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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 month ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Natasha Ganesan |Davina Tham |Charmaine Jacob
SINGAPORE: It is the candidate that matters, not the constituency. That was the general sentiment of voters drawn into or out of four closely watched Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) in the new electoral map released on Mar 11. CNA spoke to about 80 residents affected by the new boundaries for West Coast-Jurong West, East Coast, Marine Parade-Braddell Heights and Aljunied GRCs.For most voters, the specifics of which GRC they are in do not affect their daily life.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Charmaine Jacob |Davina Tham
SINGAPORE: Advances in nuclear technology, particularly compact reactors, have made atomic energy a more feasible option for land-scarce Singapore compared to a decade ago. But to harness this powerful source of clean energy, questions about how to manage radioactive waste and earn public acceptance must first be answered, observers told CNA.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Davina Tham |Koh Wan Ting |Ang Hwee Min
Singapore From Pritam Singh's "flip-flopping in court" to Low Thia Khiang's influence on the decision for Raeesah Khan to come clean, CNA identifies key findings from Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan's judgment. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh was convicted of two charges of lying to parliament and fined S$7,000 (US$5,200) for each charge on Monday (Feb 17).
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Ang Hwee Min |Koh Wan Ting |Davina Tham
New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh has been found guilty of giving false testimony to a Committee of Privileges (COP) about his handling of Raeesah Khan's lie in parliament. In a verdict delivered in the State Courts on Monday (Feb 17), Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan convicted Singh of the two charges against him.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Davina Tham
SINGAPORE: Three Singaporeans have been charged over unauthorised attempts to change residential addresses on an online service provided by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). Ng Wei Chang, Yuen Mun Fei and Koh Hong Yan appeared in a district court on Friday morning (Jan 17). Each faces a single charge under the Computer Misuse Act. Ng, 30, was charged with unauthorised disclosure of an access code for an unlawful purpose.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Davina Tham
SINGAPORE: A 52-year-old man was jailed for 18 years on Thursday (Jan 16) for sexually abusing his daughter over a period of two years, from when she was 12. The man cannot be named as this could lead to the identification of the victim, who is his biological daughter. He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault by penetration. Five other charges for sexual offences were considered in sentencing.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Davina Tham
Singapore The man allegedly published exchanges involving himself and the Child Protective Service, including a transcript of Family Justice Court proceedings. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: A 44-year-old man was on Thursday (Jan 16) charged with publishing information that could lead to the identification of his child, whose identity was protected by a court order.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Davina Tham
SINGAPORE: Upset about disrupted holiday plans, a tourist twice threatened to crash his flight while waiting to board at Changi Airport. Moncrieff Marli Curtis Philip, a 36-year-old Australian, was jailed for eight weeks on Wednesday (Jan 15) after pleading guilty to one count of criminal intimidation. A second similar charge was considered in sentencing. The court heard that sometime before Nov 20, 2024, Moncrieff took a Jetstar flight from Perth to Phuket, stopping over in Singapore.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Davina Tham
New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer has been sentenced to six months' jail for endangering the life of a full-time national serviceman (NSF) who died after a firefighting operation in 2022. Muhammad Kamil Mohamed Yasin, 39, pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Jan 15) to one charge of causing grievous hurt through a rash act that endangered human life.
