Increase in prices of vegetables in Singapore and Malaysia, because of rainy season

rainy season

The past week has been cooling for most Singaporeans. Some businesses have also benefitted from the rainy season. But not every business is enjoying the cool weather brought about by the rain. The prolonged rain and overcast skies has affected the supply of vegetables in Singapore and Malaysia. Supply of the vegetables for one distributor […]

Somerset Road lane closure because of pipe leak

Somerset Road

One of the lanes along Somerset Road remains closed after a water pipe leaked on Tuesday (16 January) morning. At 6.41am this morning, PUB said three out of four lanes along the road were closed for repair works. The repair site is neat TripleOne at Somerset Road, near an open air carpark. At 7.59am, PUB […]

Wet weather causes Foodpanda service to “hibernate”

Foodpanda was down for a few hours yesterday (14 January), after there was surge in orders due to the rainy weather. Customers who wanted to place their orders on the Foodpanda app in the afternoon were informed that the app was “experiencing system issues at the moment”. Foodpanda’s managing director Luc Andreani said in an […]

Watch your luggages when you fly to Hong Kong

If you’re flying to Hong Kong and you will take the public bus to the city, you ought to be more careful with your luggages. In recent weeks, there have been several airlines passengers whose luggages were stolen from the city-bound buses. Police in Hong Kong have confirmed that there were two cases reported in […]

7 things that people do in “Singapore winter” to keep themselves warm

“Singapore winter” is the new buzz word for the internet! NEA’s weather forecast predicted that the temperature would dip to a low of 22 degrees last night but places like Ang Mo Kio and Admiralty actually dropped to 21.9 degrees at 10.30pm. For those who love the cool weather, you’d happy to know that the […]

Social media goes crazy because of the hottest news of the day

The hottest news of the day is Singapore’s cold weather. Social media is all abuzz about the weather that went down to 21.7 degrees in some parts of Singapore. Even our national icon got pulled onto social media. Some have even started pulling out their winter wear…like radio DJ Vernetta Lopez Anyway, the cold weather […]

Increased stress means higher chance of developing diabetes

diabetes

Time to talk to your boss about your work or maybe change jobs soon. Because if you are highly stressed at work then you’re more likely to develop diabetes. A 12 year research in China done on 3,730 petroleum industry workers in China showed that workers who experienced increasing stressful tasks at work were 57% […]

See a “working dog” on a SMRT train? Please don’t pet it.

A netizen’s post on SMRT’s Facebook page drew flak after he questioned SMRT if guide dogs are allowed on trains. His exact words are “Dog allow on the train? Not a guide dog. It is a Working dog. What is a working dog.” Many netizens bashed him for his ignorance and assumed that many people […]