Cock fighting raid led to 5 men drowning in Malaysian river
5 men drowned in a Malaysian river after they jumped into it when they tried to escape police who raided an illegal cock fighting gambling den on Friday (16 February) night. The men were aged between 40 and 50 and were involved in the biggest cock fighting gambling den in the state of Kedah. Around […]
Lumiere International Pageantry clarifies dethroned winner’s allegations
Lumiere International Pageantry has issued a response to Ms Melissa Wix’s allegations of being scammed and dethroned by Lumiere. And here is the company account in full: Dear All, It has come to our attention that on 12 February 2018, there have been a allegations posting by Ms Melissa Wix with regards on us being a […]
Ways to siam the GST increase if it’s really gonna be announced this year
This year, the Singapore Budget will coincide with Chinese New Year. Huat ah! On the 4th day of Chinese New Year (19th Feb), Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will carry his briefcase and head to Parliament to make his Budget statement (see below for the typical media shot). Economists are speculating that the Government will […]
Model-actress Melissa Faith Yeo step out with her stories about Eden Ang alleged sexual harassment
Right after two victim, Lilith and Nicolette surfaced, the 3rd girl step out with her account on Eden Ang. Melissa is a model-turned-actress from Singapore. After her first on-screen stint in Deal or No Deal (season 1), she moved on to projects ranging from local advertisements, magazine covers, to international campaigns such as Emirates Airline […]
Bubble tea turned out to be Lizard tea in KL
A Malaysian netizen posted his scary encounter with a drink he ordered, on his Facebook. 2 days ago (10 February), he ordered a cup of large classic roasted milk tea with pearl from a Tealive outlet at Bukit Jalil. Halfway through his drink, there was a weird feeling in his mouth. There was something else in […]
Don’t play with your smartphone on the toilet bowl…your bowels might fall out
A man in China had his bowels fall out of his body after sitting on the toilet for half an hour. All these while he was playing with his smartphone. The medical condition is known as a rectal prolapse. It’s common among children and old people in particular. The man noticed after sitting on the […]
Lesser places to eat Shark’s Fin soup from this year
89 Singaporean restaurants will take shark’s fin soup and other shark products off their menus from this year. They are heeding the WWF’s (World Wide Fund for Nature’s) call to action last year. The decision was announced yesterday and is the largest collective pledge by the local industry to date. Establishments can phase out shark’s […]
SingPass and CorpPass facing issues due to server fault
Users of SingPass and CorpPass have been reporting issues with the two portals since yesterday (8 February). The portals suffered intermittent disruption yesterday morning before they were taken down in the afternoon for urgent maintenance. The whole disruption lasted about 6 hours. Today, Facebook users started to report problems accessing the portals about 11am. Some […]
Thaipusam procession incident: Police did not disrupt a group’s kavadi procession
You might have heard from your Hindu friends or read about the Thaipusam procession incident this year. Here’s what really happened for those who are clueless about this incident. How it started Netizen Pradeep Thana published a Facebook post on 5 Feb alleging that a Hindu Endowment Board (HEB) member and a police officer stopped […]
Vietnamese lady raised $53k for baby’s surgery but online scammer took away this pot of money
Remember the lady whose 14-mth-old baby overdosed on cough syrup? She was known as “Ian Ian”. This same lady is in the news again but this time, she is now known as “Ashley Lee”. She reportedly took advantage of beneficiaries who raised monies on crowdfunding platforms. The total money involved in the scam is more […]