Bed, Bath & Blah: Ikea Singapore tries out satire in new promo vid
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Ikea Singapore's been trying to stay on top of the viral game and they've pretty much hit the nail on the head so far. We were hoping their latest...
View ArticleStarhub and M1 push for probe into allegations of smear campaign run by...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Little tiffs among career bloggers are usually as inconsequential and asinine as the bloggers themselves, but prominent blogger Xiaxue's latest...
View ArticleBukit Batok hills being cleared for routine maintenance: HDB
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. The once-dense greenery of the hill beside Bukit Batok MRT station has been replaced with the dreary brown hue of barren land, and was thought to be...
View ArticleAbused cabbie's daughter talks about viral dashcam video on radio
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Over the last few days Singaporeans have been spreading and commenting on a dashcam video showing a male passenger unreasonably berating his taxi...
View ArticleFormer assistant manager jailed for accumulating $250k in forged cheques over...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Suffiyandi Shaiful Alfiah, a 35-year-old former assistant general manger, has been sentenced to 31 months in jail for forging cheques amounting to...
View ArticleFrunk wants to change the way guys pick up girls in Singapore bars
Got a (finger)tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Have you ever been in a situation at the bar where the guy/girl at the table next to you looks really cute, and you wish you could buy them a...
View ArticleLee Kuan Yew's condition worsens, doctors closely monitoring situation
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Former Prime Minister and Singapore icon Lee Kuan Yew's health has taken for the worse, according to an update from the Prime Minister's Office....
View ArticleViewQwest launches world's fastest residential broadband service at 2Gbps
You want scorching fast internet speeds? Local internet service provider ViewQwest just launched the world's fastest home broadband plan yesterday at a velocity of 2 gigabits per second (Gpbs). This...
View ArticleHobo fined for throwing tantrum and splashing hot milk on doctor who...
A 63-year-old homeless man was handed out the maximum fine of $1,500 yesterday for sloshing a jug of hot milk at a doctor, ironically after she diagnosed him with a predisposition to tantrums. Abdul...
View ArticleHere are the key points from The Economist's white paper on Singapore at 50
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. The Economist's Intelligence Unit has published a white a paper on Singapore as the city state marks its 50th anniversary. "Striding Ahead and...
View ArticleInstrumental rock marvels Sphaeras to launch debut album 'Moirai' in May
It's been two years since their formation and Sphaeras has already been making significant ripples in the music scene here with their bold, rhythmically unorthodox approach to instrumental rock and...
View Article7 years in jail for man who choked, poisoned, raped and slashed ex-girlfriend...
Despite being choked to unconsciousness, stuffed in a suitcase, forcibly ingesting poison, raped and slashed, a 24-year-old Malaysian woman lived through a sickening episode dealt by her former...
View ArticleThese are the best terrible names for the new Singapore Navy warships
Recently, the Singapore Navy launched a crowd-sourcing campaign to gather names for its new generation warships. The poster looked serious enough — a digitally dramatised image of a warship with the...
View ArticleSingtel and Gushcloud apologise for marketing blunder following smear...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Following the controversy about Gushcloud's ad campaign for Singtel, whose game plan involved tarnishing rival mobile operators, the...
View ArticleHomeless man goes on shoplifting spree, steals $1.5k worth of Panadol and...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. In an effort to make money for himself, a homeless man went on a shoplifting spree around Singapore, stealing around $1,500 worth of condoms and...
View ArticleBody of a man in his 70s found floating in Kallang River
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Yet another body has been found floating on Kallang River yesterday morning, the latest grim episode to take place in the longest river in...
View ArticleVideo: CNB officers make dramatic drug bust along Serangoon Road, cabby arrested
A motorist inadvertently captured a dramatic arrest along Serangoon Road on Monday afternoon, where officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau apprehended a 48-year-old Comfort Taxi driver, a suspected...
View ArticleYishun residents not too happy about newly built temporary bus interchange
Yishun may be getting a super-sleek air-conditioned integrated transport hub by 2019, but for now they'll have to make do with a temporary bus interchange — which residents are not too happy about....
View ArticleLee Kuan Yew's condition deteriorates further, remains critically ill
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. UPDATE (6:17pm): Agence France-Presse reports: "Crowds began to gather at the hospital following the latest bulletin, according to an AFP reporter on...
View ArticleJohn Cena, Kane, Rusev and more to drop by for WWE LIVE in Singapore
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Seven years since Kane, Rey Mysterio, Batista and Dave Finlay first wreaked havoc at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, wrestling fans should be psyched...
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