Carmen Sin

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Cherie Lok |Carmen Sin |Stephanie Yeo

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has spent the last few weeks warning of an approaching storm. To weather the challenges ahead, the nation’s most pre-eminent weatherman had repeatedly called for a “dedicated and experienced team” with “capable leaders”, operating under the assurance of a clear mandate. But by 11pm on May 3, as sample counts rolled in, the skies over Singapore’s future began to clear.

2 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Carmen Sin |Cherie Lok |Elizabeth Law |Shawn Hoo

SINGAPORE: The people of East Coast GRC are used to choice. Daily, they have their pick of the “big three” hawker centres in Bedok – at blocks 16, 58 and 216 – and soignee Joo Chiat cafes, newly drawn into the GRC. Nightly, cocktails at modish bar Santai or supper in the noirish light of Simpang Bedok. So, too, politically.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Carmen Sin |Elizabeth Law |Cherie Lok |Shawn Hoo

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE - Singapore’s general election rallies are always a spectacle, and this past Friday and Saturday, the island was positively ablaze with colour, character, and the unmistakable pulse of democracy in action. This year’s campaign trail feels especially electric, as these are the first physical rallies in a decade – live hustings having been halted in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Cherie Lok |Carmen Sin |Elizabeth Law |Shawn Hoo

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE - The wait begins over an hour before the first candidates are expected to arrive, along a sleepy road in the heart of Tampines. Reporters are on one side, packed like sardines under a sheltered walkway, curious residents on the other. In the tide of black lapping against the gates of Poi Ching School – media personnel decked out in one of the few “neutral” shades – bobs a single flash of light blue.

Jan 19, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Carmen Sin

SINGAPORE – Ketamine, the controlled drug best known as a horse tranquilliser or party supplement, has in the last four years become a boon to scores of severely depressed patients in Singapore. Since October 2020 – when the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) first authorised sale of an esketamine nasal spray for serious depression – five psychiatrists who used the therapy on their patients have reported sterling results.