Recall issued for REX Grilled Clam due to excessive levels of cadmium: SFA
2023-02-23
Cadmium, which is a type of heavy metal, can cause health problems if consumed in excess. Continue Reading
S$1.5b Envy Global fraud case: Ex-director fails in bid to lower S$6m bail, but gets new variations
2023-02-23
DEFENCE ARGUES FOR BAIL DECREASE On Thursday, Ng’s lawyers from Dentons Rodyk & Davidson, led by partner Navin Naidu, applied to have the S$6 million bail reduced to S$5 million. The bail amount had been increased from S$4 million to S$6 million on Jan 19. At that hearing, the prosecutionContinue Reading
Big haul of speed pills and cannabis abandoned beside Mekong
2023-02-23
NAKHON PHANOM: A navy patrol team has seized 1.4 million speed pills and 25 kilogrammmes of cannabis buds abandoned by fleeing smugglers on the bank of the Mekong River, with destinations of the drugs shown on the packages.Continue Reading
Man faces charge of murdering another man at Geylang disco on Valentine’s Day in 2010
2023-02-23
SINGAPORE: A man has been brought back to court to face a murder charge more than 10 years after the alleged victim died at a disco in Geylang. Singaporean Lee Heng Wong, 53, returned to court on Thursday (Feb 23) to face one count of murder by causing the deathContinue Reading
Scoot to suspend flights to Australia’s Gold Coast from July 2023
2023-02-23
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group will suspend its budget arm Scoot’s services to Australia’s Gold Coast region from July 2023, as it “adjusts its capacity in response to demand”. In its third-quarter earnings report released Tuesday (Feb 21), the national carrier said its net profit improved 12.7 per cent from the previousContinue Reading
Former anti-graft official gets suspended jail term
2023-02-23
A former deputy chief of the National Anti-Corruption Commission has been given a suspended sentence for concealing assets worth 227 million baht.Continue Reading
Of 11 radicalised Singapore youths picked up under ISA, ‘several’ were reported by members of public
2023-02-23
In one case, a 19-year-old tried unsuccessfully to recruit people to help carry out his violent plans – but they did not alert the authorities.Continue Reading
30 tonnes of smuggled pork seized in Songkhla
2023-02-23
SONGKHLA: Authorities have seized 30 tonnes of smuggled frozen pork from Brazil, worth about 6 million baht, in Sadao district of this southern province.Continue Reading
Husband in missing-baby case charged with procuring
2023-02-23
NAKHON PATHOM: A 19-year-old man has been charged with pimping his 17-year-old wife to an older man, who turns out to be the biological father of the woman’s missing baby boy.Continue Reading
How do food outlets and delivery providers ensure that raw fish is safe to consume?
2023-02-23
How do they minimise the risks of consuming ready-to-eat raw food like sashimi and what checks are in place to maintain the quality?Continue Reading