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Cable TV technician dies from electrocution Lianhe Wanbao - 17 hrs 5 mins ago A technician died after he was electrocuted while installing cable TV for a household. The technician, a 17-year-old youth, had been installing the Mio TV cable service for a flat at Blk 310, Bukit Batok Street 32...

16-year-old nabbed over Geylang stabbing Policemen arresting the 16-year-old for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means yesterday morning. He allegedly stabbed the 25-year-old man in his back during a violent scuffle in the back alleyways around Lorong 30 and Lorong 32 Geylang. -- PHOTO...

Mainland Chinese Big Buyers of Singapore Homes On Friday 19 August 2011, 12:28 SGT Mainland Chinese buyers have emerged as the biggest group of foreigners buying residential property in Singapore this year, according to the latest research from global real estate services firm DTZ. Over...

Singapore's 'anti-Chinese curry war' What began as a quarrel over the pungent aromas wafting from one family's kitchen has bubbled up into Singapore's spiciest protest movement, with 40,000 people set to express their national pride this weekend by cooking curry. The mediator ruled that the...

March 13, 2007 Restaurant murder: Kitchen hand charged A CHINESE national, who allegedly stabbed his supervisor at a Raffles City restaurant, was yesterday charged with murder - which carries a mandatory death sentence. No plea was taken from Wang Zhenjun, 43, who has been working as a...

Teacher who posted comments insulting S'poreans in hot soup AsiaOne Monday, Aug 15, 2011 The Ministry of Education (MOE) posted a comment on its Facebook page yesterday afternoon, acknowledging that it is aware of Mr Gay Chao Hui's Facebook comments insulting Singaporeans. The Ministry said...

Singaporean event goes viral Zenzen inSing.com - 1 hr 51 mins ago <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">The Facebook page of the public event. (Pic / Screencap)</cite> An event titled "Cook a...

Maid stabs employer Lianhe Wanbao - 36 mins ago <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">The maid, Lucy, got along well with her employer previously.</cite> Lianhe Wanbao reported yesterday that...

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Found this in a business fourm: Adaptec - Indian CEO Subramanian Sundaresh fired. AIG (signed outsourcing deal in 2007 in Europe with Accenture Indian frauds, collapsed in 2009) AirBus (Qantas plane plunged 650 feet injuring passengers when its computer system written by India disengaged the...

PRC Man flees Singapore inSing.com Editor InSing.com - 45 mins ago <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Chinese national Wang Peng Fei, 24, has fled the country as he fears being charged...

___________Singapore turning into 'China's slump resort city'?[/SIZE] STOMPer starfires is disappointed with how things in Singapore are changing. He refers to several recent incidents such as the mother helping her son to pee into a dustbin, and people drying clothes at a kids' playground...

Chinese national taunts Singaporeans inSing.com Editor inSing.com - 3 hrs 2 mins ago Chinese national Wang Peng Fei mocks Singaporeans in this video. (Pic / Screenshot) A Chinese national has released a video taunting Singaporeans' language, culture and social habits. The "star" of...

Chinese national becomes gigolo Shin Min Daily News Male gigolos performing on stage. One of them received $3,000 worth of floral garlands. (Pic / Courtesy of reader) A Chinese national, Liu Jia (not his real name) has become a gigolo to earn extra cash. The 20-year-old came to...

Rich youth vandalises train Shin Min Daily News A rich Filipino youth, Mauricio Pocholo Jorge Martinez, 24, has been accused of vandalising a train carriage with spray paint. A rich Filipino youth, Mauricio Pocholo Jorge Martinez, 24, has been accused of vandalising a train carriage...

Jul 10, 2011 In a sea of foreigners With so many foreigners working and living here, I sometimes feel like a stranger in my own land By Sumiko Tan The woman in front of me was dancing away. She had slipped off her shoes and was chopping the air with her arms and gyrating with great...

MDIS opens S$80m hostel by Sharon See 04:45 AM Jul 09, 2011 MDIS representatives with President S R Nathan at the opening of the MDIS Integrated Campus. Photo by WEE TECK HIAN SINGAPORE - To provide better accommodation for its foreign students, scattered around the island in private...

Jul 1, 2011 Viet duo stole $100,000 in machine parts They took them from excavators left at construction sites here By Tham Yuen-C Senior staff sergeant Fazrun Abdul Rahman inspecting the excavator parts that were stolen from various sites. -- ST PHOTO: THAM YUEN-C CONTROL units...

Jun 22, 2011 Marriage rates fall for the first time since 2003 The number of marriages in Singapore dipped in 2010, while divorce cases crept up again. -- PHOTO: LAVANIA MOGAN THE number of marriages in Singapore dipped in 2010, while divorce cases crept up again. The Singapore...