A Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) closed-door meeting at Maxwell Chambers yesterday (Aug 13) saw heated debate as several lawyers called for the full report on the findings of an inquiry into workplace practices at the organisation, including allegations of workplace bullying, to be released.

About 200 lawyers attended the meeting, which started at 5.30pm on Aug 13. The meeting, which was scheduled to finish at 7pm, ended only at 9.30pm.

Several lawyers said they would demand an extraordinary general...

It’s not easy to fall asleep in Punggol amid the din and noise coming from works on the MRT Cross Island Line.

This is especially so for Mr. Abdul Rashid, a Punggol resident whose flat overlooks a Cross Island Line (CRL) Punggol extension worksite, as the drilling and hum of machinery have kept him up at night.

Though his home is on the sixth floor of Block 308A Punggol Walk, the retired operations manager said his family has been quite...

For more than two decades, Singapore surgeon and National University of Singapore (NUS) Associate Professor Glenn Bonney has battled one of medicine’s deadliest diseases. Every week, he performs some of the world’s most complex pancreatic operations, knowing that despite major advances in surgery, many patients will eventually see the cancer return.

Instead of accepting those grim odds, the senior consultant and liver, pancreas and transplant surgeon at PanAsia Surgery Group, under Foundation Healthcare, has spent the past decade searching for...

At 62, para-lawn bowler Mawjit Singh is living proof that age is just a number.

He is the oldest member of Team Singapore’s 53-athlete contingent to the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

“It’s incredible to be the oldest,” Mawjit said. “Personally, it sends out the message that age shouldn’t deter you from doing the things you love”.

He competed in five sectional matches alongside teammate Khirmern Mohamad, 56, in the Para Men’s Pairs B6-B8 event designated for players with physical disabilities.

For 15-year-old Manasvi Myer, performing at the National Day Parade on Aug 9 was more than another opportunity to sing before a large audience. It was a chance to celebrate the country she calls home and her place in its multicultural society.

The Year 11 student at Tanglin Trust School was selected for the People’s Choir at NDP 2026, performing two songs alongside Singapore artistes Gareth Fernandez, Dru Chen and Iman Fandi.

“I felt an incredible combination of excitement, pride...