Charmaine Jacob
Digital News Associate at CNBC
Digital news associate @CNBCi based in Singapore. Email me at [email protected]
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1 week ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Charmaine Jacob |Davina Tham
SINGAPORE: Dr Laura Biffin had just returned from a morning coffee run and was in her office on River Valley Road excitedly preparing for the opening of her new clinic when she heard a loud commotion out in the streets. She ran out immediately to the sight of people screaming as children sat on a third-storey ledge with the “thickest black smoke” billowing out of windows behind them after a fire broke out at a shophouse at River Valley Road. “I saw the worst thing that I’ll ever see in my life.
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1 week ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Charmaine Jacob
SINGAPORE: The People’s Alliance for Reform (PAR) officially declared on Saturday (Apr 12) that it would contest Yio Chu Kang SMC in the upcoming General Election, with Dr Michael Fang announcing his candidacy. Speaking before a walkabout at Ang Mo Kio 628 Market, where he later distributed bread to residents there, Dr Fang told CNA the rising cost of living was among his primary concerns, adding that "we see the people suffering around us" and life had gotten "more difficult".
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2 weeks ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Charmaine Jacob
SINGAPORE: Legislation aimed at improving the quality of care for residents in social residential homes was passed by Singapore’s parliament on Tuesday (Apr 8). Social residential homes refer to facilities that provide accommodation to people who require care, support or social intervention, such as those with disabilities or destitute adults.
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2 weeks ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Charmaine Jacob
SINGAPORE: The social service agency involved in four-year-old Megan Khung’s care did not fully describe the severity of her injuries in its report, which resulted in "inadequate interventions" before her death, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said on Tuesday (Apr 8). Megan died in February 2020. She was abused by her mother Foo Li Ping, 29, with her then-boyfriend Wong Shi Xiang, 38, for months before the latter inflicted a fatal punch on the girl.
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3 weeks ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Charmaine Jacob
SINGAPORE: Oil patches were spotted on the shoreline of Changi Beach on Friday morning (Apr 4) following a leak at Langsat Terminal in Johor. When CNA arrived at the stretch of beach near Car Park 6 at 10.30am, about 100 bags of oil-soaked sand had already been manually scooped up with shovels. There were four workers in the vicinity, and CNA understands that around 20 have been deployed throughout Changi Beach.
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