HALIMAH YACOB

He posted videos on his Facebook pages and urged the public to make the same request of the president. When the President's Office replied to Ravi, he published her letter on his Facebook pages. The Attorney-General later complained about Ravi's con...

Singapore and Kazakhstan strengthen economic ties, enhancing India's role as a link between Southeast Asia and Eurasia. Kazakhstan's transport initiatives and Singapore's expertise create new business opportunities. The countries sign agreements to ...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin economist, has been sworn in as the ninth president of Singapore. He succeeded Halimah Yacob, Singapore's first female president, and will serve a six-year term. Tharman, who has dedicated his life to public ...

Outgoing President Halimah Yacob of Singapore has extended her best wishes to President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who will be sworn in as the country's ninth president. Shanmugaratnam, an economist, won 70.4% of the votes in the recent election....

About 76 per cent (2,834) of overseas Singaporeans voted for Tharman, while Ng and Tan received 595 votes (15.99 per cent) and 292 votes (7.85 per cent) respectively.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated Tharman, who served as Singapore's Deputy prime minister from 2011 to 2019, on winning the presidential election. "Singaporeans have chosen Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be our next president by a decisive...

Singapore will hold a presidential election on 1 September only if there is more than one candidate. If there is only one candidate on 22 August, they will be declared president-elect. Unlike the previous election in 2017, which was reserved for tho...

Former Finance and Education Minister of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam has filed his application to contest the presidential election next month. Shanmugaratnam launched his presidential campaign in July with a promise to cultivate Singapore's cu...

The execution took place despite a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office for Singapore to "urgently reconsider" the hanging and calls by British tycoon Richard Branson to halt it. The Singaporean was detained in 2014 for drug consumption an...

Lanba was conferred the award on Thursday for his outstanding contributions in enhancing the strong and long-standing bilateral defence relationship between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Indian origin drug mule from Malaysia, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, who was granted a stay of execution two years ago, failed in his appeal to start a court challenge against his death sentence, according to a media report.

Addressing the press conference, Prime Minister Lee said: “Our two countries have robust cooperation on transnational issues including terrorism, cybersecurity and counter-proliferation… we were later the first Southeast Asian country to contribute ...

The president said the two countries shared a robust partnership that is broad and deep and is underpinned by strong fundamentals in areas including economic, security and people-to-people ties.

Dedar Singh Gill, 59, has been appointed by President Halimah Yacob as the apex court's judicial commissioner for a period of two years.

During his talks with Singaporean leaders, Modi discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral ties. Modi is in Singapore on the last leg of his three-nation tour.

Modi, who is here on his first-ever official visit to Indonesia, will meet President Joko Widodo tomorrow and discuss bilateral cooperation in a broad range of areas, including maritime, trade and investment.

"It is only a matter of time before qualified female candidates with the right experience will come to the fore," Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu said.

Addressing the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry members, Halimah Yacob said the two countries have good track record of working closely.

Indian-origin politician Halimah Yacob assumed charge at the start of the sitting of the House this afternoon.