Woman used edited PayNow screenshots to cheat restaurants into delivering over S$9,000 worth of food

SINGAPORE: A woman edited PayNow screenshots to cheat restaurants into delivering over S$9,000 (US$6,900) worth of food to her for more than two years. Santos-Tumalip Maria Monalyn Bagaporo, a 33-year-old Filipino national,... Read more »

Divorced woman turns to court to get ‘her dogs’ back from ex-husband, fails

SINGAPORE: After a divorce, a woman turned to a court to get her ex-husband to return two dogs she claimed were hers and sought an order for him to be jailed or... Read more »

Woman gets jail for lying about address to enrol daughter into popular primary school

JUDGE IMPOSES JAIL INSTEAD OF FINE On Thursday, District Judge Sharmila Sripathy-Shanaz said education holds an exalted place in Singapore’s society, and that few decisions stir parental instinct or evoke as much... Read more »

CPF Life gives monthly payout, much like rental income from property: Koh Poh Koon

[SINGAPORE] Topping up one’s savings in the Central Provident Fund (CPF) account is akin to investing in a property for a regular source of income in one’s old age. Senior Minister of State... Read more »

Singapore life insurance sales up 15.2% in Q3 at S$1.8 billion

For the first nine months of 2025, claims payouts fall 31.3% year on year to S$10.2 billion [SINGAPORE] The domestic life insurance industry recorded a total of S$1.8 billion in weighted new... Read more »

Actor Shane Pow brings home-based banana bread biz to Clarke Quay, opens up about challenges & S$30 price

Shane Pow turns banana bread biz into camping-inspired café at Chef X for 2 months It all began with a bunch of overripe bananas sitting around in Shane Pow’s one-bedroom condo. Instead... Read more »

Public toilets in S’pore have potential to ‘level up’, students dream of fresher & cleaner future

Youths design their dream public toilets in student competition Earlier this year, netizens bemoaned the state of Singapore’s public restrooms. They criticised badly maintained toilets and poor user etiquette on the island.... Read more »

Chinese woman spends S$11K to join SIA, allegedly fired on day 1 for taking water bottles from hotel

Chinese SIA flight attendant claims she was dismissed after 1 day for taking water from hotel A Chinese woman who had just joined Singapore Airlines (SIA) as a cabin crew member has... Read more »

Man fled Singapore after fatally stabbing debtor in 1990, pleads guilty aged 80 after three decades on the run

SINGAPORE: An illegal moneylender who fatally stabbed a debtor in a dispute in 1990 fled Singapore for Malaysia and was only deported more than three decades later. Ng Kwang Keng, originally charged... Read more »

Dollar steadies against yen, falls vs euro as focus turns to US data

The U.S. dollar edged up versus the safe-haven yen and dropped against the euro on Tuesday as investors were uncertain about the U.S. economic outlook while awaiting a strong run of data... Read more »