: In 2005, names like Muhammad Ali, Sebastian Coe and David Beckham visited Singapore for the 117th International Olympic Committee Session. Three years later, 100,000 fans heard the roar of... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:23:41 -0400SINGAPORE: Defending champions SAFFC tasted defeat for the first time in the Great Eastern—Yeo’s S.League 2010 season on Thursday night at Gombak United’s Jurong West Stadium. Gomba... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:23:39 -0400POLICE arrested two men separately on Wednesday for allegedly being involved in loan-shark activities. They caught the first man, 36, while conducting an ambush at Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park related ... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:22:05 -0400By Cheryl Lim OVER the past 10 years, 420 people here have mastered an alternative way to solve mathematics sums at Vedic Method Education Centre. This method, called Vedic maths - an Indian system ... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:22:02 -0400BY LOW WEI XIANG THE three public universities here — the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Management University — will... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:22:00 -0400The Victoria Suite on the fourth floor of Parkway East Hospital features a lounge and resting area (right) for family members of patients who might want to stay the night with their loved one. The for... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:26:25 -0400A card game that tests how well couples know each other was a breeze for Mr Yeo Tiang Hoon and Madam Ee Choon Imm, who have been married for 61 years. -- ST PHOTOS: DESMOND FOO... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:26:22 -0400The plywood planks protecting lift walls in new blocks are pasted with contractors' advertisements among others. Above, such a lift in Sengkang. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN RENOVATION contractors in p... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:26:19 -0400Swimming coach Edward Louis demonstrates SwimSafer with six-year-olds Purrniesha S. (left) and Charlene Chua. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN A NEW national water programme to be rolled out in July will t... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:26:17 -0400IT IS white asparagus season in Europe and North America now, but Singaporeans are getting about 1,200 tonnes of the pale stalks, never mind that the weather here is far from wintry. Achachas from Bo... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:26:14 -0400By Sia Ling Xin THE Year of the Tiger seems to have driven up demand for tiger parts - even though trading in them is illegal here. People think that they make an apt gift this year, and the dwindli... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:18:47 -0400Local banks and insurers may have to appoint more independent and knowledgeable directors to their boards under more stringent regulations. -- PHOTO: BUSINESS TIMES LOCAL banks and insurers may hav... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:58:44 -0400The three universities here will raise tuition fees for two groups of students: those who joined last year, and those who will start their courses in August. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN THE three univ... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:58:41 -0400SINGAPORE: In 2005, names like Muhammad Ali, Sebastian Coe and David Beckham visited Singapore for the 117th International Olympic Committee Session. Three years later, 100,000 fans heard the roar of ... Channel News Asia Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:40:27 -0400KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A lawyer says a Malaysian golf resort has given $13,000 to a golfer who was bitten by a crocodile during a game. Lawyer Keppy Wong says Hong Kee Siong, a 48-year-ol... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:52:47 -0400SINGAPORE: A man and a woman were found dead in Bedok on Thursday evening. The 38—year—old man was found lying at the foot of Block 75, Bedok North Road. SCDF paramedics pronounced him de... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:52:07 -0400BANGKOK (AFP) - – Thailand's rural underclass, vying to revive flagging momentum after a week of colourful protests, appealed Thursday for a popular uprising against the well-entrenched politica... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:52:06 -0400SINGAPORE : The Triathlon Association of Singapore will select the final two athletes for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in April. Those who are in the running received some timely tips on Thursday fr... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:17:15 -0400SINGAPORE: Some buildings and places in Singapore will be reduced to darkness or semi—darkness for an hour on the night of the March 27 during Earth Hour. This year, more organisations are comi... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:17:13 -0400SINGAPORE : A former TV actor and model was convicted of molest in a district court on Thursday. 30—year—old Mark Chow had molested a 27—year—old former pub operations manager... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:17:11 -0400By Yeo Shang Long THE founding principal of the Singapore Sports School, Mr Moo Soon Chong, died yesterday morning, about two years after he was diagnosed with cancer. Mr Moo, who had celebrated his... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:46 -0400By Teh Shi Ning ONE of the strongest selling points of the General Insurance Association's annual Global Internship Programme (GIP) is the overseas work placements it offers. But GIP participant... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:42 -0400By Fiona Chan and Robin Chan HAI PHONG and Da Lat in Vietnam and Surabaya and Medan in Indonesia are unlikely to be on the radar of Singapore companies planning to expand overseas. But in a newly un... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:37 -0400By Marissa Lee FIRMS registered with the Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies (SAEA) will need to have professional indemnity insurance before they can renew their accreditation. A minimum limit of ... Asia One Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:35 -0400A LEADING global consultant on environmentally-friendly technology on Thursday opened a Clean Technology Centre here - a sector set to contribute $3.4 billion to the economy by 2015. Det Norske Verit... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:56:21 -0400SINGAPORE : Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) will help the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to restore rivers and water bodies in Chennai. The restoration, beautification and management of the Cooum ... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:52:23 -0400Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Manpower, Lee Yi Shyan said 'Productivity is not just about workers... it is also about finding new ways for the whole enterprise to create more value... (... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:56 -0400Inflated or fraudulent costs were cited as the main reasons behind insurers' underwriting losses crossing the $200 million mark for the first time in 2008. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG THE Motor Insu... Strait Times Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:54 -0400Singapore's 3 public universities, NUS, NTU, SMU to raise tuition fees By Satish Cheney, Zul Othman, Saifulbahri Ismail | Posted: 18 March 2010 1503 hrs... Channel News Asia Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:59:39 -0400SINGAPORE : Police are searching for a 24—year—old man who allegedly attacked his mother with a chopper during a family dispute. The incident happened on Thursday at about 10am at an HDB ... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:13:52 -0400SINGAPORE : Keep the flame alive — that is what a marriage wellness programme hopes to get young married couples to do. It has lined up a series of food—related activities as part of Real ... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:13:51 -0400March 18 - The following financial services industry appointments were announced Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, send an email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. AEGIS <AEGS.L> The Brit... Yahoo! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:13:50 -0400 | 
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