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Rental increases will now be waived for two years for those whose incomes cross a $800 a month threshold, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a blog post on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday that the Government is monitoring the haze situation closely and will stay in touch with the Indonesian authorities.

WHEN it comes to jobs in the banking sector, the challenge is not just to make sure that Singaporeans are adequately represented.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singaporeans can and must do their best to help the poor, to express concern for fellow citizens and to make sure needy families are not left behind.

Singapore's transformation into a green city started 50 years ago. Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew marked the milestone with tree planting at Holland Village on Sunday evening.

Singapore's first liberal arts college will open in August with 157 students, seven more than the originally planned intake.

It is usually a star who renders the National Day Parade theme song, in one of the highlights of that evening.

THE UK continues to show its support to Fiji's road towards restoring democracy in the country.

THE second victim of this year's dengue epidemic was cremated on Monday at Mandai Crematorium, a day after he died in Tan Tock Seng Hospital .

Local residents were once again treated to the sights and sounds of fighter jets soaring in the sky above Happy Valley - Goose Bay as the Belgian Air Force stopped at 5 Wing, for a two-day layover on May 21. The nine F-16 fighter jets, two United States Air Force KC-10 refuelling tankers, and two BAF C-130 Hercules were at 5 Wing for a stop enroute ... (more)

Singapore's National Day Parade 2013 will be held on August 9, 2013, at the Marina Bay Floating Platform.

A man was jailed for six months on Tuesday for abetting Singapore citizens to obtain visit passes for foreign nationals by lying in the application forms for a visit pass.

PUTTING passengers at the heart of what they do -- that is the spirit of Changi International Airport.

Naval officer Benedict Ang Yong Chuean avoided jail last Thursday despite being found guilty of forcibly kissing a female fellow cadet in an Australian military college.

SINGAPORE: The Indonesian Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Taufik Kiemas, died on Saturday evening at Singapore General Hospital.

More people are contributing a portion of their income to charitable causes. But observers say there needs to be a greater push to rope in more with higher income.

The body of the man caught in an excavator pinned under debris at a worksite along Thomson Road was removed from the site in a police vehicle at about 3.20pm.

Singapore has completed a three-month stint in the Gulf of Aden, during which it led multi-national anti-piracy patrols.

Yahoo! Singapore said Wednesday that new rules requiring the licensing of online news sites will help pave the way for it to get full media accreditation.

SINGAPORE: Singaporean authorities said the new licensing regime for local news sites with extensive reach will not limit public discourse.