SINGAPORE A man who strangled his former fiancee in a budget hotel in Geylang in 2018 was hanged on Feb 28. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said the capital sentence was carried out on Bangladeshi national Ahmed Salim, 35, who had petitioned to the President for clemency but was unsuccessful. This is the first judicial execution for murder in.
Note: Some might find details in this video disturbing. Xavier Yap has been locked away for strangling his twin 11-year-old sons to death, then leaving their bodies in a canal. The crime in Greenridge Crescent, an otherwise quiet neighbourhood in Singapore's Upper Bukit Timah, shocked many. In an exclusive interview wi
Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Joel Chua speak with Dr Andy Feng, Director (Economic Surveillance and Research), Economics Division at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Ong Yee Ern, a recipient of the Economist Service Scholarship, about the economic issues and challenges discussed at this year's M
On the occasion of the Africa Singapore Business Forum 2023, we explore why Africa remains a draw for Singapore companies seeking to expand beyond more popular overseas markets. Soo Wei-Chieh, Executive Director for Global Division 3, Singapore Business Federation, shares an overview of the potential of the African