Superstar Lady Gaga will be performing at the National Stadium on May 18, 19, 21 and 24, with these being her only stop in Asia. This marks her return to Singapore 13 years after her Born This Way Ball Tour in 2012. The news was announced today (March 10) and while tickets prices have yet to be...
SINGAPORE (Bernama): The trial date for Malone Lam, the Singaporean man charged in a US court with stealing and laundering over US$230 million (RM1.015 billlion) in cryptocurrency last year, has been set for October 6, CNA reported. Lam, 20, who is being held in a prison in Virginia, appeared in court in Washington DC on Friday. Assistant US...
JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is still waiting for a Singaporean court to finish an ongoing legal process that implicates businessman and graft suspect Paulus Tannos (pic) before taking the next step in returning him to Indonesia. The antigraft body chairman Setyo Budiyanto said that the legal proceedings in Singapore were different from those in...
SINGAPORE (Reuters): A sharp fall in the number of private jets based in China in recent years shows the impact a weakening domestic economy, anti-corruption drives and the pandemic have had on the country's wealthiest, according to business aviation industry data and experts. At the end of last year there were a third fewer private jets...
SINGAPORE (Bernama): Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has warned the public about the existence of deepfake images of him being used by scammers to promote products and services, including money-making schemes and permanent residence application services. He reminded the public to stay vigilant online and not fall victim to the scams. "Some of you have written in to report them, and...
SINGAPORE: How much would you pay to meet the love of your life? For one woman, that figure comes up to S$2,000. Bella Dai, 29, began sharing her $2,000 bounty and dating criteria on her Instagram account (@bellzdai) in February. “I am looking for a life partner that embodies the following qualities,” reads her post. These qualities...
SINGAPORE: A woman and her boyfriend created fictitious female online personas to target men, whom they later extorted money from by threatening to report their interactions with purported minors to the police. On Wednesday (March 5), the 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty to a cheating charge and two counts of extortion. Seven other charges will be taken into...
SINGAPORE: After slapping his wife and threatening to beat her to death with a metal rod, a man sexually assaulted and raped the woman. The 42-year-old man initially claimed trial to most of the charges he faced relating to the incident, which took place in November 2020. He contended that the sexual acts were consensual. But after two...
SINGAPORE: A teenager was ordered on Tuesday (March 4) to undergo reformative training for at least a year for sexually assaulting his younger sister on two separate occasions. The 19-year-old, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim’s identity, will be detained in a centre to observe a strict regimen that...
SINGAPORE: Kwek Leng Beng’s long-time adviser Catherine Wu came under the spotlight when his son Sherman Kwek, group chief executive of City Developments Limited (CDL), said on Thursday (Feb 27) that she was the underlying reason behind the family’s public rift. The pair met in Taiwan in 1992 at a dinner party, according to Chinese daily...
