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SBS Transit makes police report on man who allegedly taped phone to bus to film TikTok video
To follow a "trend", a man in Singapore made a TikTok where he was seen taping a phone to the back of an SBS Transit bus while it was stationary along Jalan Besar. The rest of the video, supposedly filmed from the taped phone, showed him on a motorbike apparently following behind...
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Parliament in brief: Safeguards for workers during haze and other highlights from Nov 3
Parliament also passed a new law to rename a ministry and debated cybersecurity measures for the maritime industry.
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About 46,000 SIA booking records accessed in data breach involving travel tech company Amadeus
Customers’ names, booking references and travel details were among the data exposed, but SIA said its own IT systems were not breached.
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Courts to consider reformative training or imprisonment as default sentences for young scam offenders
A new bill was introduced in parliament on Nov. 3, 2026, requiring courts to consider reformative training or imprisonment as punishments for convicted young scam offenders. In its first parliament reading, introduced by Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming on b...
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MOH apologises for 'preventable lapse' leading to 9.5-hour public healthcare IT outage
The nine-and-a-half-hour public healthcare service disruption on Oct. 13, 2026 was caused by a "preventable lapse", said Senior Minister of State for Health Tan Kiat How said in parliament on Nov. 3. Tan said "we apologise" and added that a required security update by a contracte...
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Survivor of Tampines crash has no serious injuries but seeking psychiatric treatment: Baey Yam Keng
A motorcyclist and his pregnant wife were killed in the accident.
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Average of 10 to 11 NSFs died during service per year in last decade: Chan Chun Sing
Consistent with the national trend for males aged 10 to 30, the leading causes of death were suicide, followed by road traffic accidents.