2015-04-28 Singapore Health

Yahoo Singapore News   

Video of cockroach infestation in Eunos HDB goes viral   
Yahoo Singapore News
A clip of cockroaches swarming onto a HDB corridor was uploaded on Facebook on Monday afternoon. (Screenshot: Facebook … What started as a rant about her family's living conditions has became viral as people shared her video depicting every ...

2015-04-28 Singapore Science

The Straits Times   

Hunt for dino bones in museum with an app   
The Straits Times
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum visitors can view fossils of three diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs - (from left) Twinky, Apollonia and Prince (behind) - and collect Apollonia's bones using an app, App-ollonia. mgg software managing director Steven ...

2015-04-28 Singapore Entertainment

Channel News Asia   

First-time winners for Best Actor and Actress   
AsiaOne
Rebecca Lim and Shaun Chen were crowned Best Actress and Best Actor last night at the Star Award. Print. Shaun Chen and Rebecca Lim were crowned Best Actor and Best Actress last night at the Star Awards, MediaCorp's annual event celebrating the ...

2015-04-28 Singapore Sports

AsiaOne   

Parade and party at SEA Games closing ceremony   
AsiaOne
The Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC) goes through the highlights of and inspirations behind the biennial meet's closing ceremony, which will be held at the National Stadium. SINGSOC will also unveil the official 28th SEA Games ...

2015-04-28 Singapore Technology

Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Apple sells more iPhones in China than US   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Apple Inc reported surging profits yesterday amid booming demand for its latest iPhone models and sales breakthroughs in China. Profits rose 33 percent in the January-March period from the same quarter a year earlier to US$13.6 billion. Revenue was up ...

2015-04-28 Singapore Business

AsiaOne   

Singapore seeks to attract more foreign system schools   
AsiaOne
To-date, some 16 sites have been offered under the previous three RFIs. Among the winners were Cognita; Dulwich College (above), GEMS Education, Overseas Family School and Global Indian International School.
More land parcels may be released to set up international schools   TODAYonline
Request-for-interest exercise to be launched for international schools next week   The Straits Times
Call goes out for potential operators for international schools   Channel News Asia

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AsiaOne   

Work on Canberra MRT Station to start mid-2015   
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE — Construction on the Canberra MRT Station on the North-South Line will start in the middle of this year after the Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded the S$90 million construction contract to China State Construction Engineering ...

2015-04-28 Singapore World

Brisbane Times   

Convicts in isolation cells, await execution in Indonesia   
Reuters Africa
JAKARTA/SYDNEY, April 28 (Reuters) - Nine drug traffickers were being held in isolation cells at an Indonesian maximum security prison awaiting execution by firing squad, after Indonesian authorities notified them they had no hope of reprieve. Security at ...

2015-04-28 Singapore Southeast Asia

Brisbane Times   

Convicts in isolation cells, await execution in Indonesia   
Reuters Africa
JAKARTA/SYDNEY, April 28 (Reuters) - Nine drug traffickers were being held in isolation cells at an Indonesian maximum security prison awaiting execution by firing squad, after Indonesian authorities notified them they had no hope of reprieve. Security at ...

2015-04-28 Singapore Singapore

AsiaOne   

Singapore 'must act to avoid regressing'   
AsiaOne
Singapore risks regressing to become "just a normal country" unless it moves faster to enhance workers' skills and create new jobs, labour chief Lim Swee Say said yesterday. The country should also venture ahead of its competitors in weaving technology ...