The latest report of Singapore's health ministry paints a grim picture of HIV cases in the country.

According to the government of Singapore, as compared to the last year, the total number of HIV cases in the country will exceed this year.

Figure out the latest government records: in the first ten months of this year, 382 persons were affected by HIV in the country, while in 2007(whole), 423 cases of this deadly disease were notified.

Singapore  - Singapore has concluded two separate Open Skies Agreements (OSAs) with Romania and Zambia to allow full flexibility on air services, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced Friday.

The OSA between Singapore and Romania allows Singapore carriers to operate any number of passenger and cargo flights between Singapore and points in Romania, as well as beyond Romania to any other city in the world.

Likewise, Romania carriers might operate any number of flights to and beyond Singapore.

Singapore  - A Singapore Court jailed three opposition-linked activists for contempt of court for donning identical T-shirts with a picture of a kangaroo wearing judge's robes during a politician's hearing, news reports said Friday.

Opposition Democratic Party assistant secretary general John Tan Liang Joo, 47, was sentenced Thursday to 15 days jail while Isrizal Mohamed Isa, 33, and Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman, 20, were each sentenced to seven days.

Singapore- Singapore's business receipts for services industries rose by 11.6 per cent in the third quarter of this year over the same period of 2007, the Singapore Department of Statistics said Thursday.

Turnover of water transport services grew by 19.6 per cent in the third quarter from a year ago, with contribution from shipping lines and firms engaged in ship and boat leasing.

Revenue of the post and telecommunications industry rose by 4.6 per cent, while business receipts of the financial services industry grew by 5 per cent.

Singapore - Singapore strongly condemns the series of terrorist attacks in India's financial capital of Mumbai that killed 101 people and injured 287, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Th

Singapore  - Singapore will not sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions on December 3 in Olso but has indefinitely banned exports of the bombs, which the city-state described as legitimate weapons for self-defence, The Straits Times reported Thursday.