A preschool centre for children from lower-income families, operated by Beyond Social Services (BSS), will close by the end of 2025.The Healthy Start Child Development Centre (HSCDC) in Bukit Merah was the preschool that four-year-old Megan Khung attended before her death in 2020.In a statement on Oct 14, BSS said that HSCDC will wind down due to declining enrolment, which had fallen from more than 50 children in 2018 to just 14 in 2024.Referrals have decreased as families relocated due to housing redevelopment, the organisation added.More affordable and accessible preschools have become available in Bukit Merah and other areas, reducing the need for a specialised centre like HSCDC, said BSS.HSCDC opened in 2002, after a community survey in the Henderson and Bukit Merah estates found that many children were at risk due to inadequate childcare, parental incarceration or leaving school early.The organisation added that it plans to redirect its resources towards community-rooted initiatives.

The rule of law is a cornerstone of Singapore’s system, not “rule of the mob”, and suggesting that public opinion can trump a court decision is a "very dangerous idea”, said Law Minister Edwin Tong on Saturday (Nov 8).Tong, who is also Second Minister for Home Affairs, was speaking on the sidelines of a community event in Buona Vista. He was responding to a comment made by Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh on an episode of CNA's series The Assembly 2 which aired on Nov 5. During the interview, Singh was asked by a participant how he felt about being called “a liar” due to former WP Member of Parliament Raeesah Khan’s case.In his reply, Singh said that being in the “business of politics” means that political opponents will “do whatever it takes” to lower his and the Workers’ Party esteem in the public eyes.

A multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) registered in Singapore was caught at the Johor Bahru checkpoint on Wednesday (Nov 5) for allegedly providing illegal private-hire services.In a Facebook post the next day, the Johor Road Transport Department (JPJ) stated that it had been conducting Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) enforcement operations at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) CIQ Complex that day.JPJ officers detained the MPV, which was inbound, at the entrance of the checkpoint after finding that its driver conducted private-hire services without a valid operator's license.Pictures posted to Facebook showed two passengers in the vehicle during this time.The vehicle was seized, and its owner will be charged under the Road Transport and Land Public Transport Acts, said the post.The department stated that it will «continue to be committed to carrying out monitoring and enforcement to ensure all vehicles comply with the laws for the sake of safety and well-being of road users, especially on the Malaysia-Singapore international route».[[nid:724098]]bhavya.rawat@asiaone.com

They have always been close, but on Thursday afternoon on the busy streets of Mayfair the depth of that bond was clear for the world to see.

According to Sam Altman, he has the 'coolest, most important job maybe in history' - and there are plenty, so far, who have taken the 40-year-old billionaire at his own estimate.

Marks & Spencer sells more sushi than salads and pasta combined as a lunch option. With supermarket sales of the Japanese favourite booming, an eyepopping look at what's actually in it!

Despite a two-year age difference, the insistence of her own Polish family and even the cold, hard evidence of a DNA test - Julia Wandelt remained resolute.

It's late in the afternoon on the Turkish Riviera and the sun is glinting into Keith Cheeseman's apartment above the Mediterranean sea.

It was just before 10am on a June morning in 1972 when Douglas Robertson heard a series of ear-splitting bangs reverberate through the wooden hull of his boat.

Andrew will move out of the residence to a property on the Sandringham estate as soon as practically possible but the specifics regarding the relocation are unknown.

The new role will not exactly be a stretch of her acting skills - for she is to play herself in a cameo role in the movie. Meghan's office decline to comment as to why this C-List film was chosen.

En immersion numérique totale pour bâtir le quotidien de demain. Depuis lundi, les 82 lauréats du concours PACIFIC GENIUS «découvrent que le numérique n’est pas une vague à subir, mais un océan à explorer», avait même déclaré Moetai Brotherson lors de son passage à cet événement

En réaction à la suspension du principal du collège de Tubuai, il n'y aura pas de ramassage scolaire pour la rentrée de novembre, communique la municipalité de l'île.

The judge, who was appointed by Trump, said the attempted deployment in Portland exceeded the president’s authority.

The order pauses, for now, a lower court ruling directing the Trump administration to release November benefits in full on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar extended birthday wishes to veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani on his 98th birthday. Modi lauded Advani as a statesman with a towering vision, whose life has been dedicated to India's progress and strengthening the party. Jaishankar also praised his distinguished leadership and lifelong service to the nation.

From wild canes, coconut leaves, hurricane lamps, torches, and solar lights, mothers from the Vanmelang to Baravet area now welcome the Waterfall Hydro Power Project.

A man in his early 70s, living on Efate, was charged this week by the Vanuatu Prosecution with three counts of sexual intercourse without consent involving a boy aged 12–13 years.

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group is expected to sign a financial agreement of VT700 million to support health projects in Vanuatu.

A reliable source within the government has revealed that an Indian national managed to leave Vanuatu amid ongoing police investigations into alleged illegal sales of Vanuatu passports and irregularities in the government’s Citizenship Programme.

While the TORBA Provincial Government Council (TPGC) is working to develop its economy and tourism, it is also striving to protect its environment and address the impacts of climate change. However, the Public Works Department’s rusty old heavy machines have…

Two suspects linked to the $3 billion money laundering case spent more than S$69.8 million on properties in London while on the run from the authorities in Singapore.The Straits Times, working with investigative reporting group, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), learnt that the pair had purchased the properties through their UK-listed firms between July and September 2023.One of the suspects, Su Binghai, bought nine apartments in London worth $27 million just one week after he escaped police raids in Singapore.China-born Su Binghai, who holds Cambodian citizenship, and has passports from Vanuatu, a South Pacific Ocean nation, and St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean, was among 17 suspects who evaded arrest during the police operation on Aug 15, 2023.In all, 10 foreigners were arrested that day. They were eventually convicted, sentenced and barred from returning to Singapore.

The former NYPD officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April on charges he stalked a New Jersey couple as part of a Chinese government plot.

A federal judge had directed the administration to release full benefits for November. The administration is appealing the order.

Only a handful of large meatpackers control the industry in the U.S. as a result of consolidation.

In her crusade against gerrymandering, Kate Barr is challenging her Republican congressman in the GOP primary to make a point.

Clerk of Parliament, Maxime Banga, confirmed yesterday afternoon that the motion of no confidence against Speaker of Parliament Stephen Felix was lodged at 8:19am. As prescribed by the Standing Orders of the Parliament of Vanuatu, the motion included both a…

China has granted VT6.8 billion to Vanuatu for the renovation of key public buildings damaged by last year’s earthquake, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat and Chinese Ambassador Li Minggang yesterday.

Starting next year, the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) contribution rate for employers and employees will rise by 2%, as approved by Parliament.

Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Finance, Johnny Koanapo, confirmed in Parliament yesterday morning that the delivery of the first of two new Twin Otter aircraft acquired by the Vanuatu Government is expected by the end of November.

The Opposition bloc has accused Speaker of Parliament Stephen Felix of breaching the Constitution and Parliament Standing Orders, lodging a motion yesterday morning seeking his removal.