Some say the death penalty is an ineffective deterrent to drug trafficking. Singapore’s experience suggests otherwise.

Singapore had one of the lowest excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic, he said on ST podcast The Usual Place. Read more ...

According to The Straits Times (ST), as of December 31, 2024, 65 individuals aged 29 or younger were detained, up from 46 in ...

A mother of three was among 76 suspected drug offenders arrested in a recent anti-drug operation from Mar. 10 to 14. In a Mar. 15 Facebook post, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) noted that two of ...

SINGAPORE: Seventy-six suspected drug offenders ... No child should be exposed to such dangers." The anti-drug operation covered areas such as Bukit Merah, Jurong and Yishun.

Officials at Singapore’s Changi prison say its notoriously ... cruel and senseless' and only target the couriers of the drug trade. Anti-death penalty activist Kirsten Han says there's no ...

Duterte, 79, appeared at the hearing via videolink, with presiding judge Iulia Motoc citing his prior “long journey." ...

SINGAPORE – A 31-year-old drug runner, who was part of a syndicate that supplied drugs from Malaysia to Singapore, was sentenced to 27 years and seven months’ jail, and 15 strokes of the cane ...

SINGAPORE, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Singapore authorities have confiscated a large quantity of drugs estimated to be worth more than 135,000 Singapore dollars (about 101,250 U.S. dollars), the Central ...