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  • Japan sinks Singapore at Sudirman Cup

    Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ...

  • Indian jailed in Singapore for prostitution

    A 24-year-old Indian man has been jailed by a court in Singapore for managing a prostitution ring. Kothandan Vinod has pleaded guilty to managing three Indian women after promising each of them a salary of Rs.30,000 (S$684) to work as prostitutes in Singapore, the Straits Times reported Monday. Vinod was in Singapore on business for less than a week when he was caught. Two of the women - ...

  • Volunteer group to be trained by police psychologists to help victims of crime

    A small group of the public will be trained by police psychologists to provide care for victims of crime, especially those who have been through sexual or violent crime. Speaking at the opening of the Asian Conference of Criminal and Operations Psychology on Tuesday morning, Second Minister for Home Affairs Mr S. Iswaran said that having such a group of people will help the victims, and also ...

  • Prosecution tried to establish close ties between Ciy Harvest Church and Xtron

    On the fourth day of the City Harvest trial, the prosecution tried to establish that the church was closely connected to an external company, Xtron Productions. Third witness Koh Siow Ngea, a current director of Xtron, said he had been appointed to the position by the church. He said he was asked to take on the role by church pastor Tan Ye Peng, and he agreed to the position as he saw it as ...

  • Nine motorcycles damaged in fire at Traffic Police headquarters SCDF investigating

    Thick black smoke billowing into the skies over the headquarters of the Traffic Police just after lunch on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. -- PHOTO: ...


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Movie Review

Devil

Devil

No doubt Devil will receive more than its share of bad press and reviews for one of two reasons (or, more likely, both). First, it was co-produced and developed from a story by M. Night Shyamalan, the first in an apparent series known as The Night Chronicles, which is more than enough ... ...

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  • Family of dead American condemns Singapore inquiry

    (16 mins ago) The family of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year walked out of a coroner's inquiry into their son's death today, saying they had ';lost faith'' in the proceedings. ';The prosecution brings forth witnesses at the last minute and we have no chance to question it. Basically we actually have lost faith in the process,'' Rick ...

  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-ComfortDelGro near 6-yr highs lifts index

    stock index , after it announced plans to expand its bus operations in Australia. The company's shares rose as much as 2.4 percent to S$2.14, the highest since July 2007, after it said its subsidiary CDC Victoria Pty Ltd plans to buy privately-held Driver Group Pty Ltd for A$22 million ($21.54 million), to expand its fleet in Australia. "While the deal is relatively smaller ...

  • City Harvest trial $6m purportedly paid...

    The Straits Times Monday, May 20, 2013 SINGAPORE - It has emerged in court on Monday that $6 million was paid to producer Justin Herz by City Harvest Church through Xtron Productions. The amount, reflected on an excel sheet and listed under "additional JH needs", came attached in an email from accused Serina Wee in Oct ...

  • Some parents in China paying more than double...

    AsiaOne Monday, May 20, 2013 SINGAPORE - Some parents in China have been paying double to buy baby formula from Singapore, and are willing to pay up to $200 to have the product couriered to their home, reported the Shin Min Daily ...

  • Man who filmed 423 upskirt videos charged with insulting modesty of women

    A man was charged in court on Tuesday with 423 counts of insulting modesty by taking upskirt videos of women. Kew Guozhi, 31, is alleged to have used a camera pen to capture video recordings of the inner thighs and underwear of his victims over a two-year period between 2009 and 2010. He allegedly committed 11 offences at an office in Hampshire Road by taking upskirt videos of four women. The ...

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