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After researching explosives on the internet during the Covid-19 partial lockdown period, a youth used simple items he either bought or had at home to put together several improvised bombs. Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/youth-admits-making-improvised-bombs-detonating-1897941?cid=telegram_tg-single_social-free_26012019_today

Threats mentioning the 9/11 attacks have been made against Singapore by supporters of a preacher who was barred from entering the country, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Monday (May 23). Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/threats-911-attacks-against-singapore-indonesia-preacher-somad-supporters-2700596?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will be implementing a mandatory rest day at the end of 2022 for migrant domestic workers, Minister of State for Manpower Gan Siow Huang announced on May 22. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/05/domestic-workers-mandatory-rest-day/

Mat Western is a hawker stall run by two unlikely partners: French-born Muslim convert Umar Fabrice, 42, and 30-something Singaporean Hidir Kasim. The two pals are both professional chefs who became hawkers when their plan to open a pizzeria in Johor Bahru got delayed by Covid-19. Undeterred, they set up a stall in a Bedok North coffeeshop as a “test run” selling their gourmet house-made pizzas, p...

Swimmer Joseph Schooling on Wednesday (May 18) called for a "national dialogue" on national service (NS), highlighting the need to manage the expectations of athletes who are undergoing NS. Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/the-big-story-joseph-schooling-calls-for-national-dialogue-on-expectations-placed-on-athletes-serving-ns

The social media accounts of President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as well as several political office-holders and government agencies, have been spammed with comments from supporters of Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara, who was denied entry into Singapore on Monday (May 16) due to a history of extremist teachings. Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/soc...

We talk to an animal rights activist who happens to be a Plan B podcaster.

On May 8, a person in Singapore took to Facebook to express her dissatisfaction, claiming that a 995 call operator allegedly hung up on her. The complaint was attributed to one Pam Kaur, who admitted to snapping at the operator after the latter called back to ask for information. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/05/scdf-respond-to-operator-hang-up-claim/

So says a local survey done recently. What is the cause and is this phenomenon here to stay?

A cult leader in Thailand who allegedly asked his followers to eat his waste, including excreta, mucus and dandruff, has been arrested by police in the central province of Chaiyaphum. Thawee Nanra, 75, claimed to be “the father of all religions” and alleged that he could cure illnesses. Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/thai-cult-leader-thawee-excreta-b2075541.html

A man was sentenced on Wednesday (May 11) to four weeks' jail and fined S$5,000 for trying to bribe a Traffic Police officer and for other traffic offences. Krishna Rao Narisama Naidoo was also disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for 30 months. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/drunk-driver-jail-fine-bribe-traffic-police-officer-2678061

Dozens of listings on e-marketplace Carousell offer ghostwriting services for school assignments and even dissertations. Some are even offering to take online timed exams on students’ behalf. Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/some-ghostwriters-see-growing-demand-services-school-assignments-projects-and-even-exams-1896966

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Ben Davis has come back to haunt former country Singapore by opening the scoring for Thailand in their emphatic 5-0 Group B win on Monday, as the 16-time record gold medallists picked up their first points at the 31st Southeast Asian Games. Read more: https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/thailand/story/4662073/ben-davis-comes-back-haunt-singapore-thailand-claim-massive-first-win-southeast-asian-games

The “societal cost” of enlisting women into National Service (NS) now will “far outweigh” the benefits, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told Parliament on Monday (May 9). Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/women-national-service-ns-ng-eng-hen-2672736

Muslims in Singapore will celebrate Hari Raya Puasa on Tuesday (May 3) with Ramadan this year lasting for 30 days, the Mufti of Singapore said in a statement released early Monday morning. The crescent moon for the Islamic month of Syawal was not visible in Singapore at sunset on the 29th day of the Islamic month of Ramadan, said the statement. Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/cres...

ESM Goh Chok Tong received backlash for his Hari Raya greeting on Facebook that struck many netizens as distasteful. The offending post featured ESM Goh posing beside a scarecrow dressed in baju melayu and decorated with green packets and ketupat. Read more: https://planb.sg/malay-scarecrow-esm-goh-under-fire-for-hari-raya-post-featuring-scarecrow-dressed-up-for-hari-raya/

The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said that it has taken down a Hari Raya video to “avoid controversy and argument” during the festive period following online backlash that the video stereotypes the Malay community. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mci-hari-raya-video-removed-online-backlash-criticism-racial-stereotype-malay-2659456