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 …
LONDON – TEN-MAN Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League here on Sunday after holding Tottenham to a 0-0 draw in a match that failed to live up to expectations. United’s hard-earned point saw them reclaim top spot from Manchester City on goal difference, although Sir Alex Ferguson’s unbeaten side have two …
AN ITALIAN man amazed doctors by sneezing a bullet out through his nose after being shot in the head and is expected to make a full recovery. Darco Sangermano was hit by a stray bullet while he was celebrating New Year’s Eve with his girlfriend in Naples, Italy, reported Britain’s BBC news. The .22 calibre …
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said Monday morning’s major traffic congestion was caused by a series of accidents. Traffic on the PIE in the direction of Jurong was backed up due to a fatal accident involving a motorcycle, two cars and a lorry. The SCDF said that they first received a call about …
Singapore – Bonuses for Singaporeans this year are set to be the highest in Asia for 2011. According to a recent poll by human resources consultancy firm HR Business Solutions (HRBS), bonuses for Singaporeans this year are set to be 17% of the annual base pay. That works out to be about two months’ salary, …
S. Korean men flock to Marines after N. Korea attack SEOUL – YOUNG South Koreans are flocking to join the Marines in response to North Korea’s deadly attack on a border island garrisoned by the corps, an official said on Monday. A total of 4,553 hopefuls have applied for 1,011 openings in the elite corps …
THE average number of children that a Singapore woman would bear in her lifetime dropped to yet another nadir last year. Preliminary estimates of the Total Fertility Rate put it at 1.16, down from 1.22 – already a record low – the previous year, announced Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Wong Kan Seng on Monday. Meanwhile, …
DALIAN – A MAN has trained 60 cats to guard a grain depot from rats, the Dalian-based Peninsula Morning Post reported on Monday. Yin Chunzhu, an employee at a storage and transportation company in Dalian, north-east China’s Liaoning province has been dubbed ‘Cat commander’ for his army of feline guards. The barn, stocked with organic …
SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong on Saturday identified two additional challenges that Singapore now faces, on top of its perennial efforts to ensure inter-racial harmony. These are: the widening income gap and the need to welcome foreigners. Speaking to 300 students and parents at an Edusave award ceremony in his Marine Parade ward, SM Goh …