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What’s The News? Students compete in ST’s current affairs quiz

ST20260514_202634800297/jrcurtain12/Jason Quah (SUGGESTED MAIN PIC #1) St. Gabriel's Secondary School students Pierson Png, 15, (left) and Kaeden Tan, 16, celebrate with their teammates after crossing the finish line in Final Stretch during the semi-finals of current affairs competition What's The News? At Our Tampines Hub on May 14, 2026. They were the only team to successfully cross the finish line in its entirety. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

St Gabriel’s takes home $4,000 cash prize as champion of ST’s What’s The News? quiz competition

Ms Jasmin Lau, Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Digital Development and Information, and ST editor Jaime Ho with the winning team from St. Gabriel’s Secondary School during the final round of ST’s What’s The News? quiz competition on May 26.

SST and St Gabriel’s among four schools advancing to ST’s What’s The News? finals

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Participants and judges pose for a group photo following the semi-finals of current affairs competition What's The News? At Our Tampines Hub on May 14, 2026. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Current affairs get competitive: 16 schools enter semi-finals of ST’s What’s The News? quiz

WTN26 prelim/ST20260414_202621200334/Ng Sor Luan/Preliminary round of WTN26 quiz held in Presbyterian High School hall on April 14, 2026.

Banorte pushes cashless payments at Azteca as World Cup deadline nears

A general view of the Mexico City Stadium as Mexico prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico April 21, 2026. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

ST’s What’s The News? current affairs competition kicks off with online quiz round

River Valley High School students taking part in the first online preliminary quiz of The Straits Times' current affairs quiz competition What?s The News? on Apr 9, 2026. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Retiree running charity given first ST Singaporean of the Year international impact award

Mr Robert Kee has, over the years, cared for abandoned kids by setting up children’s homes, and built houses, toilets and water filtration systems in Cambodia and Nepal through his charity.

Doctor who started clinic for people with intellectual disabilities is ST Singaporean of the Year

Determined to tackle gaps she saw in the healthcare system for people with intellectual disabilities, Dr Chen Shiling quit her job at a public hospital in 2013 and founded Happee Hearts Movement a year later.

Gymnast Amanda Yap, 16, is named first ST Young Singaporean of the Year

Amanda Yap's resilience and determination earned her the inaugural The Straits Times Young Singaporean of the Year award on March 19.

Get expert tips, join English masterclass at ST’s PSLE Prep Forum 2026

Mr Ong Kong Hong, MOE’s divisional director from curriculum planning and development division 1, will share how parents can better support their child for the PSLE journey and in secondary school. ST senior education correspondent Sandra Davie will moderate the session.

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