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· Ryan General
Bus Passengers in Singapore Shocked After Woman Cries and Illegally Begs for Money
Bus passengers in Singapore found an unusual sight during an afternoon commute last week when a woman began crying on cue and asking them for money. Begging is not only largely frowned upon in the country, but also illegal, with a 2-year jail time or fine of 3,000 Singapore…
· Bryan Ke
Teens Face Caning, Jail Time for Series of Thefts in Northeast Singapore
Four teenagers have reportedly been arrested by authorities in Northeast Singapore in relation to a series of thefts that have been happening in Yishun and Ang Mo Kio. According to the police, the group of teens are between 14-years-old and 16-years-old and is comprised of three…
· Bryan Ke
Singaporean Police Warns Residents to Ignore Harassment Letters From Lord Voldemort
Residents of Yishun, Singapore are being harassed by someone claiming to be the fictional villain from the Harry Potter novels, Lord Voldemort. The harassment has gotten so bad that local police have issued a public advisory telling people not to respond to any threats from the…
· Bryan Ke
Trump Accepts Singapore’s Offer to Help Texas Hurricane Victims with Helicopters
The Singapore government has deployed helicopters to Texas as part of the country’s offer to help the United States with its relief operation for the victims of Tropical Storm Harvey. On Tuesday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on his Facebook page that…
· Carl Samson
Meet the Woman Who Could Become Singapore’s First Female President
Halimah Yacob, 63, announced her bid to be the next president of Singapore earlier this month, before resigning from her roles as Speaker and Member of Parliament. If all goes well, she will be the first female president of the city-state, which is currently home to 5.6 million…
· Carl Samson
Singaporean Men Jailed for 1 Year for Wearing Women’s Clothes in UAE
A pair of Singaporean men must each serve a year behind bars for wearing women’s clothes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a local court judged. Freelance fashion photographer Muhammad Fadli Bin Abdul Rahman, 26, arrived to work in Abu Dhabi on August 8 accompanied by a friend,…
· Carl Samson
Former Gangster is Now the Badass CEO of a $3 Million Diving Business in Singapore
At 13, Jacki Ng was part of a local gang in Singapore, leading him through a life of petty crime and fighting, which later led to his expulsion from secondary school. “I was always a child who was a bit different. I was neither conventional, nor rule-abiding,” Ng, who now heads…
· Carl Samson
Singaporean Ad Sparks Debate After Equating Data Deprivation With Hunger and Poverty
A Singaporean ad is attracting mixed reactions throughout social media for assuming that data deprivation is practically similar to starvation. In a recent marketing campaign, local mobile operator Circles.Life launched posters akin to UN visuals that highlight faces and facts…
· Kyle Encina
Singaporean Woman Faces 13 Years in Jail For Not Paying Her Domestic Helper For One Year
A 30-year-old woman from Singapore faces up to 13 years behind bars if convicted for withholding her domestic helper’s salary for almost a year. Singaporean Li Jun faces 13 charges after Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower discovered that she owed a domestic helper from Myanmar…
· Bryan Ke
U.S. Naval Accident Off Singapore Leaves 5 Sailors Injured, 10 Missing
An American Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship on Monday, resulting to several injuries and 10 missing Navy sailors off the coast of Singapore. According to CNN, five U.S. Navy sailors were injured in the recent collision of the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, USS…
· Kyle Encina
You Can Now Pay $100 to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse in Singapore
Zombies have become such a huge part of pop culture spawning in video games, movies, and now they have their very own land on Saint John’s Island in Singapore. Saint John’s Island is a small piece of land located to the south of Singapore. According to RojakDaily, local video…
· Ryan General
Meet the 81-Year-Old Granny Who Became a Legit Rockstar in Singapore
Singapore’s Mary Ho is living proof that it’s never too late to follow your passion. At the age of 81, the grandmother of seven children can still rock as hard as anyone with her electric guitar.
· Ryan General
Singapore is Testing Out Glow-in-the-Dark Pathways
In an effort to make evening walks on a renovated pathway more convenient, Singapore has started testing a system that will make its roads illuminate in the dark. The trail, which used to be a portion of an abandoned railway track, is being converted by local government agencies…
· Ryan General
Singaporean Celebrity Divides Country in Viral Facebook Rant About Work Ethic
A Singaporean celebrity has earned both support and criticism on social media for her rant online about some Singaporeans who seems to have no pride in their work. Actress/ director Michelle Chong wrote a Facebook status on Saturday which became widely shared and reacted to by…
· Ryan General
Singaporean Couple Scams $580K From People By Selling ‘Magical’ Talismans
A couple in Singapore were given individual jail terms on Monday for scamming people to pay thousands of dollars for magical talismans. Last Wednesday, 67-year-old Singaporean Ong Choon Lin and his 62-year-old Malaysian wife, Ng Kim Yew, were each convicted of 20 charges of…
· Heather Johnson Yu
No One Believes This Singaporean Daddy is 50 Years Old
Remember Lure Hsu? She’s the stunningly beautiful forty-something year old woman who looks like she could be a college kid. Well, we found her male counterpart — meet ChuanDo Tan, the 50-year-old dream daddy who is, in fact, old enough to be our dad.
· Ryan General
Singaporean Author Lands Six-Figure Deals From U.S., U.K. Publishers for Her First Novel
A new author from Singapore has recently scored six-figure (local currency) deals for her debut novel. London-based Rachel Heng, who only started writing novels three years ago, told Straits Times that her first one has major publishers from the United States and Britain…
· Carl Samson
Singaporean Entrepreneur Reveals Why People Give Him the Biggest Headache
Declan Ee, co-founder of Singapore-based online furniture store Castlery, has stressed that being a “people-person” isn’t always fun. With nearly 20 year in the business, the 35-year-old, who also holds a law degree, has worked in the banking industry and writes music, cites…
· Ryan General
Man Taking Upskirt Video on Singapore Train Outed as Primary School Teacher
A man recently went viral in Singapore after being caught in a video stealthily taking an upskirt video inside an MRT train. In the short footage, he can be seen placing his mobile phone, with its rear camera facing upwards, atop his duffel bag.
· Editorial Staff
Fruit Vendor Gives Away $5,000 Worth of Durian to Celebrate His Birthday in Singapore
A durian vendor in Singapore opted to be the one giving gifts on his birthday instead of receiving them. According to AsiaOne, Yap Kean Seng celebrated his 65th birthday by giving away mounds of durian fruit weighing about 300 kilograms (661 pounds) in total. The estimated cost…
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Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
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Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
