Itaewon crush: Anxious warnings turn into screams of terror in emergency calls
2022-11-02
The calls made to Korean police moments before a fatal crush reveal how the horrifying incident unfolded.Continue Reading
PM Lee meets China’s Vice Premier Han Zheng after annual bilateral meeting
2022-11-02
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Wednesday (Nov 2), a day after Singapore and China signed 19 agreements to deepen cooperation. The agreements were signed at the 18th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting, co-chaired by Mr Han and Deputy Prime Minister HengContinue Reading
British boyband Blue performing in Singapore in February
2022-11-02
The group is performing at The Theatre at Mediacorp on Feb 9. Tickets go on sale on Nov 4.Continue Reading
Student threatened women on Facebook after finding their intimate images leaked online by purported hacker
2022-11-02
SINGAPORE: After coming across some links online to compromising images and footage of women purportedly obtained by a hacker, a tertiary student downloaded some of the content to his computer. After reviewing the content, he contacted two of the women online under a fake profile and threatened them in orderContinue Reading
Tutor sentenced to jail for punching 8-year-old girl for giving wrong answers during maths lesson
2022-11-02
SINGAPORE: A tutor who punched and flicked an eight-year-old student’s arm for giving the wrong answers during a mathematics lesson was sentenced to four days’ jail on Wednesday (Nov 2). The 57-year-old man, whose name was redacted from court documents, previously pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurtContinue Reading
Consolidated view of insurance policies now available on SGFinDex
2022-11-02
The inclusion of insurance data adds to existing banking and investment data that individuals can retrieve via SGFinDex.Continue Reading
15-year-old girl among 3 people taken to hospital after accident at Yishun HDB car park
2022-11-02
SINGAPORE: A 15-year-old girl was among three people taken to hospital on Tuesday (Nov 1) after an accident at a Housing Board car park in Yishun. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was called to the incident at the car park of Block 259 Yishun Street 22 at about 2.45pm. TheContinue Reading
China Covid: Area around world’s biggest iPhone plant locked down
2022-11-02
The move may have an impact on production of the new iPhone 14, which is made at Foxconn’s factory.Continue Reading
At least 12,000 new EV charging points to be installed in HDB car parks by end-2025: LTA
2022-11-02
SINGAPORE: At least 12,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points will be installed across all Housing and Development Board (HDB) car parks by the end of 2025, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Wednesday (Nov 2). The authority has awarded a tender to five lead companies for the deployment ofContinue Reading
Man stole almost S$11,000 in coins and notes from 15 laundromats
2022-11-02
SINGAPORE: A man stole from his housemate and his colleague, lost his job, then hatched a plan to steal from laundromats before returning to China with the money. Zhao Huipeng, 26, stole S$10,994 in coins and dollar notes from coin exchange machines in 15 laundromats. He was sentenced on WednesdayContinue Reading