Plan B

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

Fans of KFC's french fries are in for another round of disappointment as the fast food chain has announced that they're out of fries again. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/kfc-no-fries/

A High Court judge in Singapore released the names of the six trainee lawyers who had cheated during the Bar exams. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/names-lawyers-cheat-bar-exam-singapore/

We speak to a victim of a deepfake porn blackmail scam.

A sizeable proportion of employees here prefer to retain flexible work arrangements rather than work from the office or from home on most days, a study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has found. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/work-home-pandemic-ips-survey-return-office-workplace-2645741

For flipping his tray. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/sengkang-tray-hawker-fight-hospital/

A food stall selling pretzels at Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar claimed to have channeled more than S$50,000 into her stall in just two weeks. https://mothership.sg/2022/04/geylang-serai-bazaar-stall-rent/

Old Enough! is an iconic Japanese show which started in the late 80s that features children running errands alone. This very basic formula has seen worldwide success. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/old-enough-netflix/

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has said it is “shocked and deeply saddened” by the deaths of six Rohingya, including two children, who died on Wednesday in an escape this week from a temporary immigration detention centre in northern Malaysia. Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/22/un-refugee-agency-shocked-at-rohingya-deaths-in-malaysia-escape

The clip shows a dramatic altercation between two women, including a receptionist from Everhealth Medical and Everhealth Family Clinic. The clinic has since issued a statement on Facebook apologising for the receptionist’s behaviour. Read more: https://mustsharenews.com/bukit-batok-clinic-apologises/amp/

On Apr. 16, a picture of a woman assisting a young boy as he peed into a bottle at a food court was uploaded onto community Facebook page COMPLAINT SINGAPORE. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/boy-pee-bottle-tiong-bahru-food-court/

A viral video showing a Singaporean man and other missionaries singing worship songs mid-flight on a plane has gone viral across Tiktok and Twitter. The Singaporean man has been identified as Jonathan Neo, who claimed on his now-private Instagram reels that he was given permission to sing by the flight crew. Read more: https://nextshark.com/singaporean-man-worship-songs-plane/

Five law graduates have had their applications for admission to the Bar delayed by six months and one other for a year because all six were caught cheating in their Bar exams. Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/culture-cheating-judge-delays-bar-admission-6-law-graduates-caught-cheating-exams-1875451

A 46-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday evening (Apr 14) after he allegedly attacked a woman in the Beach Road area, leaving her bleeding profusely from slash wounds. Police said they responded to the case at about 5.30pm. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/beach-road-liang-seah-chopper-man-attack-woman-2626486

The High Court in Johor has sentenced a clerk to six years in prison and a fine of RM6,000 (S$1,928) for reckless driving, which resulted in the death of eight teenage cyclists five years ago. The decision overturned a Magistrate's Court decision to acquit and discharge Sam Ke Ting over the case. https://www.todayonline.com/world/malaysia-court-overturns-acquittal-jails-woman-6-years-mowing-down-8...

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong had on Feb 18 delivered his first Budget speech, announcing measures to chart a new way forward for Singapore. On Thursday (Apr 14), he was announced as leader of the People's Action Party's (PAP) fourth-generation (4G) team. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lawrence-wong-finance-minister-leader-4g-team-2626296

We talk about commentaries surrounding the various bazaar that were opened during the fasting period.

According to a handwritten record of daily takings by one food delivery rider in Singapore, it appears that working 31 days consecutively can allow one to make S$8,511.64. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/04/singapore-food-delivery-earn-8k/

After consuming alcohol, a man looked down at a group of people having a barbecue by the pool two floors down from his condominium unit and threw a wine bottle towards them. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-threw-bottle-spottiswoode-condominium-man-died-andrew-gosling-admits-crimes-2518996