SINGAPORE: An air-conditioner bracket and compressor were left hanging precariously outside a fifth-floor HDB flat in Tampines on Sunday afternoon, with the compressor suspended only by its connecting pipes and cables after the bracket partially dislodged from the facade, AsiaOne reported. AsiaOn...
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Pope Leo XIV, an American citizen, has cast his vote in the United States midterm elections. This marks the first known time that a pope has voted in a political election. According to Vatican News , citing a statement from the Holy See Press Office on Oct. 30, the head of the Ca...
business
A total of 158 migrant workers staying at Westlite Accommodation's dormitories were given the chance to visit Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Singapore on Oct. 3. Speaking to Mothership , a company spokesperson said the workers were Westlite resident ambassadors acro...
safety
A male motorcyclist and his female pillion rider, both 24, died following a traffic accident at Tampines Avenue 12 involving two cars and a motorcycle. The incident occurred on the night of Oct. 29 along Tampines Avenue 12. The authorities were alerted at 10:35pm. Audi involved T...
parks
These days, whenever someone asks me for my age, I typically respond by saying, “In my 20s”. Being vague and evasive is my way of avoiding the fact that I am a year away from turning 30. Sadly, no matter how much I try to hide from this fact, nature finds a way to remind me that ...
safety
The driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash along Tampines Avenue 12 that killed a motorcyclist and his pregnant wife was charged on Oct. 31. Muhammad Zulfiqar Abdul Aziz, 30, was handed nine charges, including one count of dangerous driving causing death, The Straits Times (S...
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Warning: This article contains details of inappropriate sexual acts towards a minor. Audience discretion is advised. A 31-year-old Singaporean former youth worker at a home was sentenced on Oct. 29 to two years and six months' jail after he took advantage of an underage former re...
safety
The couple who died in the fatal hit-and-run accident at Tampines Ave 12 on the night of Oct. 29 left behind a six-year-old son. According to Berita Harian , the married couple, both 24, were expecting a second child as the wife was one month pregnant. The woman's sister told Ber...
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"Singapore will continue to be a staunch supporter of the court, whose work is fundamental to the international legal order," Singapore's Law Minister Edwin Tong reiterated at the UN General Assembly debate on the annual report of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Oct. ...
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THAILAND/SINGAPORE: Two Singaporean men and two Thai women have been arrested in Thailand for running a transnational vice syndicate that recruited foreign women and sent them to Singapore to work as vice workers, following a joint operation by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) an...
safety
The couple who fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident at Tampines Avenue 12 on Thursday night have been arrested. Traffic Police officers established the identity of the man, aged 30, and the woman, aged 29, using police cameras and CCTVs, as well as extensive ground enquiries....
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HONG KONG: A teenager who agreed to throw acid on a Singaporean tourist for money has been jailed for eight years in Hong Kong. Anson Kew, now 19, was 17 when he carried out the planned attack on June 9, 2025. He was promised HK$10,000, worth about S$1,600, for splashing corrosiv...
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The initiative now covers more than 840,000 households across Singapore.
