Singles applying for new flats can join married couples in getting priority access when they buy a home near or with their parents, beginning with the Housing Board's July 2025 sales exercise. That is when the new Family Care Scheme will kick in, said the HDB in a statement on Sunday (July 20). The launch date for the July BTO sales exercise has not been announced.News that singles can get priority during the BTO application process was first announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at the National Day Rally last year.He had said that the Government will extend priority access to new flats to all parents and their children, regardless of marital status.Priority access was previously reserved only for married couples and their parents.HDB said in its statement last November that the new FCS — which has two components — streamlines three priority schemes for married couples, parents and seniors, and will also include singles.

THE REVISED Common Lectionary presents from the Epistolary, Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians for the Sundays through to August 3, 2025. Last week, Chapter 1:1-14 gave the opening presentation. This week continues from 1:15-28. The letter is named...

OUR TIME together discussing the aspects of effective powerful prayer is coming to an end, but we couldn’t move on before we touched on this vital aspect. The text we’ve been studying says, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails...

BRISBANE, Australia: In a groundbreaking moment for the global Baptist movement, Rev Karl Baldwin Johnson of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) has been elected as the first person from the Caribbean to serve as president of the Baptist World Alliance...

AS A tea lover, my nightly ritual usually involves a calming cup of chamomile before bed. But for the past couple of weeks, my favourite tea has been missing from my cabinet, so I’ve skipped the routine. That changed last week. Out of nowhere, at...

Pause for seven minutes and find seven things to give thanks for. Make a note of them. Will come back to that in a while. The numeral seven has significant spiritual and symbolic meanings in various cultures. It is considered a sacred number...

With just two weeks to go, anticipation is building as Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania enter the final phase of preparations to co-host the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The annual Council of Defence Ministers of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) officially opened Saturday in Mogadishu to discuss strengthening regional security frameworks and deepening military cooperation among Eastern African states.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met Saturday with Arab League Special Envoy to Somalia, Abdalla Al-Otaibi, for high-level talks focused on strengthening cooperation between Somalia and Arab League member states.

«We can only be glad that the chancellor has established a pragmatic relationship with the US president, and that the voice of Germany is heard in Washington again,» Wadephul said

The paper quotes former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as admitting that «we’re probably not going back to exactly that system»

The period will last until August 20

By midnight GMT, the crisis response center said five people are still listed as missing

Relations between the two states began to deteriorate in 2021, when pro-European forces assumed power in Moldova

The Supreme Court has acquitted a national leader, Ambong Thompson, after determining he was sick during the grace period given by the Ombudsman' Office for filing his annual return.

New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner Mehaka Rountree has reaffirmed her country’s strong commitment to supporting Vanuatu’s fight against climate change, including the establishment of a first-of-its-kind National Loss and Damage Fund.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an amended urgent application for interim relief filed by Mr. Noel Vari against the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (RBV), following his termination from employment on 4 June 2025 on grounds of alleged serious misconduct, based…

The Minister of Justice is seeking legal advice from the State Law Office (SLO) on the report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Citizenship and related matters, specifically regarding which parts can be made public and which must remain…

A seasonal worker from South Santo has invested around VT2.5 million of his earnings, together with labour from community members, to build a gravity-fed water system for his village.

The Czech Republic has amended its criminal code to outlaw the promotion of communism, placing it on par with Nazi ideology Read Full Article at RT.com

The former US president (pictured, with Epstein) was one of hundreds who contributed to a heavy leather-bound, gold-embossed album of letters compiled by Epstein's ex-lover Ghislaine Maxwell.

The ruling Labour Party seeks to lower the voting age to 16 in a move critics fear is designed to boost its numbers Read Full Article at RT.com

A cement truck flipped sideways outside People's Park Centre in Chinatown on Saturday (July 19), sending its driver to the hospital.Responding to queries, the police said they were alerted to the accident along Eu Tong Sen Street at about 5pm.The heavy vehicle is believed to have self-skidded, said the police.The 52-year-old male cement truck driver was conscious when taken to hospital.Clips and images of the accident posted on social media platform Xiaohongshu shows the overturned truck obstructing two lanes of the road.Concrete had spilled from the mixer, pooling over the road and pavement outside People's Park Centre.A Xiaohongshu user claimed that the cement truck had toppled when it was making a turn. Several also commented that the accident had caused a traffic jam.The truck driver is assisting with police investigations, which are ongoing.[[nid:720376]]lim.kewei@asiaone.com

Ukraine has launched another major drone raid on Moscow just hours after Kiev claimed it was ready for a third round of talks with Russia Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow believes the Ukrainian leader seeks to portray himself as legitimate after his presidential term expired last year Read Full Article at RT.com

SINGAPORE - Long queues formed at all major entry points across Malaysia after a data integration disruption led to a breakdown in the autogate system for foreign visitors.Tens of thousands of foreigners, including Singaporeans, were unable to use the autogate facility, The Star reported on July 19. Malaysian passport holders were unaffected.The breakdown, which started at about noon on July 18, was described as the worst ever, involving more than 200 autogates across the country.The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) confirmed the «technical disruption» in a statement on Facebook at around 4.30pm on July 19.It added that initial investigations pointed to a data integration disruption, which caused delays in the cross-checking process within the MyIMMS system.Among the major gateways affected were Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) terminals 1 and 2, and the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complexes at Bagunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar (KSAB).BSI and KSAB are both in Johor, and are used by travellers entering Malaysia from Singapore's Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints respectively.

The Astronomer CEO caught getting cozy with a coworker at a Coldplay concert on Tuesday has resigned amid an investigation into the scandal.

EXCLUSIVE: Notorious gun runner and drug smuggler Barry Kelly, 32, (pictured) has been found dead in prison, MailOnline can reveal.

JEFF POWELL AT WEMBLEY: Daniel Dubois was reduced to a sprawling bumbling wreck on the floor without winning even one of the preceding four rounds.

Rachel O'Hare, 49, was suing her ex-lover Owen Pacey, 60, for ownership of the five-storey Georgian mansion, in the trendy area of Spitalfields, before she died.

Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid Al-Saud suffered severe brain injuries and internal bleeding in the horrific accident when he was just 15 years old in 2005.

According to surveys, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito may lose its majority in the upper chamber, as it did in the lower chamber last fall

Earlier, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that the country could abandon neutrality enshrined in its constitution and join NATO

«Earlier, the same information came from Ukrainian captives,» a Russian security official said

According to the New York Times, Russian forces have created a 16-kilometer pocket around Konstantinovka, partly surrounding it from the east, south and west