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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim |Zaihan Mohamed Yusof |Claudia Tan
SINGAPORE – A 58-year-old man was arrested after his younger brother was found dead in a Housing Board flat in Boon Lay on March 11. The 56-year-old man was found lying motionless in an 11th-floor unit at Block 187 Boon Lay Avenue, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The police said they received a call for assistance at about 11.35am. Preliminary investigations showed that both parties are known to each other. The Straits Times understands the pair are brothers.
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2 months ago | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim
Cryptocurrency users should store their digital assets offline using the likes of hardware wallets. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE – Those planning to stay out late on Jan 28, the eve of Chinese New Year, will have more transport options, with SBS Transit offering later services on selected MRT lines and bus routes. Train services on the Downtown and North-East lines as well as on the Sengkang-Punggol LRT systems will be extended by about two hours and 15 minutes, SBS Transit said on Jan 17. Nineteen of its bus services will also run later at their respective bus interchanges.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE – Weekly public visits to fire stations will be suspended on Jan 18, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said. In a Facebook post on Jan 16, SCDF said the temporary closures are due to operational reasons, without elaborating. It added that the weekly visits will resume on Jan 25. Those who have made bookings will be contacted for a change in schedule. “We apologise for any inconvenience caused,” SCDF said.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE – The authorities seized over $169,000 worth of drugs from a Malaysia-registered motorcycle arriving at Woodlands Checkpoint on Jan 14. The amount of cannabis, Ice and Ermin-5 tablets seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) could feed the addiction of 970 abusers for a week, said CNB and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a joint statement on Jan 16. ICA officers checked the motorcycle ridden by a 21-year-old Malaysian man in the morning of Jan 14.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE - Singaporean Shabnam Melwani is now holed up in a hotel room in Santa Monica, after deadly wildfires in Los Angeles damaged her home and wrecked others. The 55-year-old businesswoman’s home in the Pacific Palisades was left smoke damaged on Jan 7 as the fires, which began the same day, swept through US’ second-largest city, with at least 24 dead. have been forced to flee their homes, including Ms Melwani, and more than two dozen people have been reported missing.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE – The police are investigating an incident of a man who allegedly urinated in public at Tanah Merah MRT station. This comes days after another video of a 41-year-old man who was filmed urinating on an escalator handrail at Outram Park MRT station went viral. The latest video, which was posted on several social media platforms, shows a man in a red T-shirt and black trousers standing at a corner near a platform screen door.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE – South Korea and Singapore have unveiled a logo to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties on Jan 13. The logo was the winning design in a competition between Korea National University of Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, said South Korea’s embassy in Singapore. The submissions were reviewed by design experts and officials from both countries’ ministries of foreign affairs and culture, as well as embassy representatives.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
asiaone.com | Carmen Sin |Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE - The weekend plans of many were scuppered by incessant rain that began early on Jan 10 and continued well into Jan 11 - including travel plans.
More than 50 Singapore Airlines flights over the two days were delayed or re-timed due to the inclement weather, said a spokesman for the national carrier.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Sherlyn Sim
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singaporeans experienced one of the hottest years in recent times in 2024, when temperatures hit an annual mean of 28.4 deg C, the weatherman said. It tied with 2019 and 2016 as the warmest years in Singapore on record, the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said in a statement on Jan 10.
