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UOB staff saves 70-year-old man from losing S$150K to ‘Dutch girlfriend’ in internet love scam

 

A man in his 70s walked into UOB’s main branch in Raffles Place earlier this year and tried to send a cheque worth more than S$150,000 to an offshore account not in his name.

He said it was urgent as he was sending the money to his girlfriend in the Netherlands.

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Maid says she’s depressed because her employer complains about everything she cooks; wants transfer but afraid of another 2 months’ salary cut

 

Domestic helpers Elaine (Left) and “Melissa” have learned to make an Indian dish called samosas at their free cooking training class in Hong Kong June 28, 2016. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Maylin Hartwick

A foreign domestic helper took to social media, asking others for advice on what to do when her employer kept finding fault with all her work in the kitchen.

In an anonymous post on Friday (Sept 16) to Facebook page FDW in Singapore, the helper wrote that she was new to Singapore and to her employer as well. She added that she was very depressed because even though she tried her best to reach her employers’ standards, it was still not enough.

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F1 big party weekend: Find out how much you could end up spending; don’t say we didn’t warn you

 

Photo: Screengrab / Trip Advisor

After two years of Covid-19, many Singaporeans are no doubt excited about the return of the F1 Singapore Grand Prix season from Sept 30 to Oct 2.

The least expensive event is the Zone 4 Walkabout at 3pm on Sept 30 (Friday). Tickets for this practice race are selling at $98.

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Faris Ramli & Song Uiyong are out of the Singapore squad for Vietnam & India matches

 

Photo: Facebook screengrab / singaporefootball

Hougang United’s Sahil Suhaimi and Syed Firdaus from Tampines Rovers have been called up to the Singapore national football team to replace the duo of Faris Ramli and Song Uiyong for the Hung Thinh International Football Tournament 2022 in Vietnam from 21 to 27 Sept 2022.

Sahil is a replacement for Lion City Sailors’ Faris whose wife is expecting to deliver their second son in the coming week. The forward, who last played for the Lions in November 2019 has 20 caps and one international goal to his name.

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PV’s Prabu: Top priority for the government is to control inflation & economic recovery

 

Photo: Faceboook screengrab / PeoplesVoiceSingapore

Prabu Ramachandran from the opposition party Peoples Voice calls for the government to focus on paving the road to economic recovery as their current plans to control inflation do not seem to have their desired effect.

“Increasing interest rates will traditionally slow down inflation, but at the same time increasing GST has shown historically to fuel inflation,” posted Prabu on his Facebook page.

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