Shabana Begum

4 days ago | straitstimes.com | Shabana Begum

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE - The opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP) on April 20 announced that it will contest in Sembawang GRC and Tampines GRC at the upcoming polls. It will go up against the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and the incumbent PAP in Sembawang GRC, and face off against the WP and the PAP in Tampines GRC. Leading NSP in Sembawang GRC is party secretary-general Spencer Ng, 45, who also helmed a team to contest there in the 2015 and 2020 elections.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Shabana Begum

SINGAPORE – National water agency PUB is on the lookout for people who have done significant work in helping solve the world’s water problems – to eventually find one worthy of the next Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize. Nominations for the 2026 prize, which are open to individuals and organisations around the world, began on April 16, and will close on July 11.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Shabana Begum

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Democratic Party and the National Solidarity Party have failed to reach an agreement to avoid a multi-cornered fight at Sembawang GRC. In their meeting on April 8, SDP had asked NSP to contest in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC to avoid a multi-cornered fight at Sembawang GRC, a proposal which NSP said it has rejected.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Shabana Begum

SINGAPORE - Chile has become the fifth country that can sell carbon credits to Singapore, after both nations inked a carbon trading agreement on April 7. Singapore has similar pacts with Bhutan, Ghana, Papua New Guinea and most recently with Peru – agreed on April 1 – to eventually offset some of its national greenhouse gas emissions. Under the Paris Agreement, countries can buy carbon credits generated in other nations or regions to meet domestic climate targets.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Shabana Begum

SINGAPORE - The opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP) intends to meet with the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) in the coming days to avoid a three-cornered fight in Sembawang GRC, said the party’s secretary general Spencer Ng, who also introduced a new candidate on April 6. The incumbents in Sembawang are a PAP team including Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, Dr Lim Wee Kiak , Mr Vikram Nair , Ms Mariam Jaafa and Ms Poh Li San.