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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Repeat offender who kept sex roster for 4 underage girls gets 10 years’ corrective training, caning
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SINGAPORE: A repeat sex offender who held weekly meetings with four underage girls and set up a roster for sex acts with them was sentenced on Thursday (Apr 2) to 10 years’ corrective training and eight strokes of the cane. Corrective training is a separate regime from imprisonment, usually imposed on repeat offenders. There is
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
Commentary: COVID-19 could shrink earnings of 2020 graduates for years to come
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KNOXVILLE, Tennessee: Before the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses and schools to close, US high school and college students graduating in 2020 could have expected to enter the strongest job market in 50 years. Now, due to massive economic fallout, the Class of 2020 is at risk of graduating into a recession. Advertisement Advertisement This souring
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
Movie-inspired teenager who robbed 7-Eleven store gets almost 3 years’ probation
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SINGAPORE: A teenager who robbed a 7-Eleven store, as he felt hungry and wanted to mimic movie scenes, was sentenced to two years and nine months’ probation on Friday (Mar 27). Jacob Seow, now 19, has to undergo a violence prevention programme and perform 150 hours of community service. He had pleaded guilty last month to one
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Man who grew cannabis plants in his Yishun flat gets 4 years’ jail
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SINGAPORE: A man who grew cannabis plants in his Yishun flat was sentenced to four years’ jail on Wednesday (Mar 25) for cultivating a Class A controlled drug and other drug-related charges. Artamu Ibrahim, 45, pleaded guilty to one charge of cultivating two cannabis plants at Block 336A, Yishun Street 31, another charge of consuming a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
Father jailed for sexually abusing daughter over 3 years from when she was 6 years old
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SINGAPORE: A man with three daughters who sexually abused the youngest for three years from when she was six has been jailed on Monday (Mar 23). For a mix of sexual offences and consumption of methamphetamine, the 52-year-old man, who cannot be named because of a gag order protecting the victim, was sentenced to 18 years’
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 18, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak could last 2 years in Thailand but there is still time to limit impact: Expert
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BANGKOK: Half of Thailand’s population – about 33 million people – could be infected by COVID-19 over the next two years in the worst case scenario described by deputy director of the Disease Control Department Dr Thanarak Phaliphat. “We’ve forecast three scenarios of widespread transmission. If Thais coordinate well, infections will be limited over the next
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 18, 2020
China expels US journalists in biggest crackdown in years
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BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Mar 18) expelled American journalists at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal in the Communist government’s most severe move against foreign media in recent memory. The drastic move came as the two powers are feuding over the deadly coronavirus pandemic, with President Donald Trump provocatively branding
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 17, 2020
Singapore has months’ worth of stockpiles, planned for disruption of supplies from Malaysia for years: Chan Chun Sing
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SINGAPORE: Singapore has months’ worth of stockpiles at the national level, and has planned for a disruption of supplies from Malaysia over many years, Minister of Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Tuesday (Mar 17). Currently, Singapore has more than three months’ worth of carbohydrates like rice and noodles, and more than two
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 17, 2020
StanChart robbery: David Roach charged in Singapore almost 4 years after alleged offences
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SINGAPORE: Almost four years after he fled the country following an alleged robbery of a Standard Chartered bank branch, Canadian national David James Roach was charged with the offences in Singapore’s courts. Roach, whose escape to Thailand and subsequent extraditions were widely publicised in international media, was denied bail after the prosecution made arguments on
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
17 years after SARS, this quarantine order agent is back on the frontline battling COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: When he was deployed by Certis during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, Sergeant (Auxiliary Police Force) Gogulakanan Govindasamy was a 26-year-old bachelor who wanted to make a difference. Seventeen years later, he is a married man with three children, but his desire to help out in a crisis has not waned. Advertisement Advertisement “Now
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
17 years after SARS, this quarantine order agent is back on the frontline
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SINGAPORE: When he was deployed by Certis during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, Sergeant (Auxiliary Police Force) Gogulakanan Govindasamy was a 26-year-old bachelor who wanted to make a difference. Seventeen years later, he is a married man with three children, but his desire to help out in a crisis has not waned. Advertisement Advertisement “Now
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
New York judge sentences former film producer Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison
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NEW YORK: Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday (Mar 11) following his sexual assault and rape conviction last month in a case hailed as a victory for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct. The sentence was handed down in Manhattan criminal court by Justice James Burke, who presided over
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Man jailed for more than 4 years for depositing fake S$10,000 note
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SINGAPORE: A man who deposited a counterfeit S$10,000 note at a DBS bank branch was sentenced to four years and two months’ jail on Thursday (Mar 5). Saw Eng Kiat, 61, had pleaded guilty to one count of using as genuine a counterfeit currency note at the DBS Bank branch at Harbourfront Centre on Oct 11
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Commentary: COVID-19 collapse exceeds any recession in the last 150 years
CAMBRIDGE: With each passing day, the 2008 global financial crisis increasingly looks like a mere dry run for today’s economic catastrophe. The short-term collapse in global output now underway already seems likely to rival or exceed that of any recession in the last 150 years. Advertisement Advertisement Even with all-out efforts by central banks and