[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Police arrested a 37-year-old woman for stealing Budget 2020 grocery coupons from mailboxes in a HDB block along Lorong 7 Toa Payoh on Sunday (October 11). In a statement Wednesday, police said they are investigating similar incidents elsewhere. The police recommended to those eligible for the coupons …
Read More »Almost nine out of 10 workers want to keep the option of working from home: Survey
[ad_1] LONDON: Nearly nine in 10 workers want to be able to choose whether to work from home or from the office once COVID-19 workplace restrictions are eased and they have greater autonomy in their hours, according to research by Cisco Systems . The pandemic has rapidly changed attitudes towards …
Read More »Parliament: ‘Right to Disconnect’ Law Guarantees Workers Protected Rest Time, Says Labor MP Melvin Yong, Politics News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A “Right to Disconnect” law would help employees have protected time to rest and recharge, Labor MP Melvin Yong (Radin Mas) said on Wednesday (October 14) in an attempt to address the arguments against a bill that he had proposed. The most common criticisms revolve around the …
Read More »A woman allegedly poured soup on the man’s head and bit his hand, verbally abused the police in Plaza Novena
[ad_1] A 35-year-old woman was arrested after an altercation with a man at a restaurant and police in Novena Square on Tuesday (October 13). Multiple readers alerted Stomp to a video showing the woman screaming while being detained by police officers, who can later be seen carrying her away. In …
Read More »No train service on parts of North-South, East-West, Circle lines after power failure – SMRT
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A power failure disrupted train services on parts of the North-South, East-West and Circle lines on Wednesday night (October 14), and some commuters had to walk on tracks to return to the station . Bus stops are packed with travelers rushing to find other ways to continue their …
Read More »Thai rivals protest in show of force in the streets of Bangkok
[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters and royalist supporters of King Maha Vajiralongkorn staged rival shows of force on Wednesday (October 14) with political tension mounting after three months of demonstrations. The anti-government protesters left the Democracy Monument in the official government compound, known as Government House, to demand …
Read More »Power failure along the North-South, East-West, Circle lines
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A continuous multi-hour power failure on the North-South, East-West and Circle lines has delayed commuters traveling during the late afternoon rush hour on Wednesday (October 14). Transportation operator SMRT Corporation first announced at 7.16pm in two consecutive tweets that travelers should add 25 minutes to their trip …
Read More »More tampered mailboxes, grocery vouchers for allegedly stolen low-income S’poreans, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More mailboxes have been tampered with at various Housing Board properties across the island, with grocery vouchers destined for low-income Singaporeans allegedly stolen. Police said on Wednesday (October 14) that they had received reports of such incidents in residential areas, including Marsiling and Bukit Merah, and a …
Read More »High school girl 4 posts Instagram stories of friends speeding on highway at 177km / h
[ad_1] A Secondary 4 girl posted videos on Instagram of her friends running down a highway during the early hours of Wednesday (October 14). A Stomper was scrolling through Instagram at 2.49am when he watched the videos and shared screen recordings with Stomp. One of the videos, titled “Another Day, …
Read More »Two thirds of the 28,000 electric vehicle charging points will be in HDB car parks: Ong Ye Kung
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: About two-thirds of the 28,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points that will be available by 2030 will be in the Housing Development Board (HDB) car parks in Singapore, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said. The 28,000 charging points are all in “government-related locations,” Mr. Ong said, and do …
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