Liquor Control Bill takes effect today, NParks BBQ pits exempted
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Where were you last night? If, like many freedom-loving Singaporeans, you were out drinking in public last night, props to you for exercising your...
View ArticleSpeakers' Corner reopens, public allowed to hold events at Hong Lim Park again
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. The Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park — closed last week during the National Mourning period — reopened on Monday, reinstating the rights for people...
View ArticleGoogle Maps lets you play Pac-Man
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Google's mapping service rolled out a gamefied version inspired by the classic Pac-Man, turning the real streets of a city into a labyrinth to gobble...
View ArticleWorld Street Food Congress returns next week with 24 stalls from 12 cities
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Foodie heaven awaits you in Bugis next week when the World Street Food Congress returns to town, promising five days of glorious feasts prepared by...
View ArticleTanjong Pagar Railway Station opening its doors to public on Good Friday
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. It's another long weekend this week, and those who didn't get the chance to visit the historic Tanjong Pagar Railway Station during the Chinese New...
View ArticleHey cool cat, are you single and ready to meowngle?
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. If you're a cool cat between 25 and 35 years old who loves cats (and women), this night is for you. Singapore's first cat café, Neko No Niwa in...
View ArticleJetstar Asia revises cockpit protocol following Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Following the Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy last week — which saw 144 passengers and six crew members perish when it crashed in the French Alps —...
View ArticleGet your mind blown by mountains of 'Game Of Thrones' inspired cuisine this...
Want to pay tribute to the Red Viper of Dorne Oberyn Martell who (spoiler alert!) had his mind literally blown to bits by The Mountain Gregor Clegane in the last season of Game Of Thrones? The knights...
View Article56 months' imprisonment and $8k fine for child sex tour organiser
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Notorious Singaporean paedophile Chan Chun Hong has been sentenced to jail for 56 months and fined $8,000 in court yesterday for multiple offences of...
View Article10 artists to illuminate Arab Street with visual art using Lenovo tablets
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. 10 eminent local creative talents will be coming together in a night of incandescent sorcery as they transform Arab Street into a visual arts...
View ArticleFormer PE teacher sentenced to a year in jail for intimate relationship with...
A former Physical Education (PE) teacher took the 'physical' aspect of his subject way too far when he started an intimate relationship with his 12-year-old student. The 37-year-old man — who was...
View ArticleThe Local People invades The Working Capitol shophouse in upcoming art market
The Local People's ever popular art markets return for another iteration next week, and it's bigger than ever as they take over the refurbished multi-storey shophouses of The Working Capitol. In a...
View Article5 hot spots to check out this weekend: Long Chim, Project Acai, Sum Yi Tai,...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Spicy Thai by a Michelin-starred chef, delicate Japanese, hearty burgers, classic Chinese and Amazonian super food. Singapore's recent F&B...
View ArticleNorwegian national jailed for choking cabbie who just wanted to go to toilet
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. For choking a taxi driver, Norwegian national Arne Corneliussen has been sentenced to imprisonment for 10 weeks. The 50 year-old admitted to causing...
View ArticleLKY public holiday petition accused of being a scam, creators receive death...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. A well-intentioned pursuit to honour the late Lee Kuan Yew — with an online petition calling for an annual public holiday in his name — took a...
View ArticleThe Beatles recreate iconic Abbey Road walk outside Raffles Place MRT station
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Abbey Road it ain't, but all four members of The Beatles were spotted in their signature stride as they took centre stage at Raffles Place yesterday....
View ArticleSingaporean Stanford Medical School student arrested for poisoning...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Socially awkward and severely disturbed, 26-year-old Singaporean A*Star scholar Ouyang Xiangyu has been arrested and charged in California with...
View ArticleRenowned local author Catherine Lim pens eloquent tribute to LKY's...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Esteemed Singaporean author and renowned political dissenter Catherine Lim has kept mum about the passing of Lee Kuan Yew, but it was only when the...
View ArticleConstruction worker jailed for molesting 12-year-old boy in Tampines Mall toilet
20-year-old Indian national Ravikumar Sathish has been sentenced to jail for six months yesterday for molesting a boy in a public toilet. The construction worker admitted to using criminal force to...
View ArticleSingaporean photographer documents the myriad of facial expressions on...
There is an unspoken rule between commuters traveling on trains here — no looking and smiling at each other as we bask in our own private spaces and the cold comfort of our electronic screens....
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