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Fifth victim succumbs to dengue this year
A 69-year-old man just passed away from dengue at Mount Alvernia Hospital yesterday, making him the fifth person to die from the infection this year. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National...
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Video: 'Financial Times' report on new wave of Chinese immigrants in Singapore
A recent video report by the Financial Times (FT) puts the spotlight on a new wave of Chinese immigrants in Singapore and how their arrival, as well as their persistent importance to the world, has...
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Fake gold ingot scammers charged in court
The three men arrested for their attempt to sell fake gold-coloured ingots have been charged in the State Courts yesterday. The three Chinese nationals are on social visit passes and have been in...
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Video: Gurmit Singh talks about life after MediaCorp, which he's leaving...
Actor and comedian Gurmit Singh has announced he will not be renewing his full-time contract with MediaCorp when it expires at the end of the year, so he can spend more time with his family. According...
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Employment rates and median income increase in 2014: MOM
According to the latest report by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Singapore is currently enjoying a rise in employment rates and sustained growth in incomes. The findings were concluded from the...
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SMRT vandals found to have tresspassed depot thrice, additional charges issued
Further investigations conducted on the recent case of vandalism on an SMRT train revealed that the two German suspects infiltrated Bishan depot not once, not twice, but three consecutive times....
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Aspiring boxer Shahril "The Bull" Salim dies at 23
Aspiring local boxer Shahril "The Bull" Salim died on Thursday, Nov. 27. The budding athlete was scheduled to make his professional debut at Marina Bay Sands in 2012 when a serious training injury...
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Agent of Chaos: Little India riots agitator receives flogging sentence
On top of a 25-month jail term, a man was sentenced to three strokes of the cane after it was revealed that he played a ‘ringleader’ role in the riots that rocked Little India last year. 42-year-old...
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What to eat at National Stadium
There's quite a lot to love about the new National Stadium. Sure the pitch is questionable, but if you remember what the old place was like you'll know these are some major improvements: an LED roof, a...
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Opposition party town council found guilty of holding event without permit
A district court has concluded that the north-eastern municipal authority are guilty of holding an event earlier this year at Hougang Central without permit from the National Environment Agency (NEA)....
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Photos: Singapore's first Lego Certified Store opens at Suntec City Mall
Over 100 customers were in the queue to visit Singapore's first Lego Certified Store by 8:30am today (Nov. 29), about two hours before the official opening. The event officiated by the Ambassador of...
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Pumped up Serena slams opponent in International Premier Tennis League debut
Serena Williams emerged from a month-long lay-off Sunday to beat Kirsten Flipkens at the debut tournament of the International Premier Tennis League, a fast-paced, television-friendly new version of...
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Bumbling Boris, Mayor of London, rides Singapore's 'gleaming tube' and plays...
London mayor Boris Johnson was recently in town from Nov. 27 to 29 on an official visit to support a FinTech Trade Mission, a collaborative endeavour between Singapore and London to develop financial...
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Singapore crashes out of Suzuki Cup after controversial late penalty
It was to be the day that the Kallang Roar returned to the National Stadium, but with the stands packed to near capacity for the 72nd Causeway Derby, Singapore’s fourth reign as champions of Southeast...
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Singapore's laziest detective forges signatures to avoid doing work for two...
In an industrious act of indolence, an ex-police officer forged his supervisor’s signature into his logbook for close to two years, just to escape from doing his job — which is to actually investigate...
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Triple-murderer to be hanged after court dismisses appeal
Singapore’s capital punishment comes out in full force for the horrifyingly tragic triple-murder that took place at Yishun in 2008. Channel NewsAsia reports that 48-year-old Chinese national Wang...
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Serial milk powder thief dealt spoonful of justice
Either this man is really hard up for money that he can’t provide for his kids, or he really really loves his powdered milk. A 33-year-old man has been arrested over his suspected involvement in a...
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Newlyweds’ violent squabble wrecks their $20k wedding plans
A $20,000 wedding banquet took place last Saturday at a five-star Sentosa hotel, but with an unfortunate twist — only the groom was present throughout the whole night. Cold feet? Not really — it was...
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Fandi Ahmad’s father and former national goalkeeper passes away
Just before a heart-rending showdown between Singapore and Malaysia that saw the Lions kicked out of the AFF Suzuki Cup, a sad tragedy befell the household of Singapore’s favourite football son Fandi...
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Of Sex and Bak Kut Teh: Raunchy local thriller ‘Lang Toh’ makes it through...
Singapore is the last place for a sexploitation film to take place, but for filmmaker Sam Loh, his latest work Lang Toh has received the green light from the censorship board to go ahead with a...
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