A 23-year-old cyclist was captured on dashcam footage riding his Power Assisted Bicycle (PAB) across a traffic junction in Hougang, when he was ran over by a silver car on Sunday (July 13).Miraculously, the rider was able to stand and walk away from the scene.Horrifying footage posted by Facebook page SG Road Vigilante shows the car, which was turning left at the junction, mounting the pedestrian crossing, ramming and running over the cyclist who had stopped there.The impact pushes the man forward onto the road and the car wheels roll over him a second time. The cyclist is seen stumbling and slowly standing up to pick up an item near his damaged PAB. A passer-by then approaches and gestures for him to sit at the crossing.Several cars can be seen driving past the scene while the car, which had crashed into the road divider, remains lodged against the traffic light.It then reverses, revealing a visibly damaged front bumper, before driving off.A street name sign was also dislodged in the accident. 

A locksmith has filed a police report after he was harassed by members of the public for allegedly raising his voice at an elderly woman in Yishun, according to a Facebook post by the locksmith last Saturday (July 12).The locksmith, surnamed Koh, said he has made a police report regarding an incident last Thursday (July 10) where he was called to unlock a door in Yishun.According to a viral Facebook post then, an elderly woman was locked out of her home at around 7am because of a broken key and sought help from two neighbours.The neighbours, unable to open her door, enlisted Koh's assistance.While Koh was on his way over, however, the trio managed to retrieve the woman's spare keys by using a long stick to reach into her home, unlocking the door.By the time Koh was notified that his assistance was no longer needed, he was already near to the woman's home and went to meet them.The post alleged that Koh «looked really angry» and began scolding them, seeking $80 in fees and ignoring requests for him to check her door.After Koh left, the elderly woman was purportedly in tears.

SINGAPORE — A 31-year-old woman who was suffering from persecutory delusions became frightened that her adoptive father would kick her out of the family's Sengkang flat after her adoptive mother died from cancer.After he rejected her demand to be added as an owner of the flat, she killed him at home with a chopper.On July 14, Tan Qiu Yan was sentenced to 18 years' jail after she pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the killing in November 2022.She was originally charged with murder, but was found to be suffering from a delusional disorder that diminished her mental responsibility for her actions.Tan was adopted by Tan Ah Bang and Madam Koh Li Hua in 1992 when she was a baby.After Madam Koh was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019, she promised her daughter her share of the flat.However, the flat was owned by Tan's parents as joint tenants, which meant that when Madam Koh died, her share automatically passed to Mr Tan.Madam Koh died on Aug 29, 2022.

Singapore's economy continued to expand in the second quarter of 2025, despite global uncertainty stemming from US tariff policies.The economy grew by 4.3 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, up from 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, according to advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Monday (July 14). On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted basis, the economy expanded by 1.4 per cent, a turnaround from the 0.5 per cent contraction in the first quarter of 2025, said MTI.For the first half of 2025, GDP growth averaged at 4.2 per cent year-on-year, though MTI warned of «significant uncertainty and downside risks» in the second half of the year citing heightened uncertainty surrounding US tariff policies.On a sectoral basis, the manufacturing sector grew by 5.5 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, showing a significant uptick from 4.4 per cent in the previous quarter. According to MTI, the growth was driven by output expansions across all clusters, except for the chemicals and general manufacturing clusters. 

Seven people received medical treatment after a fire broke out at the corridor of a Chai Chee Housing and Development Board (HDB) block.The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told AsiaOne that firefighters from Paya Lebar and Changi Fire Station responded to a fire at Block 52, Chai Chee Street at about 8:05am on Sunday (July 13).Upon their arrival, the fire was «well-alight» - and it involved household items placed at the 13th floor lift lobby which was extinguished using a water jet, said SCDF.Two units above the lobby sustained heat and soot damage and 35 residents were evacuated from the block by the police and SCDF as a precautionary measure.Seven people were treated by SCDF paramedics at the scene and declined to be sent to the hospital.The fire involved the burning of joss paper near some «miscellaneous» items and affected power supply to the entire block, reported Lianhe Zaobao.According to the Chinese daily, a large amount of debris, alongside blackened pots, pans and charred wooden cabinets and chairs, was piled up in the lobby where the fire broke out.

