Budget airline Jetstar is facing a crisis after pilots and ground staff goes on strike. The staff are unhappy with the current working conditions as some of them claimed that they do not have adequate rest between shifts.
The staff that went on strike demanded the following from the airline
Salary increase.
Jetstar to meet higher safety standards
More rest breaks during the shift.
A guaranteed 12-hour break before shifts.
30-hour workweeks.
According to Australian media, the amount of staff that went on strike is more than 250 mostly consisting of baggage handlers.
Jetstar has refused to meet the demands of the staff that went on strike as the demand is equivalent to a 12% increase in operating cost.
Budget airline Jetstar is facing a crisis after pilots and ground staff goes on strike. The staff are unhappy with the current working conditions as some of them claimed that they do not have adequate rest between shifts.
The staff that went on strike demanded the following from the airline
Salary increase.
Jetstar to meet higher safety standards
More rest breaks during the shift.
A guaranteed 12-hour break before shifts.
30-hour workweeks.
According to Australian media, the amount of staff that went on strike is more than 250 mostly consisting of baggage handlers.
Jetstar has refused to meet the demands of the staff that went on strike as the demand is equivalent to a 12% increase in operating cost.
The taxi driver had a severe headache and drank some cough medicine and took pills prescribed by his doctor to his girlfriend. Little did he know that an accident would have been caused by the medications.
He drove after taking the medicine. The car ran out of control and hit into a road divider and also knocked down a motorist and a lorry, causing the motorcycle rider to be thrown off and ran over by the lorry.
The fatal accident occurred at 3:52 pm on September 19, 2018, along Sungei Kadut Avenue
The defendant, a 34-year-old taxi driver, Chen De Xiong, pleaded guilty yesterday (12th) to a charge of causing death by a rash act.
The court case revealed that the defendant felt a severe headache after eating lunch at 3 pm on the day of the accident. He decided to drive to his girlfriend’s house to sleep and drink cough syrup along with two Anarex pills prescribed by his doctor to his girlfriend.
According to a Police media release, an enforcement operation against illegal gambling was conducted at Bukit Batok Street 31 on the 3rd of December 2019.
Four males, age ranging from 59 and 75 were arrested by the Jurong Police Division
The officers seized gambling paraphernalia and cash from the suspects and investigations are ongoing.
Under the Common Gaming House Act, any person convicted of gaming in public shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or a jail term not exceeding 6 months or both.
The Police take a serious view on all forms of illegal gaming activities and will continue to take tough enforcement action against those who are involved in such activities.
A homegrown clothing line Love, Bonito was hacked and reports of customer’s information were exposed, such as full credit card details, names, addresses and contact numbers.
This came to a shock to many of their customers as they received an email from about the data breach, stating that a malicious code has been added to the website. A spokesman told the media that about 3% of their customer’s data had been exposed.
If you are a customer of Love, Bonito and had used the online store for transactions, please look out of unauthorised transactions on your credit/debit cards.
Local certified hacker shares his thoughts
We reached out to a certified hacker on how something like this can happen and he stated the following: “Most companies around the world are not very concerned about cybersecurity only till something happens”
“Generally, there are three ways that this might have happened”
The website itself is not built securely or not updated regularly
Employee pc’s are in the same network as the server hosting the website
The server is not protected
Love Bonito Facebook post:
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We value the trust you have given us to safeguard your personal information. Protecting it is of utmost importance to us. Providing you with a safe, shopping experience at all times is a commitment we take seriously.
It is therefore regrettable to discover a security incident involving our website. This incident was discovered 72 hours ago, which we immediately took steps to contain. Some of our customers’ personal information may have been unfortunately exposed.
We apologise sincerely for this unfortunate incident.
For those affected by this incident, an email has been sent to you informing you on next steps.
Once again, we are truly sorry for any inconvenience and concern this may have caused. We assure you, our community, that we are working together with the authorities and our partners to enhance our security policies and safety measures.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].
Image Source: (Left) Victim’s Facebook Post. (Right) A photo from another similar incident
A post went viral(12/12/2019) that was posted by a Nasi Lemak vendor in Malaysia after receiving a fake RM100 note that was paste on to another piece of paper.
The packet of Nasi Lemak was priced at RM12, the scammer use the counterfeit RM100 note and quickly ran off after receiving his change. It is believed that the notes were pasted on another piece of paper to cheat people into believing that the note was real with a texture similar to a real note. It is believed that the incident happened in Malacca.
A Malaysian food stall vendor that deals with money every day can get cheated, how about Singaporeans?
This issue aside, Singaporeans who change money in Johor are typically quite safe, but always take note of the notes that you received when you are expecting a RM50 change from a shop.
Why? Fake RM50 notes are the most common
Fake Malaysian ringgit has been going on for some time, back in 2017 a man posted a video of him scrapping away the shiny parts of a note to show that its fake.
A man who did not get his passport stamped when he was entering Johor went to the customs office to get it settled. He did get a stamp later on but the information was not keyed into the system.
When he entered again he was facing a problem that the customs had no record of him on the computer. He was then threatened to be sent back to Singapore and shouted at.
Read his story below:
“To my fellow’s Singaporean pls check when u enter or depart from this country. On this date 08/10/19, I went into jb and departure on the same day but the customs officers didn’t chop for me, so on the 22/10/19 I’ve surrendered myself to the jb custom and they bring me to the office and settled it. “
“On the 27/10/19 I go in again one of the lady officer’s insist to bring me into the same office again whereby I’ve explained to her that this has already settled, but she claims that her computer has no record. The moment I step into the office one of the male officer yelled and shouted at me and said wanna arrest me.”
“I ask him to check the computer but refused and said the computer has no record at all don’t need to check! He asked me at least 5 more times whether I wan to enter to jb or go back to Singapore. “
“When he asked me the last time and said ” Do you understand what I’m trying to ask you” My reply was “Of course, simple English I still can understand ” and he said that see you don’t understand I’ve to send you back to Singapore!!! “
On the 12th of December 2018, a fatal accident happened on PIE involving a couple on a motorbike, a bus and a lorry.
Danial Andika Mohman was riding his bike with his girlfriend as a pillion at around 10 pm, two vehicles suddenly collided and an accident occurred on his way ahead, multiple vehicles on the road had to E-brake to avoid the accident.
Danial could not stop his vehicle in time and ended up hitting a lorry that was ahead of him. The collision of his motorbike caused both Danial and his girlfriend to be flung on to the road. A bus that was behind the couple could not avoid his girlfriend in time and ran over her.
His girlfriend was pulled from under the bus and send to NUS hospital but she succumbed to her injuries at around 11.25 pm.
Danial admitted that he did not keep a proper lookout and was convicted of causing death due to negligence. He was handed an S$6,000 fine and disqualifications of all driving/riding licenses for 3 years.
His lawyer told the court that he was supposed to marry his girlfriend and the accident was caused by a collision that had happened moments before Danial arrives at the area of the accident, His lawyer also pleaded for a lighter sentence as Danial could not afford the fine.
The judge allowed an instalment of S$1,000 a month.
