A former pizza deliveryman was sentenced to 12½ years’ jail and 11 strokes of the cane yesterday for posing as a policeman and raping a 16-year-old girl he had “caught” having sex with her boyfriend in a HDB stairwell in Woodlands…
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Pow Sing's licence held over gastric flu
Popular chicken rice eatery Pow Sing Restaurant had its licence suspended yesterday due to links to cases of gastroenteritis.
In a joint statement last night, the Ministry of Health (MOH), National Environment Agency (NEA)…
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Divorces up, marriages down
There were fewer wedding bells and more couples splitting up last year, according to Department of Statistics data released yesterday.
A total of 28,322 couples wed last year, a slight drop from the year before, when…
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Did suspect pop into eatery minutes after making off with $30,000 at Standard Chartered?
Was the alleged robber behind the Standard Chartered heist last Thursday so confident that he found time to pop into an upmarket eatery for a drink and a bite mere minutes after fleeing with his loot of $30,000?
It would seem…
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Family and friends of StanChart robbery suspect shocked by his arrest
David James Roach’s family and friends were shocked to learn of his arrest.
The mother of the Canadian national was not aware of his arrest when Shin Min Daily News contacted her at 5am yesterday.
Roach’s mother, who…
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No extradition treaty between S'pore & Thailand
Singapore is speaking to the Thai authorities about extraditing David James Roach.
However, the lack of an extradition treaty between the two countries has complicated the process of bringing Roach, who was nabbed at a…
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Mother hasn't seen StanChart robbery suspect since last year
Family and friends of David James Roach were shocked to learn of his arrest.
The mother of the Canadian national was not aware of his arrest when Shin Min Daily News contacted her at 5am yesterday.
Roach’s mother, who…
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Students to be graded on wider grade bands in PSLE
In a bid to reduce the emphasis on academic grades, there will be significant changes to the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) scoring and Secondary 1 posting. The changes were finally announced by the Ministry of Education…
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SHOW CHILDREN THE DANGERS
Don’t just tell children about road safety, show them, said the chairman of the Singapore Road Safety Council.
Mr Bernard Tay said: “Practise putting (children) in the driver’s seat, so they can see (what pedestrians look…
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Marina Bay bumboat fire: Boatman had recent break-up
He was a troubled man.
A recent break-up seemed to weigh on him, and a failed business haunted him.
Boatman Ong Hock Long, 33, had gone missing on Tuesday evening while operating bumboat No. 36, which was engulfed in…
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