Singapore’s public accounts watchdog has flagged lapses and irregularities across government agencies in its latest audit, including issues with HDB housing grants and the enforcement of gambling exclusion orders.

It also highlighted financial governance issues relating to the development of the new National Cancer Centre Singapore.

A total of 136 audit findings were issued and conveyed to audited entities through management letters, the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) said in its latest report published on July 15.

The 2026 edition looked at...

A company whose employees were injured while attempting to replace a manhole cover on a pavement has been instructed by the Ministry of Manpower to stop all similar work until the cause of the incident has been established and measures are in place to prevent a recurrence.

Two workers from Hong Hock Global were injured when a flash fire occurred in a sewer manhole in Tuas on the morning of July 10.

The workers were carrying out replacement works on...

The High Court of Singapore declined a stay on the six-month jail sentence of Byju Raveendran, meaning the founder of the failed education startup risks going to prison if he returns to the city-state, news agencies reported.

The court on July 9 ruled against Byju’s application to have the sentence halted, the agencies said citing a statement on July 14 by Byju’s law firm Lazareff Le Bars. The court originally pronounced the sentence, for contempt, in May, and then granted...

Spain suffocated France deep in the heart of Texas on July 14, powering into their first World Cup final since lifting the trophy in 2010 with an utterly dominant 2-0 victory that left the tournament’s most feared attack gasping for air.

From the opening whistle, the Spaniards wrapped themselves around France like an anaconda, tightening their grip with every wave of pressing and every spell of possession until the life had been squeezed from a French attack that had looked...

The High Court on July 14 awarded Cabinet ministers K. Shanmugam and Tan See Leng each S$230,000 in damages after ruling in their favour in the defamation suit they brought against news provider Bloomberg and its journalist.

The case arose from a Bloomberg article published on Dec 12, 2024, titled “Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy”, which mentioned transactions involving Good Class Bungalows (GCBs) in Singapore.

The article included the ministers’ property deals in 2023 – the sale...