RI boy victim of ‘rioting with a dangerous weapon’

Posted on December 3, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Suspects involved in RI student stabbing arrested’, 2 Dec 2011, article in Asiaone.com Five youths believed to be involved in the stabbing of a Raffles Institution student have been arrested by the police…Aged between 15 and 17, they allegedly attacked two 17-year-old secondary school students, Anand from Raffles Institution and Don Tan from St [...]

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Bipolar man dumping cat in rubbish bin

Posted on November 27, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Cat-dumper suffers from bipolar disorder’, 25 Nov 2011, article in Asiaone.com …Footage from closed-circuit television security cameras showing a man dumping a cat into a rubbish bin had raised concern among outraged netizens and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). In the 45-second video, a man wearing a striped shirt [...]

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Filipina prostitute murdered by Indian national

Posted on November 11, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Punched, stabbed and left to die’, 9 Nov 2011, article in insing.com. A murder trial today revealed that a prostitute died after a brutal knifing. The deceased is Filipino woman Roselyn Reyes Pascua (aged 30), who was found lying in a pool of blood at Peony Mansion in Bencoolen Street, in the wee hours [...]

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Alamak!Jaywalking is a taboo action

Posted on November 8, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Survey reveals S’poreans most common taboo action’, 8 Nov 2011, article by Faris Mokhtar in sg yahoo news. A recent survey by the Singapore unit of multinational U.S. toy company Hasbro found that 63 per cent of Singaporean respondents said jaywalking is a taboo action they are most guilty of. Other top taboo actions [...]

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Halal stickers in Precious Memories gift shop

Posted on November 5, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Gift shop in a fix for selling halal stickers’, 5 Nov 2011, article by Jennani Durai, ST A GIFT shop in Simei is being investigated for selling stickers bearing a logo which indicates that the food or drink is permitted for consumption by Muslims. Because the stickers with the halal logo were not issued [...]

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SLA director cheating the Authority of $11.8 m

Posted on October 29, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘SLA staff member charged with fraud of $11.8 m’, 28 Oct 2011, article by S Ramesh in Channel News Asia website. A senior staff member of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is facing 249 charges of cheating the Authority of $11.8 million. 40-year-old Koh Seah Wee was charged on June 25. He is alleged [...]

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Subway sues nonya kueh chain

Posted on October 5, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Sandwich chain Subway sues S’porean company Subway niche’, 5 oct 2011, article by Selina Lum, ST The American owner of the Subway chain of sandwich shops has sued the boss of local nonya kueh chain Subway Niche for trademark infringement. A two-day hearing into the case began in the High Court on Tuesday. Subway, [...]

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Bentley driver smashing windscreen with bare hands

Posted on September 24, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Bentley driver in road rage incident is RBS exec’, 24 Sept 2011, article by Amanda Yong, TNP She was filtering out of the Central Expressway (CTE) into Braddell Road when a car overtook her. The blue Bentley accelerated and abruptly cut into her lane, she claimed. It then screeched to a sudden halt, forcing [...]

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Bombing Parliament after failing a job interview

Posted on September 19, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Man jailed for bombarding MPs with bomb hoax email’, 19 Sept 2011, article by Shaffiq Alkhatib, Today Unhappy with the outcome of a job interview, a man decided to get back at the company’s managing director by emailing bomb hoax messages to 83 Members of Parliament (MPs). They included Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong [...]

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Singapore should scrap ISA like Malaysia

Posted on September 17, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Abolish ISA in S’pore’, 17 Sept 2011, ST Forum (Tan Si An): IN 1991, then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore would consider abolishing the Internal Security Act if Malaysia were to do so (‘S’pore ‘will consider scrapping ISA if KL does so”; Feb 3, 1991). …On Thursday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib [...]

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