When making payments using their SG60 vouchers, an elderly couple was befuddled when told that some of it had already been spent.One of them then approached the police for help and discovered that over half of their $800 in vouchers had allegedly been redeemed by a stranger.Retiree Li, 64, told Shin Min Daily News that he had claimed his SG60 vouchers at a community club in Chinatown on July 2, where staff had printed out the QR codes for his convenience.On July 5, his wife tried using $12 in merchant vouchers to pay but was purportedly told that one $10 voucher had been used.The same thing happened again the next day, when Li tried to make payment with two $10 in supermarket vouchers but was informed that one voucher had been spent.The retiree immediately reported the matter to staff at the community club, who asked if his family members had used the vouchers.«I called my two sons to check again, and they both said they never used it. The staff then suggested that I file a police report,» he recalled.[[nid:719561]]

Renny Rahman first received a call from her daughter's form teacher, informing her that her one-year-old had been injured while playing at her pre-school.The bleeding had stopped and little Lisa was no longer crying, the mother was allegedly told by the staff at the Ang Mo Kio pre-school on Thursday (July 3).But what was described as a «minor injury» turned out to be far more serious - her daughter required painful surgery on the same day to close a deep laceration on her tongue.In a series of Instagram stories, Rahman, 35, who declined to give her occupation, said she has several questions for the school. Among them, why her daughter was put to sleep for nap time after the incident, instead of being taken to a clinic immediately after the accident.«They are not medical professionals, so it's not up to them what is serious and what is not,» she added. «And the fact they downplayed the whole situation about the fall. They didn't even mention how deep the cut was.»

Local walking group Pa Pa Zao, founded by comedian-director Jack Neo, held their third anniversary celebrations for a cause at Punggol Coast Mall early on Sunday (July 13) morning.An estimated 3,000 participants attended the event, which kicked off at about 8am with warm-up exercises followed by a walk — naturally.Organised in partnership with the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), the theme for the event was Life Unstoppable, and featured games, performances and appearances by around 80 celebrities and personalities.The event was also graced by Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and Minister for Law Edwin Tong.

The PAP Community Foundation (PCF) held their annual family day event at the Singapore Expo today (July 13) in celebration of Singapore's 60th year of independence.Held under the theme Bridging Generations, Inspiring Our Future, the event saw over 4,000 participants in attendance - a mix of seniors, educators and children from PCF's service arms - with 2,025 taking part in the PCF SG60 jigsaw puzzle challenge and setting a new Singapore Book of Records.The record for the largest number of people to complete a jigsaw puzzle was previously held by 1,716 individuals at Ci Yuan Community Centre.PCF Family Day 2025 Chairperson Yeo Wan Ling said the puzzle represents what PCF stands for.«Just like pieces of a puzzle, each of us plays a unique and important role in our community. When we work closely together, we create something stronger, something wholesome,» she said during her opening speech.«That is what PCF has been doing across generations, across all these decades, helping families come together in new and meaningful ways, building the Singapore that we know and love today.» 

A 40-year-old male driver rammed into a pasar malam (night market) stall at Block 52A Circuit Road on July 11, which killed a 66-year-old woman.Police told AsiaOne they were alerted to the incident at about 11.45pm and the woman was pronounced dead at scene by a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic.The man was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and driving without licence and insurance.Police investigations are ongoing.In a post by SGRV Front Man on July 12, the aftermath of the crash was shown.A black GetGo car is seen lodged into one of the pasar malam's stalls, which appeared to be located in front of a multi-storey car park.According to the post, the victim, said to be a stall-holder, was crushed against the wall and the driver allegedly tried to flee the scene.[[nid:720107]]syarifahsn@asiaone.comNo part of this article can be reproduced without permission from AsiaOne.

