Celebrity
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong’s wife Ho Ching joins “Naatu Naatu” frenzy
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's wife Ho Ching is the latest to give in to the worldwide obsession with the Indian song "Naatu Naatu" from the Telugu blockbuster film 'RRR'.
"Naatu Naatu" has become a veritable phenomenon across the...
Celebrity
Desmond Tan posts shirtless photo again, but commenters focus on his coffee mug instead
SINGAPORE: Desmond Tan posted another shirtless picture on his Instagram account to show his muscular and healthy physique. “Lazy sunday morning. Coffee?☕️😉” said Desmond in his post caption, alongside a coffee and a winking emoji.
To that, local personalities left...
Celebrity
Tasha Low performs hot dance with wet hair, but Rui En tells her ‘Your hair never dry properly I lend u my Dyson’ hair...
SINGAPORE: Tasha Low recently posted several photos from her recent photoshoot on her Instagram account. She was wearing a blue denim dress coupled with blue cut long sleeves.
Alongside her outfit, she also had a semi-wet hairstyle which gave...
Celebrity
Beauty influencer shares how kids can easily be kidnapped in Singapore, says ‘it’s just too safe here’
SINGAPORE: Beauty influencer Francesca Tanmizi shared her insights on how children can easily be kidnapped here in Singapore.
Going by her TikTok handle @workingwithmonolids, she posted a video of her experience with kids as they easily followed her when...
Celebrity
Naomi Neo shares her car racing experience, but netizens say ‘there’s no footage of her actually driving’ and that she’s a ‘pick me girl’
SINGAPORE: Naomi Neo recently shared her race car experience through her Instagram account. Compiled in one video, Naomi gave snippets of what happened as she drove off with luxurious cars on a huge race track from day to night.
She...
Celebrity
Kim Lim goes to her own kind of therapy; shopping & buying new luxurious items for herself
SINGAPORE – Kim Lim posted on her Instagram stories that she went on her therapy day. Instead of going to the hospital to meet a doctor, she shared that she went shopping and bought new luxurious items for herself.
In...
Arts
‘I don’t care what they think’ — Dawn Ying Yuen breaks free from all traditional barriers to achieve what she wants
SINGAPORE — Dawn Ying Yuen, is starring in the feature film “The Harvest”, a family drama about a son who returns home to his family to take care of his father, only to encounter conflicts about cultural traditions and...
Celebrity
Hong Hui Fang partners with Catwalk Taiwan, but netizen thinks it’s her last day in Mediacorp
SINGAPORE: Award-winning actress Hong Hui Fang collaborates with Mediacorp and Catwalk Taiwan. This partnership aims to bring diversification and more opportunities for the actress in the region.
In a recent Instagram post by The Celebrity Agency, the talent management company...
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Wang Lei once struggled with $300K gambling debts and targeted by 11 loan sharks, sings about the horrors in Namewee’s new ‘The 20th Floor’...
SINGAPORE: Wang Lei shares about his old gambling addiction struggles in the new song of Malaysian singer, Namewee, titled ‘The 20th Floor’. According to reports, the Getai singer had reached $300K in gambling debts and was the target of 11...
Celebrity
Ya Hui leaves Mediacorp after 15 years; says it’s time to explore things on her own
SINGAPORE – Ya Hui will leave Mediacorp after 15 long years at the end of her contract this February 2023. In an Instagram post, the actress shared this announcement and expressed her reasons as to why she pursued this...
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$78,300 boost in funding for Tchoukball Association of Singapore as they prepare for World Championships
SINGAPORE — The Tchoukball Association of Singapore (TBAS) recently announced that various benefactors, including corporates and former national athletes...
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Featured News
Amos Yee looks drastically different in new photos from US prison
SINGAPORE: New prison photos of Singaporean Amos Yee have emerged online, showing the 24-year-old looking drastically different compared to previous years.
The photos, uploaded on...
Celebrity
Jade Seah receives a note to not park in front of a private housing estate; says she’s tired of self-entitled homeowners
SINGAPORE: Jade Seah received a note left on her car’s windshield after parking in a road close to a private housing estate. In her...
Domestic Helpers
Maid wants to leave after one week because she’s not used to doing chores; gives employers attitude, refuses to eat or listen to them
SINGAPORE: A foreign domestic helper refusing to do household chores because she says she is "not used to doing" them posed a huge problem...
Opinion
OPINION | Reorienting Singapore
By Peter A. Coclanis
In a recent opinion piece in the Singapore Straits Times, associate editor Chua Mui Hoong captured some of the downsides of...
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