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PEST CONTROL

Drones to household utensils - weapons India is deploying against locusts

Jul 3, 2020, 11:56 am

India's farmers told to scare locusts away by beating drums, using loudspeakers

May 29, 2020, 7:02 pm
The Singapore Food Agency said it is an offence if food shop operators fail to keep their premises free of pest infestation.

Concerns of infestation as some eateries stop pest control services

May 7, 2020, 5:00 am

Concerns of infestation as some eateries stop checks for cockroaches, rodents, flies amid circuit breaker

May 6, 2020, 10:54 pm

'Our children will starve', say Pakistan farmers as locusts breed

Mar 18, 2020, 8:20 am
Workers from Jurong-Clementi Town Council covering the lights at the lift lobby on every floor of Block 172 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 with yellow-tinted paper as a measure against the insects. The black beetle-like bugs have affected three blocks in

Black insects bug Bukit Batok residents

Oct 5, 2019, 5:00 am

Bukit Batok black insect swarms: Residents adjust lives around bugs whose return could be weather-linked

Oct 4, 2019, 10:05 pm
Left: A giant net encloses the Chinatown Complex Food Centre and keeps birds out - and diners and cleaning staff happy. Above: Small birds like this sparrow do sometimes manage to squeeze in, although they often have trouble getting out, says a hawke

Netting stops birds from preying on leftovers at food centres

Sep 24, 2019, 5:00 am
PUB contractors carrying out fogging around Pandan Reservoir yesterday evening. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

10 must-reads for today

Aug 2, 2019, 5:00 am
Above: Midges near a parked car at Pandan Reservoir yesterday. Left: PUB is carrying out fogging twice daily around the reservoir dyke, drains and surrounding vegetation in the mornings and evenings. The amenities centre there will also be partially

Return of midges in area around Pandan Reservoir ‘like horror movie scene’

Aug 2, 2019, 5:00 am

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