SINGAPORE - Over several weeks in 2025, a woman tried to get her 19-year-old son arrested over his addiction to drug-laced e-vaporisers, specifically Kpods.The once-active teenager had become withdrawn since November 2024, when he started puffing Kpods, which are vapes laced with etomidate, a powerful anaesthetic.He also started cutting his own face and arms with a knife.«We saw many videos of people on TikTok saying Kpods can make a person suicidal, so we tried to stop him,» Susan (not her real name) told The Straits Times, adding that her husband decided to install security cameras at home.They saw him on video stumbling out of his room. He was struggling to walk.«I spoke to him the next day to ask him what happened, and he said he had injured his legs while lion-dancing, so I did not suspect too much,» she said.Over the next few days, they noticed their son would change between five and 10 pairs of shorts throughout the night.

The last image Mr Delfard Tay has of his 19-year-old daughter Shermaine is a video of her stumbling out of their three-room flat in Tanjong Pagar.She looks unsteady in the footage, as she tries to get up from the sofa she slept on in the living room.It was a familiar sight – and Mr Tay knew she had used Kpod, a type of vape pod containing liquid laced with the powerful anaesthetic drug etomidate.For months in 2024, he had argued with his only child, urging her to quit using Kpods.He knew how destructive substance addiction could be – after all, he had criminal convictions for drug trafficking and other offences.Mr Tay, 43, said his daughter had been under drug supervision for using methamphetamine or Ice, which she had consumed at her boyfriend’s home some time between 2023 and 2024.It was her first brush with the law, and she did not abuse drugs after that, he added.She then tried to convince him that Kpods were safe, but her addiction to them ended her life.Mr Tay said with a sigh: “I wanted to lead by example and tell her to stay away from drugs and Kpods... But it was a bit too late.”

Two vehicles collided near Joo Koon on July 11, leaving one on its side. Dashcam footage of the incident, which happened at around 1.30pm, was uploaded onto Facebook group SG Road Vigilante. In the footage, a car can be seen turning at the cross junction of Benoi Road and Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim when it crashed into another that was travelling straight. This caused the latter to tip over onto its side and spin, with the first car nearly toppling over.The police told AsiaOne that the two drivers, men aged 41 and 55, were taken conscious to National University Hospital by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).Police investigations are ongoing. SCDF told AsiaOne they assessed another person for minor injuries, who declined to be sent to the hospital.[[nid:720081]]melissateo@asiaone.com

Do you live in Punggol and are looking to meet new people? Well, we have just the right candidate for you, albeit an unexpected one. Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and MP for Punggol North (Punggol GRC) recently posted an invitation on his Instagram on July 10 which read: «Can we have a date?» The 66-year-old wrote: «I would like to get to know more about residents in Punggol North. So I thought of inviting you and your family to join me for dinner.» He also said that he hopes to do so one family at a time so he can «really really» get to know the residents. 

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has impounded 151 non-compliant Active Mobility Devices (AMD) over the past two months, according to a Facebook post on Friday (July 11).Enforcement officers also detected 232 active mobility offences, the post stated.AMDs include Power-Assisted Bicycles (PAB), Personal Mobility Devices (PMD) and Personal Mobility Aids (PMA).These offences include the use of PABs with improper or missing registration plates, riding or keeping illegally modified PABs and riding bicycles without working handbrakes, LTA said.The LTA also worked alongside police officers from Marina Bay, Punggol, and Geylang Neighbourhood Police Centres as part of this joint operations, targeting large group gatherings of active mobility users over the school holidays.LTA also warned that first-time offenders caught using improper or obscured PAB number plates may face fines up to $1,000 and jail for three months. «Those using non-compliant devices on paths face up to $10,000 fine and/or six months' jail,» the authority stated.

