Eileen Ng

5 days ago | straitstimes.com | Eileen Ng

A woman in the United States found herself in a sticky situation when her son used her phone to buy nearly 70,000 lollipops online. Ms Holly LaFavers’ eight-year-old son Liam placed a bulk order for 30 boxes of Dum-Dum lollipops costing US$4,200 (S$5,460) via her Amazon account, while playing with her phone. She discovered this on May 5 when she checked her bank account and “immediately panicked” when she saw that her account was in the red.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Eileen Ng

SINGAPORE - The United States has congratulated Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and the PAP on their election victory, and said the Trump administration looked forward to working closely with the newly elected Government. “For nearly 60 years, the United States and Singapore have shared a strong and enduring strategic partnership and a commitment to a secure, free, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement on May 3.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Eileen Ng

SINGAPORE - Travellers driving to Malaysia by car can expect heavy traffic at the two Singapore checkpoints, with a traffic jam as long as five hours at Tuas Checkpoint, as Singaporeans rushed to Johor on Polling Day. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said there was “extremely heavy departure traffic” at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints on the morning of May 3, with tailback from Malaysia reaching the two checkpoints.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Eileen Ng

SINGAPORE - Travellers driving to Malaysia by car can expect four hours of jam due to heavy traffic at the two Singapore checkpoints, as Singaporeans rushed to Johor on Polling Day. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said there was “extremely heavy departure traffic” at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints on the morning of May 3, with tailback from Malaysia reaching the two checkpoints.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Eileen Ng

SINGAPORE - It was a wild and wet start to Polling Day as torrential rain across Singapore on the morning of May 3 led to flash flood warnings at three locations. In a post on social media platform X at 8.12am, national water agency PUB issued risk alerts for flash floods at Upper Paya Lebar Service Road (Lim Teck Boo Road to Rochdale Road), Jalan Lokam (near Upper Paya Lebar Road), and Thrift Drive (near Jalan Usaha).