A few weeks after their first child was born, Mr Nabeel Salim Abdat and Ms Syahirah Yakub found that little Zayn's appetite was getting worse. On Aug 4, Mr Nabeel took their baby to the National University Hospital (NUH), where Zayn fell seriously ill. "While I was looking at some admission forms, I heard him cry," said...
Veteran local entertainer Marcus Chin will finally be reuniting with his daughter after two and a half years, when he goes over to Johor Bahru (JB) later this month to celebrate her 12th birthday. Marcus is separated from his daughter's mother Eileen Cheah, his former personal assistant who's 32 years his junior. The pair broke up a year after...
Jeffrey Xu has finally popped the question to Felicia Chin and the two actors are now happily engaged. In an Instagram post today (Aug 11), Felicia revealed her engagement to her long-time sweetheart of around seven years. The 37-year-old uploaded a video showing snippets of the proposal and wrote: "We promised we will let you know so here...
An 18-year-old man who duped a victim into paying $1,020 for bogus tickets to Marquee Singapore nightclub was charged in court with one count of cheating on Friday (Aug 12). Alden Christopher Tan Choon Siang is said to have cheated the victim into believing that he had genuine tickets to the nightclub and received $1,020 as...
YouTuber Darryl Ian Koshy, who committed various sexual offences, including offering cash to a boy below 18 for sexual services, was jailed for 32 weeks on Friday (Aug 5). Better known as Dee Kosh, the 33-year-old will begin serving his sentence on Friday. Koshy had pleaded guilty in May to one charge of offering cash to a...
Singapore may be small, but local talents have the potential to make a big splash internationally. At a press briefing for Dungeons and Dragons' (D&D) upcoming Spelljammer release last month, it was revealed that local artist Julian Ng Kok Wen contributed a piece that will be published for millions across the globe to appreciate. And his artwork isn't...
Seeing a night bazaar pop up in the neighbourhood might be a pleasant surprise, but not for some residents in Hougang who were on the receiving end of a rather distinctive smell from one stall. The source? A stinky tofu stall, Man Kou Xiang, located at the corner of the night bazaar. Since the bazaar, or pasar malam, opened on...
More monkeypox cases are expected to surface here in the weeks ahead as more than 18,000 cases have been reported in 78 countries, with the majority in Europe. Singapore saw its first monkeypox case on July 6 and now has six local and five imported cases. None of them is linked, but contact tracing is ongoing. The...
Singaporean singer Joel Tan announced on Instagram that he will not perform anymore as Gentle Bones and will retire the stage name by the end of 2022. Gentle Bones is one of Singapore's most popular local English pop artistes. He was the second most streamed Singaporean artiste on Spotify in 2021, behind Mandopop star JJ Lin. Tan,...
A wedding is an important affair, and it looks like this couple is dead serious about their big day. Last Saturday (July 23), a man surnamed Huang and his wife surnamed Zhuo, donned traditional garb for their Chinese wedding ceremony at Nirvana Memorial Garden, a columbarium located in Choa Chu Kang. Why did they pick this unusual venue for...
