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Good-looking beggar spotted in Bedok AsiaOne Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 SINGAPORE - A good-looking beggar has been approaching residents in Bedok Reservoir for money, and can earn up to $50 within half a day, reported the Shin Min Daily News. A reader who contributed the story says the beggar...

Mon, Sep 12, 2011 The New Paper Dates with boyfriend and mummy by Joyce Lim To Ms Anne Chua, parenting these days means doing everything with her daughter - including tagging along on her daughter's dates. She has been on most of daughter Jenevieve Woon's outings with boys ever since the...

JB nightclub death: Son sent for reformative training after robbery AsiaOne Monday, Sep 12, 2011 Lah Wee Siong, 17, said he would take over the role of head of the household after his father's sudden death. His father, 37-year-old lorry driver Mr Lah Lee Hock is believed to have suffered a...

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Woman found covered in bruises and dead in flat Shin Min Daily News - 16 hrs 43 mins ago A man has been arrested in connection with the death of his wife. The 38-year-old woman was found dead yesterday in a two-room-flat in Blk 441B, Fernvale Road. The deceased is Tang Shi Fang from Fujian...

Businessman 'Fatty Loo' found dead in China AsiaOne Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011 Singaporean businessman and lawyer, Loo Choon Beng was found dead in Guangzhou, China earlier this month. Sources told The Straits Times that the 57-year-old was found in his hotel room bed on August 3 or August 4...

Man charged with criminal breach of trust involving nearly S$600,000 By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 31 August 2011 1416 hrs SINGAPORE: An ex-accounts manager of an airfreight company has been charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust involving nearly S$600,000. Thirty-six-year-old...

Upside-down national flag seen at Tampines CC my paper Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011 By Shaun Tan THE Tampines Central Community Centre (CC) has come under fire from irate netizens, after a photograph of a national flag hung upside down outside its premises was posted online. The flag was among...

Man receives a bloody battering from girlfriend The Star/Asia News Network Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011 A man was left bleeding and bruised after being assaulted by his girlfriend in Singapore, reported China Press. The woman, 24, hit, kicked and strangled her boyfriend after he criticised her...

Man charged over rubbing ice on woman's breasts Tay Kok Hui, 40 yrs-old accused for using criminal force on a 32 yrs-old woman by rubbling on her breasts with an ice-cube at Shanghai Dolly Pub. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Khushwant Singh A man was charged in a district court on Monday over...

O come, all ye foreign workers Religious groups offer free bus rides, meals, haircuts and more Baptised foreign workers kneeling in the Fairfield Methodist Church santuary to receive communion. The church hires 13 buses every Sunday to pick up about 450 Chinese foreign workers from 11...

Birds besiege Yishun Lianhe Wanbao - 3 hrs 9 mins ago Yishun residents have been besieged by thousands of birds every evening for the past month. The birds appear "on time" at about 7pm at blocks 733, 734 and 735 of Yishun Ave 5 daily. Some 20 minutes after they arrive, the birds will quieten...

Man seeks $400k refund after couple breaks up AsiaOne Thursday, Aug 18, 2011 Widower Chan Kok Sang is seeking a refund for gifts he bought his girlfriend during their three year courtship. The couple was in a relationship from 2007 to last year. During this time, Mr Chan bought gifts for Ms...

'Here's $50, let me off the hook' AsiaOne Tuesday, Aug 16, 2011 SINGAPORE - A 54-year-old lorry driver was caught trying to bribe a traffic police officer for not wearing his seatbelt. However, the officer, Corporal (Cpl) Roslan Bin Abdul Rasip, rejected the bribe. On August 10, a lorry was...

Wed, Aug 17, 2011 The New Paper My little girl is mild not wild by Kwok Kar Peng NICOLE Ng is like any other 20-year-old with a blog. She writes about school, her part-time modelling assignments and clubbing with friends. She also posts photos of herself, some in bikinis and tight tops...

Lesser immigration offenders arrested Posted: 16 August 2011 1301 hrs On a regular basis, ICA carries out operations at all known haunts, streets and back alleys to arrest immigration offenders. (Photo by ICA) SINGAPORE: The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said 1,698 immigration...

Man jailed for stealing stingrays worth $40k AsiaOne Monday, Aug 15, 2011 Lee Yong Pin, 31, was sentenced to three months' jail on Monday for stealing 12 stingrays worth $40,000. He had acted with accomplice Ong Zixian, 22, whose case is still pending, reported The Straits Times. Lee had...

Licensed moneylenders prosecuted for breaching rules AsiaOne Monday, Aug 15, 2011 SINGAPORE - Three licensed moneylenders faced a total of 34 charges in three separate cases. Liew Yoon Kwai, a director of Car City Leasing Pte Ltd, Ng Gim Li, a director of JXM Investment Pte Ltd, and Goh Siong...

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...