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| Amandine Honvault got lots of responses to her cheeky video. SCREENGRAB: NEWTOSINGAPORE/TIKTOK |
Sep 1, 2025
"Their expectations are unmatched," says the woman, tongue in cheek.
"Their expectations are unmatched," says the woman, tongue in cheek.
Sunday, September 7, 2025
'So tiring' to be friends with Singaporeans, says French woman
Monday, September 1, 2025
Sammy Obeid - Censorship Allegations
Comedian Sammy Obeid alleges censorship as shows cancelled; IMDA cites late licence application
IMDA said it had not requested any edits to be made to the script and that the licence was rejected because it was submitted late. |
| Stand-up comedian Sammy Obeid and a screenshot of his Instagram post on Aug 27, 2025, about his event's cancellation. (File photos: Mr Sammy Obeid's website and Instagram/@sammyobeid) |
28 Aug 2025
SINGAPORE: The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said on Thursday (Aug 28) that several allegations by a comedian about his Singapore shows’ cancellation were "inaccurate".
The authority said the licence application for Mr Sammy Obeid's shows on Sunday was rejected because it was submitted late.
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Contested police statements by doctor in fake COVID-19 jab case can be used by prosecution, court rules
The six statements by Dr Jipson Quah implicate his co-accused Iris Koh Hsiao Pei and identify patients who allegedly used saline instead of COVID-19 vaccines.
Lydia Lam
SINGAPORE: A court ruled on Monday (Jul 28) that contested police statements by a doctor in a case of fake COVID-19 vaccines are admissible and can be used by the prosecution.
The six statements, made in January 2022 by Dr Jipson Quah, implicate his co-accused Iris Koh Hsiao Pei and identify patients who allegedly used saline instead of COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr Quah, 37, is on trial along with his clinic assistant, Thomas Chua Cheng Soon, 43, and Koh, 49, who founded Healing the Divide, a group that is known to be against COVID-19 vaccination.
Quah is contesting 17 charges of dishonestly making false representations to the Health Promotion Board that his patients had received the COVID-19 vaccines, when they had not.
He is accused of conspiring with his patients, Koh and Chua, in various permutations.
However, soon after the trial began, Dr Quah's lawyer Adrian Wee objected to the six contested police statements being used.
In the six contested statements, Dr Quah identified 15 to 17 patients who had taken saline shots instead of COVID-19 vaccines, in order to be reflected as vaccinated in the National Immunisation Registry.
He also claimed that Koh was the "complete mastermind" and that most of the patients were directed to him by Koh.
Dr Quah alleged that the statements were given under two inducements while he was remanded for investigations.
First, that he could be granted bail if he helped the police identify the names of patients who received fake vaccinations.
Second, that he could be given bail if he helped the police to implicate his co-accused Koh in his statements.
This issue was looked at in an ancillary hearing – a separate hearing to decide on this specific issue – over several days.
On Monday, District Judge Paul Quan agreed with the prosecution that the statements were admissible and that no threat, inducement or promise was made by the police officers to Dr Quah.
Judge Quan said the statements were given voluntarily, and that Dr Quah had continued to implicate Koh even after being bailed out, "indeed doubling down".
The main trial will resume in the afternoon, with one of the investigation officers recalled to the stand.
Dr Quah is represented by Mr Adrian Wee, while Mr Wee Pan Lee defends Koh. Chua is currently unrepresented but said he is in talks to get a lawyer on board.
Source: CNA/ll(mi)
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| (From left) Dr Jipson Quah, Iris Koh Hsiao Pei and Thomas Chua Cheng Soon at the State Courts on Jul 28, 2025. (Photos: CNA/Syamil Sapari) |
Lydia Lam
28 Jul 2025
SINGAPORE: A court ruled on Monday (Jul 28) that contested police statements by a doctor in a case of fake COVID-19 vaccines are admissible and can be used by the prosecution.
The six statements, made in January 2022 by Dr Jipson Quah, implicate his co-accused Iris Koh Hsiao Pei and identify patients who allegedly used saline instead of COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr Quah, 37, is on trial along with his clinic assistant, Thomas Chua Cheng Soon, 43, and Koh, 49, who founded Healing the Divide, a group that is known to be against COVID-19 vaccination.
Quah is contesting 17 charges of dishonestly making false representations to the Health Promotion Board that his patients had received the COVID-19 vaccines, when they had not.
He is accused of conspiring with his patients, Koh and Chua, in various permutations.
However, soon after the trial began, Dr Quah's lawyer Adrian Wee objected to the six contested police statements being used.
