Experts say parents feel under increasing pressure to treat their children to 'memory making' activities at Christmas, but these are becoming increasingly expensive

SINGAPORE — When told by a «police officer» that she might be implicated in money laundering, a woman feared she would be dragged into the $3 billion case. Wanting to be known only as Grace, the retiree, 67, said that even though she was never involved in crime, she thought about Singapore's biggest money laundering case that saw 10 foreigners jailed and deported. Threatened with legal action, she agreed to help in «investigations» and transferred a total of $1.19 million to people claiming to be a bank officer, police investigator and public prosecutors. And even after she talked to real police officers, she said she still does not want to know how much she has lost. Grace spoke to the media on Nov 28. Before the interview, organised by the police, reporters were briefed by officers that she did not know the full amount, and did not want to know. Grace told reporters she had no intention of telling her husband or family members. She said: «Even when I was giving my statement to the police, I said I don't want to know how much I've lost. Even until today, I didn't really look into it.»

SINGAPORE — Over the past 12 years, Kim Vivian has completed at least 50 marathon courses. But instead of running, the Australian travels these routes on his bicycle. The 60-year-old is not your typical marathon runner; he is a course measurer who clocks many hours and kilometres, determining the length and course of various races around the world. A month before the Nov 29-Dec 1 Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM), the Perth native was in the Republic, working the course in the sweltering heat. Explaining the significance of his role, Vivian said: «All the events that I measure, all the courses, then get registered on an international database. »Then anybody can use my events to then qualify for (events like) the Boston or New York Marathon, which have got qualifying times, because they are recognised international quality events." This complex process begins with Vivian using Google Maps to measure the route, before he gets to work on the actual courses in the respective countries. One of the first things Vivan does in Singapore is setting up a calibration course, which is typically 300 metres long.

Workers at the Bahia Principe Grand Hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann, are threatening to strike on Monday after being displeased with their salary increase.  The disgruntled workers went on strike last week, pressing for improved working...

The Senate, on Friday, approved amendments to the Maintenance Act to provide for a maintenance order to be granted by the court after a child attains the age of 18 years. This is for the purpose of engaging in a course of education or training,...

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Le Caire, le 28 Novembre 2024-Après avoir séjourné en Belgique dans le cadre d'une visite de travail avec les instances de l'Union Européenne, le Président de la Transition, Président de la République, Chef de l'État le Général Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, est arrivé ce jour au Caire en Égypte. Ce déplacement du Président de la République en Egypte s'inscrit dans le cadre du renforcement des relations de coopération bilatérales entre le Gabon et l'Égypte. Cette visite du Chef de (...) - COOPERATION / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

The police say a 17-year-old boy has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm in relation to the video-recorded assault of a 15-year-old student of Hopewell High School in Hanover. The boy is among three persons who have...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the roadway in the community of Cross Roads, along the Danks to Chapelton main road in Clarendon, is closed with immediate effect. It says the closure is due to a failure of the road surface...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has charged two of the three persons arrested in this morning's targeted operations in Montego Bay, St James, and Portmore, St Catherine. MOCA says the charges are in relation to a $17...

Retired Supreme Court Judge Glenworth Brown has been appointed Chairman of the new five-member Access to Information (ATI) Appeal Tribunal. He was appointed by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen last month, along with the other members. Returning...

A manhunt is under way for 31-year-old Oshane Scott, otherwise known as 'ChinChin', who escaped police custody at the St Mary Parish Court on Friday. Scott, who is of Manchester Lane, Cox Street in Port Maria, St Mary, was...

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the lawmakers received detailed threats, include ones of a pipe bomb and swatting,

The Manitoba Metis Federation will be the first Metis group to sign a modern treaty with the federal government.

The RCMP says it's looking to redeploy up to one-quarter of its eastern region workforce to areas considered an operational priority, including to the U.S. border.

Police deployed a water cannon during the second night of pro-EU protests in Georgia Read Full Article at RT.com

Stu Deeley, from Birmingham , took home the trophy in 2019 - and in 2021, opened his own eatery, titled Smoke at luxury hotel Hampton Manor, in Solihull.

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A shocking video from the 2013 series of Celebrity MasterChef shows Gregg Wallace making the remark about comedian Katy Brand's egg tart.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC told 81-year-old Mary Pettman (pictured) he was coping well after stepping back from his star role on the hit BBC One cooking show.

Bobby Sands was one of ten who went on hunger strike over the government's refusal to grant Republican inmates 'special category status'.

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Weldon Maddan, the chairman of board of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), has resigned over the agency's withdrawal of the court case against Trade Winds Citrus Limited in relation to an oil spill in the Rio Cobre ...

A man was fatally shot in the head in Braeton, Portmore, St Catherine this afternoon. It is reported that DeAndre Knight, otherwise called 'Duppy Man', was attacked by men armed with gun while in his yard. The shooting happened before 2 o...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in the Morass, Bastard Cedar Walk, Pullet Lane, Bullet Tree Lane, and Shrewsbury Logwood communities in Whithorn, Westmoreland. The curfew will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m., on Saturday. The boundaries of the...