SINGAPORE - A man who is serving a 35-year jail term for abusing his two children, resulting in the death of his five-year-old daughter, had his sentence increased to life imprisonment on July 11, after his appeal for a reduced term failed.The 45-year-old man had appealed for a sentence of between 25 and a half and 30 years' jail.Instead, the Court of Appeal exercised its discretion to enhance the individual sentence for the man's most serious charge, one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, from the original 15 years to life imprisonment.The man cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the identity of his son, who survived the abuse.While the prosecution did not file an appeal against the original sentence, the court had asked parties to prepare submissions on whether this case was one of the worst types of cases of culpable homicide that warranted life imprisonment.The man's lawyer, Mr Mervyn Cheong, argued that a life term was not warranted.He noted that neither the prosecution nor the defence appealed against the individual sentence for the culpable homicide charge, and that 35 years was a lengthy sentence.

OCBC will see a leadership change at the turn of the year with Tan Teck Long taking over from current Group CEO Helen Wong, who will retire on Dec 31, the bank announced on Friday (July 11). Tan, 55, who joined OCBC in March 2022 as its head of global wholesale banking, will take on the additional role of deputy CEO effective immediately. Following her retirement, Wong, 64, will remain as chairman of OCBC China and a director of OCBC Hong Kong. She joined OCBC in February 2020 as deputy president and head of global wholesale banking before becoming group CEO in April 2021.She had informed the board last year of her intentions to retire for family reasons and has been spending more time in Hong Kong — where her family is based — since the start of 2025, the bank said.«The board reluctantly accepted Helen's request to retire to spend more time with her family,» said OCBC chairman Andrew Lee. OCBC said that the bank delivered «record profits» for three consecutive years under Wong's leadership.

SINGAPORE — A Singaporean who was trying to avoid his national service (NS) obligations in the 1990s used fake Malaysian passports to enter and exit the Republic to conceal his identity from the authorities.Over a span of five years from 2006 to 2011, Low Eng Kheng, 60, used the fake passports 876 times at various checkpoints in Singapore.On July 11, Low was sentenced to eight months and 18 weeks' jail after pleading guilty to five charges under the Immigration Act.The court heard that in the early 1990s, Low left Singapore for Malaysia as he did not wish to complete his obligations as an operationally ready national serviceman (NSman).He remained in Malaysia and did not return to Singapore, and his Singapore passport expired in June 2000.In 2006, Low wanted to travel to Singapore to visit his family as his mother's health was deteriorating, but was afraid of using his actual Singapore identity as he believed that he was wanted by the authorities for not fulfilling his NSman obligations.

A woman suffered facial wounds after a man allegedly attacked her with a knife at the void deck of a Jurong West block. The incident occurred at Block 965 Jurong West Street 93 at about 6.40pm on Thursday (July 10), reported Shin Min Daily News.A reporter from the Chinese evening daily at the scene saw police officers identifying evidence, which included a fruit knife.It was reported that the woman's face was covered in blood and sported two forehead wounds, with one cut about four centimetres long. A male victim also suffered minor head injuries.Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the police confirmed they had received a call for assistance, and that a 64-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman sustained minor injuries but refused to be taken to hospital.A 66-year-old man sustained minor injuries and was conscious when taken to the hospital. He was subsequently arrested for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon and suspected drug-related offences.Police seized two knives as case exhibits, and the suspected drug-related offences have been referred to the Central Narcotics Bureau. Investigations are ongoing.

Nestled in a densely-populated area in Yishun, lay two unassuming massage parlours where some employees were allegedly providing sexual services to customers.During an operation that took place on June 30, officers from the Woodlands Police Division raided the two establishments simultaneously.AsiaOne was among the media invited to visit the scenes where three women aged between 23 and 35 were arrested for allegedly providing sexual services under the guise of massages.One of them was a Singapore Permanent Resident while the remaining two were foreigners.The two massage parlours were located on the first floor of an HDB block, surrounded by a dental clinic, a musical enrichment centre for children, a traditional Chinese medicine clinic as well as two minimarts and a coffeeshop.