Speaker of Parliament hears ghost story during House Visit

Speaker of Parliament is known to post up on his Facebook some of his experiences during Meet the People Sessions (MPS) and house visit. But his post yesterday is quite out of this world. Here’s what he said: From time to time, we encounter issues that may be beyond an MP’s ability. And I mean […]

Rupee @ St James suspended for alleged sexual services

Rupee @ St James – Bollywood Gentlemen’s Club had its public entertainment license suspended on Friday (8 December) after preliminary investigations revealed that a vice syndicate was offering sexual services there. The Police said in a news release that 9 women and 2 men between 21 and 54 were arrested for their suspected involvement in […]

2 Malaysians missing after boat sank at Pedra Branca…Singapore offering help

2 Malaysian men are missing near Pedra Branca. Their boat sank at 4.20pm on Sunday when they were out fishing. The area where the boat sank is about 500 metres from Middle Rocks, near Pedra Branca, which is within the Singapore Maritime Search and Rescue Region. A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency patrol boat was deployed […]

3 men arrested by the Coast Guard for swimming to Singapore

The Singapore Police Coast Guard arrested 3 men for unlawful entry into Singapore on Saturday (9 December). The three men aged between 22 and 29 tried to swim from Malaysia to Singapore at 10.58 pm. They were caught and arrested at 11.22pm. The penalties for illegal entry into Singapore are a jail term of up […]

2 car accidents in Marine Terrace in 2 consecutive months

Marine Terrace

A white car crashed into a wet market at Marine Terrace on Saturday (9 December) which injured 3 people. About a month earlier, a red car also crashed into an HDB block in the same area. Coincidentally, the colours of the two car make up the Singapore flag, which netizens noted. Saturday’s accident saw the […]

oBike users data leaked globally…including Singapore users

oBike

Singapore bike-sharing service provider oBike had its user data leaked online in a global security breach which lasted at least 2 weeks. A recent report by Bavarian news agency BR24 said user data such as names, mobile phone numbers, email addresses, profile pictures and cycling routes could be accessed online. The data came from users […]

More dogs to go around town for festive season

Dogs

More dogs will be patrolling MRT stations and bus interchanges this festive period. The dogs from the Police K-9 unit of the Special Operations Command will accompany police men from the Public Transport Security Command (Transcom), may also stop commuters to check their belongings as well as ask for their personal particulars if a person […]