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Ex-financial adviser jailed 22 months for cheating clients Published on Mar 14, 2012 A financial adviser gained the trust of his clients by chalking up healthy returns on their Central Provident Fund (CPF) investments through his firm, Elpis Financial. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By...

Man fined $4,000 for causing grievous hurt to passenger Published on Mar 13, 2012 Wong Kun Chee, 23, was fined $4,000 on Tuesday for causing grievous hurt to a passenger in a military ambulance when he was serving his full-time national service three years ago. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW...

SingTel warns users of new phishing scam from 'SingNet' Published on Mar 13, 2012 SingTel has warned of a phishing scam involving emails coming from 'SingNet' that asks for customers' personal information. -- PHOTO: AFP By Lim Yan Liang Be wary of emails coming from 'SingNet' that ask...

Viet woman bombards old man with requests for sex zenzen <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">(Pic for illustration purposes only)</cite> A woman is outraged that a Vietnamese woman has...

Man fined for posting video & photo online that incite violence By Claire Huang | Posted: 12 March 2012 1142 hrs Picture shows Gary Yue, leaving the Court. Gary Yue Mun Yew, 36, was fined $8,500 for posting a doctored photo of a soldier about to shoot former deputy prime minister Wong Kan...

"Lemon law" passed in Parliament Posted: 09 March 2012 2047 hrs File photo of a second-hand car dealer. The so-called 'lemon law', which gives consumers better protection when they buy a defective product or a 'lemon', was passed in Parliament on Friday. It kicks in in September. -- NP PHOTO...

Police probing how two expats jumped bail: DPM Teo Published on Mar 9, 2012 Among the three charged with assault, Nathan Robert Miller was sentenced to jail, but Robert James Springall (above) and Robert Stephen Dahlberg jumped bail. -- TNP FILE PHOTOS Among the three charged with...

Friday March 9, 2012 Pay rise for civil servants Reports by ZUHRIN AZAM AHMAD, FLORENCE A. SAMY, KAREN CHAPMAN, REGINA LEE and JOSEPH SIPALAN PUTRAJAYA: Civil servants are to receive salary increases of between 7% and 13% under an improved Malaysian Remuneration System. This follows the...

Driver jailed for Myanmar man's death after appeal Prosecution argues $6,000 fine for causing engineer's death was 'unjustly lenient' Published on Mar 8, 2012 By Selina Lum A driver, originally fined $6,000 for causing the death of a Myanmar project engineer in an accident, will now have to...

Couple found dead in budget hotel room Lianhe Wanbao <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hotel staff kicked open the door to find the room splattered with blood.</cite> A couple was found...

Engineer in fatal crane collapse 'not liable for damages' Published on Mar 5, 2012 The crane collapsed at the NUS worksite in 2008, killing three workers. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG By K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent The Court of Appeal has cleared an engineer from having to pay damages over...

"Hooray! Finally i get to go on a date with my banglah boyfriend" Weekly rest day for maids to become mandatory from 2013 Published on Mar 5, 2012 From 2013, employers will be required to give their foreign domestic workers (FDW) a weekly rest day, the Ministry of Manpower announced on...

Monday March 5, 2012 Minimum wage soon Reports by MARTIN CARVALHO, YUEN MEIKENG, P. ARUNA and SYLVIA LOOI KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has decided on the national minimum wage and the details will be announced by the Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who...

What habits do men and women hate in the opposite sex? Zenzen <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pic for illustration purposes only. (File photo)</cite> Lianhe Wanbao carried out a survey...

Ex-boss pays maid's $2,600 fine for stealing She was caught shoplifting a day before leaving for home Published on Mar 3, 2012 Sandeep Kaur stole items including a sweater, handbag and costume jewellery worth a total of $255 from five shops. A maid was on Friday fined $2,600 for...

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14 arrested for loansharking activities Posted: 01 March 2012 2118 hrs SINGAPORE: Police arrested 14 people for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. The eight men and six women are aged between 23 and 53. In a 12-hour island-wide operation on February 29, police officers...

Naked maids, accountants take (it) off in South Africa <cite class="byline vcard"> AFP Relax – <abbr title="2012-02-24T16:24:42Z">Feb 25, 2012</abbr></cite> Maids who buff in the buff and plumbers who strip off more than just the grime in your pipes -- these are the services on offer at a new...

Police nab bicycle-riding molester at Bedok Published on Mar 1, 2012 By Amelia Tan A 20 year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly molesting three women while riding a bicycle. Between Jan 18 and Feb 26, police were notified of three separate cases where women were molested by a man...

3 arrested under ISA for involvement in terrorism-related activities Posted: 01 March 2012 2017 hrs SINGAPORE: Three individuals have been arrested under the Internal Security Act for their involvement in terrorism-related activities. Two have been issued with detention orders while the the...