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S’pore bus captain gives distressed boy chocolates, mother commends his kindness

Singapore – A Singaporean mother with a distressed child while in a bus was also close to tears until the bus captain walked over and handed her children some sweets.

Facebook page ROADS.sg highlighted the bus captain’s commendable behaviour in a post on Friday (Jan 28).

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Pet dog receives wrong medication from hospital before euthanisation; owners appeal to review S’pore pet healthcare

Singapore – Following a botched eye surgery and wrong prescription for their pet dog, a couple is appealing to authorities to review Singapore’s pet healthcare system.

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“We are writing to appeal to the authorities to review the framework and governance of pet healthcare in Singapore to ensure an acceptable level of care is adhered to by our veterinarian clinics,” wrote Dr Donna Chow and Mr Shaun Koh, who recently had to put their pet dog Ah Bee to rest.

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Sin Ming man rescues mynah entangled in line; screeching bird relaxes after realising rescue mission

Singapore – A Good Samaritan was caught on camera freeing a mynah that got entangled in a tree along Sin Ming, the frantic bird eventually calming down as it realised help was on the way.

Facebook page Complaint Singapore member Salahuddin Niruv uploaded a video on Saturday (Jan 29) that was unlike other complaint-related posts but still worthwhile as it involved an animal rescue.

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Ex-girlfriend asks her former boyfriend if he wants to be her sugar daddy because she needs the money

Singapore — A 22-year-old girl approached her former boyfriend asking if he wanted to be her sugar daddy because she needed the money. Her ex-boyfriend, 27, dated her for three years before they broke up in the middle of last year.

In an anonymous Facebook post on confessions page NUSWhispers, gave some background information on their situation: He was trying to move on, so being a sugar daddy would affect him emotionally. “I really don’t know what to do. To say Yes is stupid. To say No hurts me,” he wrote.

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67-year-old taxi driver found dead in vehicle at Bedok Reservoir Road

Singapore – A 67-year-old taxi driver was found dead in his vehicle at the Block 117 Bedok Reservoir Road car park on Saturday (Jan 29).

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Nearby residents told Chinese press Lianhe Zaobao that an eyewitness saw the taxi driver in his vehicle motionless and could not be awakened.

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