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Man gets arm stuck in drainage pipe for 10 hours in attempt to retrieve...
127 Hours this is not. Pray that you don't have to undergo the same experience as this unlucky Jurong West resident who got his arm firmly lodged in his bathroom's drainage pipe for 10 hours yesterday...
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Serial Woodlands housebreaker, molester and burglar gets 5 years imprisonment...
A train driver's crime spree across the Woodlands district — which included housebreaking, burglary and molestation — has finally come to an end after a district court sentenced him to five years in...
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Bidding and pre-trip tipping no longer allowed for third-party booking apps
The days of being outbid for a taxi during rush hour are over, thank you very much. The new Third-Party Taxi Booking Service Providers Act announced by Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew in Parliament on...
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Despite police report lodged, folks are still falling for the 'Alex Chang:...
A series of scam calls that involve the swindlers pretend that they're an officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has run so rampant in Singapore that the governmental agency had to issue a...
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What type of road user are you? Traffic Police Department has an app for that
Are you outgoing, optimistic and positively charged that people can't help but be drawn to you? Then you must be a cheerleader — and on the road you happy go lucky, naturally upbeat and energetic. A...
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Jurong Country Club members will miss 18-hole golf course, remodeled in 2012
Yesterday we learned that in the name of progress, 40-year-old Jurong Country Club will be acquired by the government next year and turned into the terminus of the upcoming Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High...
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Undergrad jailed for 15 weeks and fined $10k for donating HIV-positive blood
An undergraduate had lied before donating blood, declaring that he had not had sex with another male before even though he had been in a regular sexual relationship with a male partner for two years,...
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The days of free-flying drones will be over by June 1
The days of free-flying drones will soon be over as Parliament has approved a Bill that will take effect on June 1."Among the new rules, operators will need to get a permit to fly an unmanned aircraft...
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Ex-convicts of serious crimes can never be taxi drivers here; those with...
The Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew has opened up the Taxi Driver's Vocational Licence (TDVL) to ex-convicts, depending on the severity of their crime. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, he...
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REDValentino launches new boutique store at Ngee Ann City Singapore
Italian fashion retailer REDValentino has just opened a new store in Singapore, nestled in the heart of Orchard Road at Takashimaya Shopping Centre. The new 116 square metre boutique — designed by...
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The cost for a round trip from KL to Singapore on the high-speed rail? Less...
Whoop de doo; the path towards a hyperfast train service from Singapore all the way to Kuala Lumpur is becoming a little clearer ever since the announcement that the terminus will be located in Jurong...
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Fakers have no place in Singapore, reiterate MOM and ICA
Following last month's scandal involving a government employee turned naturalized citizen with an MBA from an online university said to be a diploma mill, Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say reiterated that...
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Amos Yee found guilty of two charges, granted $10,000 bail
The verdict is in. 16-year-old blogger and YouTuber Amos Yee has been found guilty of both charges he faced — circulating an obscene image online and hurting religious feelings of Christians. The third...
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Grudge Match: Man jailed for biting off housemate's ear during drunken scuffle
When his housemate refused to lend him his ears, Feng Zhangao took it for himself by biting it off. The 25-year-old Chinese national has since been sentenced to four months in jail for voluntarily...
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Sheng Shiong kidnapping accomplice sentenced to 3 years in jail
The accomplice who helped his friend abduct and confine the mother of Sheng Shiong supermarket boss Lim Hock Chee for ransom has been sentenced to three years in jail. 51-year-old Heng Chen Boon...
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Excelsior! Here's your guide to the 6 long weekends in 2016
We just can't get enough of long weekends, can we? We're almost down to half the year down for 2015, but that doesn't mean that we can't already make plans for next year — six long weekends are already...
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Righteous: IKEA Tampines security personnel return bag with over $20k in cash...
Here's a pickle — what would you do if you stumbled upon a bag containing over $20,000 in cash? For these security guards at Ikea Tampines, honesty was the only policy — they returned the bag to a...
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Amos Yee unsure if he should be happy or sad following release, awaits...
The State Court was all a flurry of activity yesterday as enfant terrible Amos Yee finally received a verdict on the charges he faced after several weeks of drama. And the verdict was none too...
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After ditching taxi fare, drunken man beats up cabby who chased after him
Already having skipped out on a taxi fare, an egregious asshole added salt to the cabby's wounds by beating him up. A very drunk 37-year-old financial adviser Mark Ho Chia Hwa assaulted the driver who...
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