A suicide bomber in Aden, Yemen, attacked an army school camp with a car loaded with explosives on  29 August, killed at least 54 people and wounded at least 60 people. The Independent (UK) reported that Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. Isis’ Amaq news agency said, “About 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic …

The Singaporean tycoon and owner of Spain’s football team Valencia, Peter Lim has filed a police report about the online claims which links him to a get-rich-quick scheme. “Peter Lim flatly denies that he has anything to do with the claims made in these reports,” said his firm, Kestrel Capital in a statement on Monday (28 August). “He is concerned …

Three women, aged 24, 26, and 32, and a 44-year-old man were suspected to be infected by the Zika virus. The suspects had been sent to Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital by TJ Medical and Surgery clinic at Blk 48 on Monday (29 August). TJ Medical and Surgery clinic at Blk 48 is located just across …

Minister of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia Siti Nurbaya claims that the Indonesian Government has imposed administrative sanctions upon 30 companies that are alleged to have caused outbreaks of fire in Indonesia. “If the companies were proven guilty, the Government then suspended the licenses. The suspension could be temporary or permanent,” writing on her Twitter account on Monday (29 August). …

A foreign worker from China fell off an eight-storey industrial factory development of [email protected] construction site which was run by Wee Hur Construction on Sunday (28 August). A Ministry of Manpower (MOM) spokesman stated that the 33-year-old man was working as part of a team of workers who were installing formwork for a column on the seventh storey of the building. The …

A pre-schooler, 2-year-old girl, was diagnosed with latent TB after a trainee teacher of Bridges Montessori facility was diagnosed with active TB earlier this month. The director of Bridges Montessori Preschool Ms Irene Toh said that the school learned for the first time that a trainee teacher had been diagnosed with active TB on 12 August. The school which is located at …

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) released an official statement on 29 August that Ha Wai Kay (64) the sole-proprietor of Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint has been convicted of evading income taxes amounting to $54,917.15 for Years of Assessment (“YA”) 2010 and 2011. Her wife, Kong Kuee Chin (69) the sole-proprietor of Wan Tat Eating House (“Wan Tat”), was also convicted of …

Singapore overall crime rate revealed a decrease by 2.1 percent against the same period in 2015, but trends of highlighted concern include the rise of internet-related scams and traffic accidents involving elderly pedestrians, among others. The Home Team released the mid-year statistics today, 29 August. The decline is largely due to decreases in violent or serious property crimes (20.1 percent), housebreaking …

“Start Small Dream Big” was a community service project initiated by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) which is involved about 20,000 children from more than 300 preschools. “Start Small Dream Big” was created to encourage pre-schools to create authentic platforms for children to innovate, problem-solve and tap on their unique strengths to help others. The initiative was first launched in 2015 as part …

Singapore Mass Rapid Transit announced on its Facebook account at around 2.30 pm, that train services along its Circle Line MRT network were affected by intermittent signalling issues this morning. SMRT said that its engineers are working to resolve the issue. Therefore, commuters may experience an additional 1 – 2 minutes of travelling time during non-peak hours and an additional …