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LTA catch 15 drivers trying to do illegal cross-border rides, from checkpoints to airport to Arab Street all kena sweep. All their cars impounded, steady action after tip-offs from the taxi and PHV associations. Since July, 141 vehicles already taken in. Senior Minister Sun Xueling say these unlicensed rides damn risky, no proper insurance, commuters…
Sixteen people riding the Battlestar Galactica coaster at Universal Studios Singapore kena stuck halfway when the ride stalled around 5pm on November 28. RWS said it was a temporary technical interruption, and the system auto-stopped at a safe point. Ops team quickly went up, harnessed up, and guided all 16 riders down the track. No…
A secondary school English teacher kena charged for allegedly helping a loan shark harass one Dawson Road resident over unpaid loans. The teacher, 41-year-old Geraldine Quek Yi Ling, was accused of acting on behalf of a loan shark known as Travis Heng. She was charged on November 27 and ordered to be remanded. Case adjourned…
Wah, MOE and HSA go full islandwide sweep, all 12 institutes of higher learning kena check. Eight people caught for vape-related offences, youngest only 18 sia. Operation ran from September to mid-November, officers went around campuses and nearby areas. They seized 19 e-vaporisers and components. Everyone caught got fined on the spot. One 24-year-old somemore…
Wah, next year want go haj must prepare deeper pocket liao. Muis say 2026 haj package price go up almost 20 percent sia, all because accommodation and on-ground costs in the Holy Lands all kena increase. For the 900 people selected to go, packages now range from about $14k to nearly $30k depending on room…
Wah this one really jialat sia. A contractor who always say he very righteous and upright ended up getting over 12 years jail and caning after the court found he sexually assaulted a customer in her own home. The 49 year old had claimed trial, saying everything was consensual, but the judge called his excuses…
Yishun got another drama again. This time loan sharks go all out to tekan one resident until sibeh overboard. The man, a 42 year old delivery rider, said he borrowed 8k from illegal moneylenders earlier this year and already paid back. But the syndicate still hound him, ask for extra 10k somemore. Their harassment methods…
Wah youth football match turn drama sia. Ex Tanjong Pagar United Under-21 player Rizqin Aniq kena convicted after he punched two Albirex Niigata players, one somemore faint on the spot. Happened on Feb 10 during an Under-21 league game. Tensions build up the whole match, then after final whistle, handshake become punch. First player kena…
Lorry and car bang into each other at Jalan Besar, right at the junction near Berseh Food Centre, the famous oyster cake spot. Video on TikTok show the lorry jialat sia, whole thing up the pedestrian walkway, windscreen gone, P-plate lying on the ground somemore. Few metres away, the white Honda Freed also kena, bumper…
Police now looking for two young people to help with separate shop theft cases in Sengkang sia. First one, female, involved in Unity outlet at Block 118 Rivervale Drive on Oct 20 around 6pm. Second one, male, involved in Sheng Siong at Block 473 Fernvale Street on Oct 22 around 9.45pm. Sengkang Neighbourhood Police Centre…