He pretended to have a luxury watch for sale, then tried to rob his Carousell buyer of $50k with a knife

Terry Tong Hong Zhi admitted to attempted robbery on March 10, 2022.The Straits Times A youth in July last year pointed a penknife at a man carrying a bag containing $50,000 in cash and told the latter to hand it over. Terry Tong Hong Zhi, 20, swung the weapon when the Vietnamese victim, Mr Nguyen Thanh Luan,...

Dream Cruises’ World Dream to cease operations; company currently assessing its ability to offer refunds

Dream Cruises' vessel World Dream, one of two ships that began cruises to nowhere pilots here in 2020, will cease operations after it returns to Singapore shores on Wednesday (March 2), with the operator saying it no longer has the financial capacity to keep it going. The death knell sounded on Monday has been anticipated and dreaded...

Singapore to impose sanctions on Russia, will continue to take strong stance against invasion of Ukraine: Vivian Balakrishnan

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will also participate in the Asean Foreign Ministers' Retreat on Wednesday and Thursday.The Straits Times file Singapore will impose export controls on items that can be used directly as weapons in Ukraine to inflict harm or to subjugate the Ukrainians, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament on Monday (Feb 28). It will also...

‘Changi Airport spotted’: Influencer calls out bullies on jokes about her flat chest

Tired of being on the receiving end of derogatory comments on social media, an influencer decided to stand up for herself by calling out the perpetrators. Chrysan Lee, who is a talent from local production company Wah!Banana, made an Instagram post on Monday (Feb 22) showing screengrabs of the comments she had been receiving online. The comments were either on her body...

Special delivery: Malaysian woman returning home from Singapore springs surprise on parents

After being away from her family for two years, a Malaysian woman was finally able to pack her bags (and herself) to visit her parents back home. Evonne Yan uploaded a video to Facebook on Thursday (Feb 17), showing how she disguised herself as a parcel and got 'delivered' home to her parents. "I've never been more nervous and...

S’porean man, 22, names exact spots in India by looking at map without border lines on quiz show

  Maximilian Zeng, a 22-year-old Singaporean man, has wowed the socks off viewers of quiz show University Challenge by demonstrating his immense memory and knowledge of geography with his quick-fire answers to questions pertaining to maps.   He was on the Imperial College team that beat King’s College 235-50 in the long-running quiz show in January 2022. His prowess in identifying...

About 500 couples in Singapore planning to get married on 22/02/2022

Seems like the most romantic date of the year is Feb 22, or 22/02/2022, as many couples rush to make it their wedding date. In fact, about 500 couples are planning to get married on this unique, auspicious date. Since it is a once-in-a-lifetime date, it is understandable why many people would want to tie the knot on such...

COP explains why Pritam Singh’s misconduct deserves further investigation

The lies told by Leader of the Opposition and Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh to a parliamentary committee set up to look into the conduct of his party's former MP Raeesah Khan could amount to perjury, a serious criminal offence, said the committee in its report released on Thursday (Feb 10). Given the seriousness of the...