In the six contested statements, Dr Quah identified 15 to 17 patients who had taken saline shots instead of COVID-19 vaccines, in order to be reflected as vaccinated in the National Immunisation Registry.
He also claimed that Koh was the "complete mastermind" and that most of the patients were directed to him by Koh.
Dr Quah alleged that the statements were given under two inducements while he was remanded for investigations.
First, that he could be granted bail if he helped the police identify the names of patients who received fake vaccinations.
Second, that he could be given bail if he helped the police to implicate his co-accused Koh in his statements.
This issue was looked at in an ancillary hearing – a separate hearing to decide on this specific issue – over several days.
On Monday, District Judge Paul Quan agreed with the prosecution that the statements were admissible and that no threat, inducement or promise was made by the police officers to Dr Quah.
Judge Quan said the statements were given voluntarily, and that Dr Quah had continued to implicate Koh even after being bailed out, "indeed doubling down".
The main trial will resume in the afternoon, with one of the investigation officers recalled to the stand.
Dr Quah is represented by Mr Adrian Wee, while Mr Wee Pan Lee defends Koh. Chua is currently unrepresented but said he is in talks to get a lawyer on board.
Source: CNA/ll(mi)
Monday, July 14, 2025
Plaque containing anti-smoking message installed at smoking samsui woman mural
Part of the plaque reads: "Smoking has been shown to be extremely harmful to one's health."
Ng Hong Siang
Rachel Lim
11 Jul 2025
SINGAPORE: A plaque bearing an anti-smoking message has been installed at the site of the smoking samsui woman mural in Chinatown, which garnered debate last year.
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| A plaque was installed at the mural of a samsui woman smoking a cigarette. (Photo: CNA) |
Ng Hong Siang
Rachel Lim
11 Jul 2025
SINGAPORE: A plaque bearing an anti-smoking message has been installed at the site of the smoking samsui woman mural in Chinatown, which garnered debate last year.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Megan Khung deserved better. It takes all of us to keep other children like her safe
Video: "Hope she rots in hell..." Worst Mom Ever
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| Megan Khung died after her mother Foo Li Ping's boyfriend Wong Shi Xiang punched her in the stomach. PHOTOS: CCXXCXCX/INSTAGRAM, SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS READER, INSTAGRAM |
Theresa Tan
APR 11, 2025
The death of four-year-old Megan Khung, who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her mother and her former boyfriend, has shocked many Singaporeans.
Topmost on people’s minds are these questions: Why did Megan have to die? What more could the child protection authorities and social service agencies have done to save the child?
The death of four-year-old Megan Khung, who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her mother and her former boyfriend, has shocked many Singaporeans.
Topmost on people’s minds are these questions: Why did Megan have to die? What more could the child protection authorities and social service agencies have done to save the child?
Little India riot: The dog that did not bark
TODAY
31 Dec 2013
Singapore
By Eugene KB Tan -
In the aftermath of the Little India riot, the focus and dominant narrative, unsurprisingly, have been on law and order issues.
The Government’s narrative is that the riot was a “one-off” spontaneous mayhem; the proximate cause being the inebriated state of some foreign workers reacting angrily and violently to a fatal accident involving one of their own.
Yet, the law and order narrative does not sit well with the long-standing issues in Little India, such as the easy availability of alcohol, jaywalking, littering and other public nuisances, as well as overcrowding.
31 Dec 2013
Singapore
By Eugene KB Tan -
In the aftermath of the Little India riot, the focus and dominant narrative, unsurprisingly, have been on law and order issues.
The Government’s narrative is that the riot was a “one-off” spontaneous mayhem; the proximate cause being the inebriated state of some foreign workers reacting angrily and violently to a fatal accident involving one of their own.
Yet, the law and order narrative does not sit well with the long-standing issues in Little India, such as the easy availability of alcohol, jaywalking, littering and other public nuisances, as well as overcrowding.
Record 122°C subsurface temperature found in Sembawang, suggesting geothermal energy potential
Geothermal energy, a clean and renewable source of energy from the ground, could reduce Singapore’s reliance on fossil fuels.
Erin Liam
03 Jul 2025
SINGAPORE: At a small plot of land just 600m from Sembawang Hot Spring, researchers have found subsurface temperatures of 122 degrees Celsius - the highest recorded in Singapore to date.
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| Granite rock core samples obtained from 1,200m below ground at the Sembawang site. (Photo: NTU) |
Erin Liam
03 Jul 2025
SINGAPORE: At a small plot of land just 600m from Sembawang Hot Spring, researchers have found subsurface temperatures of 122 degrees Celsius - the highest recorded in Singapore to date.
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