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WAITING TIME FOR PASSPORT RENEWAL WILL BE REDUCED TO 1 WEEK BY YEAR-END

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said that the waiting time for new passports to be processed should be reduced to about 1 week by the end of this year, as reported by The Straits Times.It will be significantly...

FOOTBALL COACH SACKED AFTER ALLEGEDLY SENDING INAPPROPRIATE MSGS TO FEMALE FOOTBALLERS

A football coach from a Singapore-based football academy has been sacked after allegedly sending inappropriate WhatsApp messages to his female footballers, according to The Monitor.The alleged incident happened during an overseas trip for a competition, and the coach in...

GUY WENT TO “LEGIT” MASSAGE, ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT WHEN MASSEUSE TOUCH HIM

To set the scene this is a legitimate Thai massage place. I had a sore back from stress and I wanted a proper remedial massage.I had been to this massage parlour previously and the owner had given me...

VIDEO OF PIRATES HIJACKING FERRY FROM S’PORE TO BATAM, IS ACTUALLY SIMULATION DRILL FROM 2020

A video has been circulating online claiming that a ferry that was heading to Batam from Singapore was hijacked by pirates.It has since been revealed that the video was actually taken from an Indonesian navy simulation exercise in 2020.The...

TRAVELERS ENTERING M’SIA NO NEED TO FILL IN TRAVELER’S CARD ANYMORE

With effect from 1 August, all travellers who are entering Malaysia do not need to fill in the traveller's card in the MySejahtera app anymore.Malaysia's minister of health, Khairy Jamaluddin, said yesterday that this is to simplify entry processes,...

SOCIAL GAMBLING AT HOME TO BECOME LEGAL FROM 1 AUGUST ONWARDS

It will soon be legal for family and friends to engage in social gambling at homes, including mahjong and poker, under the new Gambling Control Act from 1 August onwards.However, the gambling needs to be conducted inside a person's...

GIRL REVEALS TRAVEL HACK TO BOOK CHEAPER FLIGHTS & CHEAT THE SYSTEM

TikTok user @winnia.jie shared a hack (of sorts) on how to get cheaper flight tickets, onto her TikTok page.Using a Singapore-Bali flight as an example, she shared a step-by-step tutorial on how to save up to $40 on a...

42 Y.O MAN ROBBED MASSAGE PARLOUR IN CHINATOWN, JAILED AND CANED

42-year-old Angelo Ng Chek Kiang, was sentenced to 5 years, 5 weeks and 5 days imprisonment on 29 July, as well as 12 strokes of the cane.He had pleaded guilty to robbing a massage parlour, as well as supplying...

NURSES IN S’PORE TO GET EXTRA PAYMENT TO KEEP THEM IN THE INDUSTRY

Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung said that nurses in Singapore will be getting additional payments this year and next year, to keep them in the industry as a form of "retention payment".Ong was speaking at the Healthcare Scholarships...

PHISHING SCAMS – FAKE IRAS WEBSITE AND SMS, $37,400 LOST TO SCAMS

The Police and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) have observed a sudden surge in phishing scams where scammers would impersonate as IRAS and target victims through SMSes. Since July 2022, at least 51 victims had fallen prey,...

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S’pore Man Questions Private-Hire Car Rules After Facing S$7,000 Insurance Roadblock

A 30-year-old man in Singapore has sparked discussion online after expressing frustration over what he sees as a mismatch...