Heavy rain erodes Pattaya’s new beach
2022-09-05
PATTAYA: Runoff into the sea from the downpour and strong wind that pounded Pattaya City for over an hour on Sunday night has eroded the city’s recently rebuilt beach.Continue Reading
Man gets jail, caning for sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl he found on Instagram and giving her drugs
2022-09-05
SINGAPORE: A 34-year-old man was sentenced on Monday (Sep 5) to 20 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane after sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl and giving her drugs. Muhammad Hisham Abdul Karim “trawled the Internet” before zeroing in on a primary school student and befriending her via Instagram,Continue Reading
21-year-old scam victim who became money mule says loansharks still harass her
2022-09-05
Lisa wanted to borrow S$30,000 from a moneylender. She ended up being harassed by loansharks and investigated by police, all while never getting a single cent.Continue Reading
230,000 children to receive S$200 Child Development Account top-ups
2022-09-05
The CDA top-up will be credited in batches to all Singaporean children aged 6 and below from Sep 8.Continue Reading
Heavy rain forecast countrywide
2022-09-05
Heavy to very heavy rain is expected for all parts of the country this week, with flash flood and watercourse overflow warnings for communities near foothills and on low land.Continue Reading
1,360 new Covid inpatients, 22 more deaths
2022-09-05
The country registered 1, 360 new inpatients admitted to hospitals plus 22 more Covid-19 related fatalities, the particular Ministry of Public Health reported upon Monday.Continue Reading
Commentary: In a fast-changing world, dialect groups are a means of respecting our colourful ancestry
2022-09-04
It is far from dialect per se which is important, but what that dialect way to an individual and to their familial group, states award-winning author Josephine Chia.Continue Reading
The Big Read: What can make our teachers happier and less overworked? Here’s looking at you, parents
2022-09-04
Teachers sensation overworked and burned out is a perennial issue in Singapore. Parents play a big role in this — be it in terms of disciplining their child, intervening with how teachers perform their lessons, or even expecting teachers to become “surrogate parents” or “babysitters”.Continue Reading
Maid case sparks Isoc probe call
2022-09-04
The opposition Pheu Thai Party yesterday demanded Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, the caretaker primary minister and movie director of the Internal Safety Operations Command (Isoc), tackle the patronage system in the protection agency.Continue Reading
B15.7m nabbed from dead man’s app
2022-09-04
PHITSANULOK: A woman has been arrested for apparently transferring 15. seven million baht from the dead man’s banking account into her own using a mobile banking app, police said yesterday.Continue Reading