Sweet! Students to get SG50 Lego bricks on National Day
We can think of several reasons why we'd rather be in school than working nine-to-five: educational trips abroad, pocket money from mommy and daddy and...swag. This year's National Day loot bags for...
View ArticleWoman falls to her death from fifth storey while hanging clothes out to dry
A woman met an unfortunate end in a freak accident when she fell to her death from her flat on the fifth-storey while hanging clothes out to dry. 50-year-old Lee Ha Choo had been using an automatic...
View ArticleSerial voyeur jailed for taking upskirt videos of colleagues, friends and...
This accountant should have really kept his lust under check and balance — he has been sentenced to 14 weeks in prison for taking upskirt videos of his colleague and other women. 31-year-old serial...
View ArticlePolice arrest snatcher of 60-year-old lady's handbag
Unless you've discovered a formula to become invisible, there's really no point in committing a crime in Singapore — hello, don't you see the surveillance cameras? And so police have arrested an...
View ArticleThree men with unusual number of ATM cards arrested by police
This is what it's like to be married to the mob: instead of a wife taking care of household finances, your ATM card is in the possession of strange men who skulk outside cash machines. In three...
View ArticleSilverlens and four other galleries at Gillman Barracks closing
One of the pioneer galleries in Gillman Barracks is packing up and closing its doors. According to its newsletter, May is the last month of operations for Silverlens Gallery. "It has been a wonderful...
View ArticleEva, the electric taxi that charges battery while you're in the toilet
That's what we call efficient. Meet EVA, an electric vehicle that needs only 15 minutes to charge — enough time for you to be Andy Warhol famous or, as one of the researchers involved in the project...
View ArticleElderly woman found guilty of abusing Filipina maid; sister and daughter also...
Whatever image you have in your mind about sweet-mannered, serene old ladies, get that shit outta your head. This septuagenarian has been found guilty of dealing copious amounts of abuse on a domestic...
View ArticleFears for migrants as S.E. Asia refuses safe haven, Thailand calls for...
Malaysia joined Indonesia on Wednesday in vowing to turn back vessels bearing a wave of migrants, drawing warnings that the hardline policy could be a death sentence for boatloads of people at risk of...
View ArticleArtwork of the week: May 13
'Big Body 2' by Mikito Ozeki From afar, the Japanese artist's work appears to be a simple, black-and-white figurative work. As you approach and look more closely, it becomes clear that the work is made...
View ArticleFollowing imminent closure of Jurong Country Club, other club membership...
File this one under 'First World Problems'. Current members of Jurong Country Club are left in a gold-plated pickle after news dropped that their club will be making way for the new Singapore-KL...
View ArticleOh Shit: Punggol BTO flat gets completely covered in excrement following...
A happy housewarming this was not. A young family was about to move into their freshly furnished Build-To-Order flat in Punggol when a literal shitstorm put an end to their short-lived joy. According...
View ArticleAmos Yee rants against scoop-hungry reporters, baits media with sensational...
Ah Amos, you entertaining troll. In his efforts to prove just how desperate the media are in crafting every angle they can get to yield even more stories to add to the Amos Yee Saga, he posted a very...
View ArticleWoman's leg stuck in MRT platform, she says sorry for causing delay!
This is the third incident in three months where someone's leg getting stuck in that hole between the MRT carriage and the station platform. And like the previous ones in Hougang last March, and Jurong...
View ArticleYou Got Punked: Amos Yee admits to trolling the media over molestation...
Yeap, we called it. Amos Yee's sensational allegations of molest were all untrue, and in the unending quest for some juicy, exclusive scoop, the mainstream media fell hard for it. (function(d, s,...
View ArticleArmy detonates war relic found near Tampines
Good job, guys! The Singapore Armed Forces' Explosive Ordnance Disposal standby team successfully detonated a World War II relic — possibly a mortar bomb similar to this one they disposed last March —...
View ArticleKTV hostess declared brain dead after dunking 18 glasses of hard liquor for tips
A night spent drinking and entertaining guests turned into something tremendously tragic. A 20-something KTV lounge hostess was conveyed to hospital on Tuesday after blacking out when she downed 18...
View Article50-day jail time for interior design owner who cheated IRAs
Minimalist doesn't look so chic now, does it? The sole proprietor of an interior design company will spend 50 days in jail for cheating his client and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. News...
View ArticleMan arrested for making away with $2k in Sungei Kadut industrial estate burglary
This dude thought he could get away with burglary in the very remote districts of Sungei Kadut industrial estate, but alas, it's hard to escape the long arm of the law here. The police had been tipped...
View ArticleDo not release, repeat, do not release
Life isn't like a movie where releasing your pet into the wild is followed by a song-and-dance number. In fact, that practice could pose danger not just to the animal but to the environment as well....
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