CHICAGO – A STUDY suggests medical errors, job burnout and depression lead surgeons to contemplate suicide at higher rates than the general public, and they’re much less likely to seek help. Fear of losing their jobs contributes to surgeons’ reluctance to get mental health treatment, according to the study. Nearly 8,000 surgeons participated. About 6 …
NEW YORK – THE bigger-is-better concept seems to be striking a chord among some Starbucks customers. Starbucks will begin a phased-in nationwide rollout on Tuesday of its Trenta cup size that can be filled with slightly more than a litre’s worth of iced beverages such as coffee, tea and lemonade. Starbucks Corp. says Trenta, which …
A WOMAN suffering from post-natal depression got away with a total fine of $6,000 on Tuesday for abusing her Filipino maid. Cargo control officer Ng Kai Ling, 28, admitted on Monday to spitting at the face of Ms Araceli Puzon Mejares, 32, on Nov 2, 2009, and punching her on the arm on Dec 7 …
CALTEX has increased pump prices of all grades of petrol and diesel by $0.04 per litre. The price change took effect on Tuesday morning. Now, a litre of Regular 92 with Techron costs $1.947, a litre of Premium 95 with Techron costs $2.007 and a litre of Platinum 98 with Techron costs $2.135. A litre …
AN UNEMPLOYED woman who hid five packets of drugs in her sanitary pad was given the minimum five years’ jail on Tuesday for drug importation. Jeganthy Balakrishnan, 22, pleaded guilty to importing 17.19g of methamphetamine in a private taxi at Woodlands checkpoint last Sept 8. The court heard that the woman was told to alight …
SINGAPORE : Observers said the drop in the number of permanent residencies granted last year reflected a change in the type of immigrants the government is trying to attract. They said the move also needs to be seen against the backdrop of recent policies aimed at tightening the inflow of foreign workers, such as raising …
IT COULD be a dream come true for millions of football fans in the region. Asean foreign ministers have agreed to study a possible joint bid to host the Fifa World Cup in 2030. A statement released on Monday by Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that the ministers, who met at a just-concluded …
THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will organise its first large-scale fund-raising event in five years in April. This will be a charity dinner at Orchid Country Club on April 15, which NKF chief executive Eunice Tay said on Monday will be ‘no-frills’. She said in a statement: ‘We want to keep it simple by going …
BERLIN – PAUL the octopus, who shot to fame during the football World Cup last year for his flawless record in predicting the outcome of games, will get a shrine to mark three months since he died, his aquarium said on Monday. The tentacled tipster will on Thursday be honoured with a ‘Paul Corner’ at …