YouTuber Logan Paul, is confirmed to be fighting unbeaten 50-0 boxing champion Floyd Mayweather in a boxing exhibition match at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, on 6 June.
The 44-year-old boxing champion is coming out of retirement after being publicly challenged and called out by the 26-year-old YouTuber, who has 1 professional boxing fight (1 loss, 0 wins) so far.
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe asked for fans to “stay tuned”, saying:
“Everything we’ve done with Floyd has always set the standard, always leading by example, even with Conor McGregor, that fight generated the second highest revenue total in the history of the sport.“
“That was four years ago, people are still talking about that night.”
“People are still trying to find a way to bring Conor McGregor back to the sport.”
Singapore’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said on 28 April that Singapore can consider allowing residents who have been vaccinated to travel to countries with low numbers of Covid-19 cases without the need to be quarantined upon their return.
This is supposed to be another possible avenue for travel that Singapore is considering, as the country prepares to open up a 2-way quarantine-free travel bubble with Hong Kong on 26 May.
Ong also noted that countries such as France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and the US have already exempted travellers from Singapore from quarantine.
Vaccinations have already begun in Britain and the US, although their cases aren’t low enough for Singapore to reciprocate with quarantine-free travel as well.
Ong said:
“If they can keep the number of cases quite low – and it doesn’t have to go down to zero or one, two cases – we can consider allowing vaccinated Singaporeans to travel to these places. And when they return, they can just get tested instead of being quarantined.”
“It won’t be considered a travel bubble, but it will be an important avenue to open up some more.”
Meanwhile, flight tickets to and from Hong Kong have already been snapped up since the Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble was announced on Monday.
Ong also added:
“If the travel bubble works, then we can think about having more flights and even having travel bubbles with other countries. Many people will be watching to see if it succeeds, and if it does, it can serve as a model for other places.”
A 33-year-old man was arrested on 27 April for allegedly attacking a woman with a knife at a coffeeshop at Block 155 Bukit Batok Street 11.
The alleged attacker and his victim are believed to have known each other and had a dispute prior to the incident.
He attacked the victim, a 35-year-old woman at the coffeeshop.
The victim suffered injuries on her hand and neck area, and she was conveyed to the hospital conscious.
The Singapore Police established his identity through ground enquiries and the use of CCTV images, and officers from Jurong Police Division and Woodlands Police Division arrested him on the same day within 4 hours of being alerted to the case.
The police were alerted to the incident on 27 April at around 4.25pm.
He is due to be charged in court tomorrow (29 April) with voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon, under Section 324 of the Penal Code.
Images source: goodfreephotos.com and Google Street View
Apparently she works as a property agent and Knight Frank Property Network Pte Ltd, said that an “Associate” had been terminated from the company.
They cited their “core values” which includes being a “responsible business to people and the community”.
They also added that they have “zero tolerance for hate speech and racism that threatens the foundations on which Singapore is built”.
The racist auntie’s was listed as a salesperson with the company on the Public Register of Estate Agents and Salespersons, which is an official government directory maintained by the COuncil for Estate Agencies.
Her entry in the register has since been removed from the website.
Hot on the heels of Shane Pow being dropped by Mediacorp after being charged with drink driving (again), veteran comedian Mark Lee has said that he is open and willing to sign the troubled actor to his company.
He was also one of the parties present at fellow actor Jeffrey Xu’s birthday party at Terence Cao’s house, where all 13 people were guilty of flouting Covid-19 safe management rules.
Mark Lee praised Pow for his acting and looks, saying: “I’m willing to give him a chance to sign with us if he doesn’t mind joining our company.
Lee’s production house, King Kong Media Production, was started in 2017 and boasts local comedian legends Henry Thia and Marcus Chin among their roster.
Lee added that he wasn’t surprised that Mediacorp dropped Pow, highlighting that drink driving is a serious offence, more so if it is a repeat offence.
He added that those involved need to learn their lesson and not do it again.
Lee revealed how he would have handled the situation if one of his own artistes were involved in such a situation,: “I would hold a press conference and ask the artiste to make a public apology and bow 90 degrees, thrice.”
He added that there is no need to evade or hide, once the press has asked all the questions, there will be nothing left to ask.
As of now, Pow has been silent about his case and hasn’t said anything about it.
Lee drew an example of actor Christopher Lee, 49, who had a drink driving charge in 2007 and was convicted, serving 6 weeks in jail.
Lee said: “Just look at Ming Shun (Christopher Lee’s Chinese name), he bravely faced the music all those years ago and his career is doing very well now. Everyone needs a second chance.”
Pow has two dramas that are coming out, with Soul Old Yet So Young having finished filming and due to air in June; as well as The Heartland Hero, which is currently still in production.
The producers of the latter are discussing how to proceed with Pow’s termination, as he is the second male lead and the scripts for the first 100 episodes having already been written.
There are also 2 months worth of filming already done.
One of the options being thrown in is to have another actor take over his role mid-series, which would be a first in the history of local television.
Images source: @marklee4444 and @shanepowxp on Instagram
Ummi Kalsum Ali, 42-year-old, was charged earlier today (28 April) with 2 counts of voluntarily causing hurt, one of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means, and one of voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
She had allegedly punched her maid in the eyes and hit them using clothes hangers, resulting in the victim suffering permanent sight damage.
Ummi is also facing 10 counts of offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, nine of which are for failing to pay her maid, Sugiyem Samad Radimah, between January 2020 to September 2020.
Ummi allegedly abused her maid from February to October 2020.
The abuse was reported to the police by the Centre for Domestic Employees on 30 October last year, when the maid had already returned to Indonesia, but she returned to Singapore to provide the police assistance with their investigations.
The case against Ummi will be heard again on 9 June.
Terence Cao Guohui, 53-years-old, a veteran Singaporean actor, is intending to plead guilty to breaching Covid-19 safe distancing rules, according to his lawyer in court on 27 April.
One of the guests at the party, Lance Lim Chee Keong, is also intending to plead guilty as well, according to Lim’s lawyer Mr Cory Wong.
Both Cao and Lim are each facing a charge under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act for breaching phase 2 regulations, where social gatherings were restricted to no more than 5 people (the party had 13 unmasked people present at one time).
Cao is a resident at a condominium apartment in Daisy Road off Braddell Road, where the aforementioned party was held.
He reportedly allowed 12 guests into his home for the party, including Lim, 987FM radio DJ Sonia Chew, actors Jeffrey Xu and Shane Pow (who was also charged in court on 22 April for his 2nd drink-driving offence and saw his Mediacorp contract terminated).
The guests entered the unit between 9pm and 1am, from 2 October to 3 October 2020.
The photos of the party went viral online and the partygoers received heavy criticism.
Cao is represented by defence lawyer S.S. Dhillon from Dhillon & Panoo law firm, and he is due to return to court on 25 May.
Image sources: Jeffrey Xu Instagram and @pei_shi_seah on IG
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in an announcement that Al Hussain Restaurant, has been suspended 2 weeks from 27 April to 10 May 2021.
They have accumulated 12 demerit points over a 12 month period, resulting in the suspension.
They were also fined a total of $800 for 2 offences the brought about 6 demerit points each, including selling food that is unclean or containing foreign matter, as well as failure to register an assistant.
Al Hussain Restaurant is risking getting their license cancelled, because a licensee who accumulates 12 or more demerit points during a 12 month period may have his license suspended for 2 to 4 weeks, or cancelled.
All of their food handlers are required to attend and pass the Basic Food Hygiene course again before they are allowed to resume work as food handlers.
Al Hussain Restaurant is located at Block 822 Tampines Street 81, beside Superpets.
