What is a National Monument? Who gazettes them? How many national monuments are there in Singapore? To date, the Preservation of Sites and Monuments, a division of National Heritage Board, has ...

Amidst my typical New Year's Resolutions like eating more healthily and sleeping earlier (yeah right), I decided in January of this year that 2025 would be the year I'd take up a new hobby. Rather ...

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You get into bed exhausted after a long, busy day at work and then with the kids at home, looking forward to some quality shut-eye. Only to be rudely woken up by your partner’s (nightly) snoring and ...

Together with her team at SHINE, Senior Social Worker Tan Yee Ying won the Outstanding Social Work Award in 2026 for her work leading Youth COP, a program that empowers youth to become crime ...

In a world where women are constantly breaking barriers, making history, and inspiring change, the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame (SWHF) stands as a well-deserved tribute to those who have left a ...

Thirty-one years ago today (31 October), Defence Minister Dr Lee Boon Yang launched a staple of our airwaves: Power 98 FM. And just yesterday (30 October), we said goodbye, as the station held its ...

I didn’t expect to shout at my TV. I didn’t expect to pace around the living room like it was the World Cup final. And I definitely didn’t expect Singapore to beat Hong Kong 2–1 and qualify for the ...

Let’s talk about books. You know, those papery things bound by a cover, with words printed on them? I love books. They make great entertainment; there's no need to recharge them; they don’t require ...

I always thought I had a pretty decent pace in life, even if some days felt like a mad dash, and I couldn’t seem to catch my breath. Dashing from the MRT to kopi runs at Market Street Hawker Centre, ...