Plan B

As of Dec. 29, 469 customers have reported a total loss of about S$8.5 million to phishing scams involving OCBC bank, a press release by the bank stated. In particular, the Christmas weekend from Dec. 24 to 26 saw 186 customers lose up to S$2.7 million from these three days alone. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2021/12/ocbc-phishing-scam/ Brought to you by The Rehab Lab “Move Better, Live Strong...

In September, police received a report that Titus Low was allegedly transmitting “obscene materials” of his “private parts” on OnlyFans, a subscription-based social media platform known for hosting erotic content. The 22-year-old was charged in court on Dec. 30 with two counts of transmitting obscene material via electronic means for uploading 32 photographs and 29 videos to his OnlyFans account b...

What a year it has been. We reflect the year of 2021 and what sort of news captured our interest. See you next year!

The Singapore Army is replacing the current five basic exercises, famously known as 5BX, with "prehabilitation exercises", otherwise known as PX. Read more: https://mothership.sg/2021/11/no-more-5bx/

After nearly 50 years, the Primary School Leaving Examination T-score, or transformed score, came to an end with more pupils making the cut for the Express course under a new scoring system. The class of 2021 also saw 98.4 per cent of pupils doing well enough to progress to secondary school. Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/the-big-story-psle-results-out-for-first-batch-of-pupils...

We talk about our life experiences. Feels good to ventilate once in a while 😅

Barisan Nasional (BN), led by Umno, won the Malacca state election after securing enough seats to form the new state government. Unofficial results show BN winning in 16 seats, with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in four seats. Read more: https://www.thesundaily.my/local/bn-wins-malacca-polls-EH8584305

A man accused of impersonating a female gynaecologist in order to cheat a woman into sending photos of her breasts is said to have cheated 29 other victims into sending photos of their private parts. Read more: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/fake-gynaecologist-allegedly-cheated-29-more-victims-sending-photos-privates-031755321.html

Right after the Ah Girls Go Army cast was unveiled and filming kicked off on Nov. 13, some members of the public noticed that a character in the movie was named, "Amanda Man". The character is played by Kelly Kimberly Cheong, 27, who is a transgender actress, martial arts practitioner, and a TikTok content creator with more than 340,000 followers. Reactions to the post were mixed. Read more: https...

Not really easy to find headlines to fill our weekly podcasts. Sometimes we resort to reacting to boring news. Here is a glimpse how we select the best content for our listeners.

Singapore users of the Grab super app and Grab Driver app continued to face problems on Wednesday, Nov. 17, the second day of service disruption on the platform. In Singapore, food delivery riders had to put up with the Grab Driver app's buggy interface, as some struggled to complete their delivery on the app, which kept looping, while others had to reboot and refresh the app to get it to work cor...

An African lion at the Singapore Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19 after showing signs of illness, the Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) said on Wednesday (Nov 10). Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lion-singapore-zoo-covid-19-night-safari-infected-staff-2304381

Iris Koh, the woman behind Singapore's "Healing the Divide" group, intends to take the government to court for violating her human rights. In a Nov. 13 Facebook post, her lawyer, M Ravi, announced that he had been instructed by the prominent vaccine sceptic to "commence judicial review proceedings". Read more: https://mothership.sg/2021/11/healing-the-divide-legal-proceedings/

The Singapore Government will go back and review its climate change target after top level talks concluded late on Saturday (Nov 13) at COP26. The Glasgow Climate Pact was finally agreed to after negotiations stretched more than 24 hours past the deadline in Glasgow. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/cop26-singapore-climate-change-target-grace-fu-2312456

Three people were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital after a bus crashed into a taxi bay near Yishun MRT station on Saturday afternoon (Nov 6), said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). It received a call for assistance on Yishun Avenue 2 at about 1pm. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/yishun-mrt-station-shelter-collapse-bus-hits-taxi-stand-2295446

We give some Covid updates and react to new measures in place.

The Court of Appeal on Monday (May 27) dismissed two appeals by a Malaysian man who has been on death row for nine years for importing drugs into Singapore. Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, 31, was convicted and sentenced to death in November 2010 for importing 42.72g of heroin a year before. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/apex-court-dismisses-appeals-malaysian-man-death-row-9-yea...

We sat down with Sun Xueling, Minister of State at Ministries of Social and Family Development and Education of Singapore, Dr Jared Ng, Senior Consultant, Dept of Emergency & Crisis Care, Institute of Mental Health and Rachel Chew from Mental Health Collective to speak about problems surrounding the mental health of students, teachers and parents during this endemic.

We sat down with Sun Xueling, Minister of State at Ministries of Social and Family Development and Education of Singapore, Dr Jared Ng, Senior Consultant, Dept of Emergency & Crisis Care, Institute of Mental Health and Rachel Chew from Mental Health Collective to speak about problems surrounding the mental health of students, teachers and parents during this endemic.

We sat down with Sun Xueling, Minister of State at Ministries of Social and Family Development and Education of Singapore, Dr Jared Ng, Senior Consultant, Dept of Emergency & Crisis Care, Institute of Mental Health and Rachel Chew from Mental Health Collective to speak about problems surrounding the mental health of students, teachers and parents during this endemic.

An intellectual analysis of Covid and more fuckery. We attempt this discussion since we are already not travelling this December. That sucks.

A publication has been banned from distribution in Singapore due to “offensive images that denigrate religions”, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said on Monday (Nov 1). Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/red-lines-book-cartoons-banned-offensive-religions-imda-charlie-hebdo-2283596

Member of Parliament Raeesah Khan (WP-Sengkang) on Monday (Nov 1) admitted to lying in Parliament about details of a rape case that she alleged was mishandled by the police, saying she did not accompany a victim to the police station as she had claimed. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/raeesah-khan-lying-about-accompanying-rape-victim-apologises-police-mishandling-allegations-2...

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Datuk Rosol Wahid today agreed that the controversy over the whisky Timah had gone out of control. Rosol, during his ministerial winding up speech on the Trade Descriptions Bill (Amendment) 2021, was interjected by several MPs who had criticised the move, including government backbenchers, Pengerang MP Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said and Hulu Lang...

A driver and his passenger were detained on Thursday (Oct 28) after a car was seen reversing and hitting a Traffic Police officer, causing him to fall off his motorcycle. Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/traffic-police-injured-driver-reversed-upper-paya-lebar-chase-manhunt-arrested-2274691