Singapore is a country that is full of rain and shine and a rainy day in Singapore often has thunder and lighting.

Takings photos of lighting strikes are often not easy as it is often gone in less than a second.

A photographer shared a beautiful night sky photo of multiple lighting strikes and it has gone viral.

Facebook user Joseph Yeo shared multiple photos in the Facebook group Singapore Lighting Photographers and he managed to capture the beautiful photos of lighting.

According to his Facebook post, the photos were taken at his window on 17 April 2022

Another Facebook user, Ewin Teo, also managed to take a nice portrait photo with 2 lighting arcs hitting some HDB roofs.

Pro Tip: Use a camera, not your handphone

Yet another fatal accident has been reported, a cyclist was knocked down by a lorry and later succumbed to his wounds.

According to Zaobao, The fatal road accident happened at 5 pm yesterday (April 16) at the section of Jalan Eunos towards Eunos Link.

Photos of the accident were circulating on social media, a cyclist fell on the ground about two meters away from the zebra crossing, and an ambulance was performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him.

In responses to media enquires, the 64-year-old victim was unconscious after accident, he later succumbed to his injuries at Chang General hospital.

Arrest

A 27-year-old man has been arrested for reckless driving causing death

The man can be charged under section 64 of the Road Traffic Act for causing death by dangerous driving. Which can result in a jail offence of up to 8 years.

Investigations are ongoing

Following the reopening of the borders between Singapore and Johor, Singaporeans have been making their way to the vape stores in Johor, according to The Straits Times.

An ST reporter was visiting a vape shop in Johor and found some Singaporeans buying vapes on Good Friday.

In the city centre alone, Johor has at least 30 vape shops operating there, with Singaporeans patronising about half of them.

The prices of the vapes are about one-third of the price to get one illegally in Singapore, according to ST via Mothership.

Customers can expect to spend about RM300 during each visit to the shops.

Banned in Singapore

Vaporizers and e-cigarettes are banned in Singapore, with the act of buying, using and possessing a vaporizer in Singapore resulting in a fine of up to $2,000.

It is also illegal to import, distribute or sell imitation tobacco products, which include vaporizers, e-cigarettes and their accessories.

Persons found guilty of doing so face a jail term of up to 6 months and a fine of up to $10,000.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) released a statement on Facebook, thanking people for doing their part to recycle.

they shared that Singapore’s overall recycling rate has increased to 55% last year, up from 52% in 2020.

Here is what they said

Thanks for doing your part to #RecycleRight.

Last year, we saw an improvement in Singapore’s overall recycling rate – from 52% in 2020 to 55% in 2021.

Notably, recyclables collected under the National Recycling Programme, which includes those from the blue recycling bins, increased by 14%!

This shows the important role that each of us play in our nation’s journey #TowardsZeroWaste.

The latest waste and recycling statistics also revealed that about 6.94 million tonnes of solid waste was generated in 2021, 18% more than in 2020, resulting from the recovery of economy and businesses.

This makes it even more urgent for us to shift from a linear to a circular economy, which forms a key part of the Zero Waste Masterplan and #SGGreenPlan.

Find out more here:

It will take a whole-of-nation effort to achieve our vision of a Zero Waste Nation. NEA will continue to engage businesses and consumers to be more sustainable, through outreach activities such as the #RecycleRight campaign.

#EveryActionCounts in our journey #TowardsZeroWaste. Find out how you can play your part at www.towardszerowaste.gov.sg

A man was seen arguing with another in the MRT, he keeps taking a stance trying to punch the man and even seems like he was going to beat the passenger that was seated down.

In the first few seconds of the video, the slipper appears to jerk forward attempting to assault the man who was seated but later pulled back.

He then started to shout profanities, he then ask the man to read his Facebook.

The question is who will be interested in a young punks Facebook behaving like a gangster on the train.

The other man then leaves the scene with the slipper man continuing shouting.

Netizens can only wonder if the man is mentally stable.

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A netizen recently posted a Facebook post claiming that a man often walks his dog around in Yishun leaving poop behind.

“He irresponsible pet owner did not have wrapper plastic bag pick poop smelly from dog. He ignored leave poops smelly unhealthy from dog at blk 865 Yishun Street 81”

Multiple photos of the man were uploaded on Facebook of him walking around his dog without a shirt.

Netizens were not pleased with the dog owners and several comments were left behind urging that all dog owners should be responsible.

Here are the comments:

• Uncle pls be responsible u r an adult not a small boy…..even dosmestic helper also know when to clear the dog poo

• I wonder is it dogs cannot pee n poo in owners’ hse inside? Or owners just dun want to dirty their own home. Just like dun let the dogs walk on grass patch towards the tree to pee and poo but just at the hdb void deck and footpath so that their dogs legs are clean.Almost all hdb void deck pillars below are all stained dark with dog pee

• Uncle power, shirtless some more…

A woman recently posted on Facebook claiming that a bus driver had shouted at her and her kids after assuming that they did not scan their EZ-link card.

If only people can be more kind, no one deserves to get shouted at regardless of age.

In her post she said

This uncle anyhow scold people no scan card. My kids already scan, he nvr saw this , anyhow shout kids , until my kids cry

Here are what netizens think:

• How old are the kids? No need to cry, take this as an opportunity to educate your kids how to fend for themselves, what to do when they are treated unfairly, how to seek help from other adults when mom/dad is not with them. Can’t protect them forever. Maybe driver hard of hearing? Wearing mask so have to shout louder? Or kids already walked far into the bus so have to shout? Kids cry a bit and people have to risk losing their job?

• Why shout? Bcos mybe its already a distance n to get attention .. there is a different between shout rudely n getting attention .. this ever happened to me ..

• 1 thing i nvr liked is ppl shouting at kids. Bad habit. Wateva d reason….talk to children nicely pls esp if its not YOUR KIDS

• for my thoughts, I think shouting at anyone is bad, regardless of age, not only kids.

• Tell them to scan again lor, it will show. After it shows up, give him a big FU and go take a seat. This ever happened to me once on my way to camp, I did it and I embarrassed the driver.