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Oil spill off Pedra Branca may put Bintan sea turtles at risk
When the Libyan oil tanker Alyarmouk and Singaporean cargo ship Sinar Kapuas collided off Pedra Branca last week, it created one of the largest oil spills in the Southeast Asian region in years — and...
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Slashed on his arm, man leaves 50m trail of blood in Toa Payoh
At about 4am yesterday, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call for assistance at Block 150, Toa Payoh Lorong 1. Upon arrival, they found a man in his 40s with slash wounds on his arm,...
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Singapore won't be majorly affected by latest Standard Chartered retrenchment...
Standard Chartered is making a new round of job cuts to usher in the new year, and the staff working in Singapore are getting jittery over the news and the security of their employment. The...
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Goat-themed stamps trot into Singapore post offices in time for Lunar New Year
SingPost today released its Zodiac Goat stamp issue to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. It's the eighth out of 12 sets of stamps in SingPost's second zodiac stamp series since 2008. The...
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Convicted bigamist found dead in Orchard on day he was due for jail
Two timing lovers is a morally questionable function, but at least it's not a criminal offence. Two timing spouses however are totally illegal here, and 48-year-old bigamist Tan Tee Wee was set to...
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Changi voted fourth best airport for punctuality
Flying the flagship carrier of Latvia and transiting through Munich Airport is the best way to ensure your on-time arrival, suggest the results of a new report that ranks the best carriers and airports...
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Danish tech company launches in Singapore with ribbon cutting and lion...
Danish industrial robot manufacturer Universal Robots, officially opened its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore on Thursday (Jan. 8). Gracing the opening were of course, collaborative robots, one...
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Lowrys Farm and Global Work withdraw from Singapore, to hold clearance sale
Japanese apparel company Point Inc is pulling out two of their brands — Lowrys Farm and Global Work — from Singapore, and they're putting up a massive clearance sale at the respective stores before...
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Toa Payoh gets residential uplift, but iconic dragon remains
One of Singapore’s oldest playgrounds will not be demolished unlike the four HDB blocks surrounding it which will be torn down over the next few months, according to media reports. The playground at...
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WTF: Is that a dead rat in the vegetable stew at Hotpot Culture?
As if it wasn't bad enough that Hotpot Culture was getting terrible reviews on local restaurant platform HungryGowhere, a Facebook user today uploaded photos of what looks like the carcass of a rat,...
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Singaporean Googler part of team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Singaporean Tan Chade-Meng, known affectionately as Meng and officially as Google's Jolly Good Fellow, is part of a team that's been nominated for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. Tan is one of the...
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Superhero Alert: ‘Garbage Man’ Saving Lives, Warming Hearts
Presented by Good stories happen every day, and here is the proof: Meet ‘Garbage Man’ – Dispenser of Trash, Sweeper of Streets, Defender of Earth and Protector of Mom. He comes equipped with...
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CentreStage (M1 Fringe Festival Special): Loo Zihan on 'With/Without'
In May 1999, Paddy Chew took to the stage at the Drama Centre on Fort Canning Hill to perform a monologue entitled Completely With/Out Character. In this docu-theatre piece, Chew recounted his...
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Anti-Singaporean staff nurse fired from Tan Tock Seng Hospital
In a Facebook statement earlier today (Jan. 9), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) announced it has terminated the employment one of its nurses Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, for his derogatory remarks against...
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NEA suspends restaurant where customer claimed to have found rat in food
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has suspended the operations of Hotpot Culture, a restaurant in Marina Square, where a customer said she'd found a rat in the food. Caron Chan had earlier today...
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15 years' imprisonment and maximum caning sentence for man who raped jogger
An evening jog in Bukit Batok Neighbourhood Park went horribly wrong for a 47-year-old woman who was dragged off the running track and subsequently raped. The New Paper reports that 41-year-old...
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Peter Lim's daughter Kim Lim dubbed 'Valencia's Singapore angel'
The Spanish city of Valencia have been immensely grateful for Singapore tycoon Peter Lim's 420 million euro takeover of their football club Valencia CF last October, but recently they've been raving...
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L'Eclair back with new pop-up event for a good cause
Remember L'Eclair Patisserie? We told you they'd be the next big thing in a #TrendSing report last year dedicated to one-trick bakers. Le Cordon Bleu-educated duo Sarah Tan and Michelle Looi are back...
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127 suspects apprehended during two-day anti-loansharking crackdown
An island-wide anti-loansharking crackdown last week resulted in the arrest of 84 men and 43 women aged between 17 and 67, all of whom are believed to be involved in loansharking activities. The...
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Meghan Trainor bringing That Bass Tour to Singapore in April
Pop sensation Meghan Trainor, who broke the charts with her debut single "All About That Bass" last year, is performing here on April 23 at The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel. After spending eight weeks in...
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