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Filipino staff nurse told to watch social media usage, co-operate with police
The Philippine embassy in Singapore has advised a Filipino nurse currently embroiled in a scandal involving insensitive online remarks to be "extra careful about his social media usage", The Straits...
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Coconuts Hot Spot: Joo Bar
Singapore has its share of great microbreweries but when it comes to producing anything other than beer, we haven’t made much headway. That is, until the arrival of Joo Bar. Makgeolli is now being made...
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Exorcist Exploitations: Self-claimed spiritual man jailed for molesting girl...
A 52-year-old man who took advantage of his position as a self-claimed exorcist to conduct a despicable act of molestation on a teenage girl. The Straits Times reports that Mohamed Said Mohamed Sani —...
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Live in Singapore? Here are 17 really cool date ideas
If you've lived in Singapore long enough — our gauge is about 20 years or so — everything is boring. The Singapore Flyer? Bah, we get the same view from our CBD office without the vertigo. Staycation...
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Best of the Berlinale on show in Singapore starting this week
This month, past winners of the world-renowned Berlin Film Festival or Berlinale, will be screened in Singapore. Eight receivers of the prestigious Golden Bear award, including 12 Angry Men starring...
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'Accidental rioter' gets imprisoned for unknowingly joining in assault during...
Have you ever been so drunk that you joined a bar brawl without knowing why it was happening in the first place? Muhammad Suhaimi certainly has — and he's going to jail for it. The 24-year-old man was...
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Police issue advisory against rampant 'tech support' phone call scams
A recent series of scams conducted through phonecalls have prompted the police to issue an advisory regarding the fraudulent schemes that involve computer software. There have been several reports of...
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Maid faces five years jail for adding essential oil into employer's breast...
In August last year, a domestic helper added eucalyptus scented essential oil to packets of breast milk stored in the refrigerator by her employer. For that, the 28-year-old Indonesian faces five years...
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Singapore's first homemade animated sitcom premieres tomorrow night
Do you miss local sitcoms? We do. And who can blame us? More than 10 years on, people are still impersonating Gurmit Singh impersonating an ah beng construction worker. Where can we watch some new...
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NEA: Government's long-term goal is to prohibit smoking in all public areas
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has reiterated its stand on keeping most of Singapore smoke-free, in a letter to the local press. Written by corporate communciations manager Brendan Sheares, the...
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Photos: Singapore tycoon Peter Lim invites BIGBANG's Seungri to Valencia game
After kicking off the new year with an hour-long concert in Singapore, Seungri left his Korean mega star pals BIGBANG to hang out with local tycoon Peter Lim and his family... in Spain. According to...
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Singapore getting permanent Hello Kitty flights from June
Missed the 10 Hello Kitty flights in December? They're coming back — for good. From June 21, Taiwan's Eva Air will be operating additional flights between Changi Airport and the Taoyuan International...
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You'll never guess what David Gan gifted his friends Ben Yeo and Quan Yi Feng
There isn't a sliver of doubt that local celebrity hairstylist David Gan is raking in the big bucks. Especially not after this big show of his recent purchases for friends Ben Yeo and Quan Yi Feng,...
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22-year-old man arrested for snatch theft in Moh Guan Terrace
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for suspected involvement in a case of snatch theft committed in the Moh Guan Terrace area. The incident happened early on Jan. 5 at about 5:15am. A 39-year-old...
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Sengkang columbarium gets green light despite resident uproar
Despite objections from residents, HDB and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) indicated the proposed Chinese temple with columbarium facilities in Sengkang can go ahead, reported the media. In a joint...
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Singapore's most famous criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan dies at 67
Probably the city's most high-profile criminal defence lawyer, Subhas Anandan, died this morning in the Singapore General Hospital at the age of 67. Mr. Subhas had been in poor health, said The Straits...
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There's a couple in Singapore cooking up Senegal's national dishes, and...
West African food doesn't get much representation in Singapore. There are a handful of restaurants, but none really go deep into the cuisine that spans across 16 countries. Bodian and Greta D. are...
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Subhas had unswerving belief in granting accused second chance in life: Mr....
Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. K. Shanmugam paid tribute today to Singapore's most famous criminal defence lawyer Mr. Subhas Anandan, who died this morning at Singapore General Hospital...
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Inter-Religious Organisation leader holds own inter-religious wedding
Mr. Chung Kwang Tong, a council member of the Inter-Religious Organisation in Singapore, married his sweetheart of 10 years Ms. Jacqueline Yip, last weekend. But it wasn't just any wedding, it was an...
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Passengers forced to disembark Singapore Airlines flight after technical...
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight was preparing to take off this morning (Jan. 7) when its pilots received a technical fault message, forcing the plane to taxi back to the gates and its passengers, to...
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