SINGAPORE – Two of the PAP's reserve candidates from the May 2025 general election have hit the ground in Tampines and Punggol, less than a year on from the polls.In-house lawyer Ahmad Firdaus Daud, who previously volunteered in Nee Soon GRC, is now vice-chair of the Punggol North PAP branch, while entrepreneur Mustaffa Kamal has been seen with the party's Tampines Central branch. He had previously volunteered in Joo Chiat.The two have regularly attended the party's Meet-the-People sessions and have been pictured with the GRCs' MPs at community events since at least late 2025.

SINGAPORE – Water activities such as swimming and kayaking have been suspended at Siloso, Palawan and Tanjong Beach in Sentosa until further notice after a crocodile was spotted in the waters off Sentosa Cove.The Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) said it and the National Parks Board (NParks) were alerted to the presence of the reptile on the evening of Jan 31.«As the sighting was assessed to be valid, a joint team was immediately activated to search for it. The search by NParks and SDC is currently ongoing,» SDC said in a Jan 31 Facebook post.While the beaches remain open, SDC said water activities are not allowed on the three beaches.It also said it has stepped up patrols and monitoring across the island's beachfront areas.«Members of the public are advised to adhere strictly to safety signages and instructions on the ground,» it added.The public are advised to remain calm and back away slowly if they encounter a crocodile.Any sightings and encounter should be reported to NParks Animal Response Centre at 1800-476-1600.

A car was sent spinning across four lanes of the Seletar Expressway (SLE) towards Central Expressway (CTE) on Friday (Jan 30) after it was allegedly sideswiped by a tipper truck.The accident, which involved four cars and a tipper truck, happened at about 5.10pm, near the Lentor Avenue exit.In a video posted on its Facebook page by SG Road Vigilante, a Malaysia-registered tipper truck was seen driving on lane four of the expressway, while a black Honda hatchback was seen overtaking it from the leftmost lane.Moments later, the car came into contact with the tipper truck and started to careen across five lanes of the expressway. It first crashed into a white Honda before crashing into the central divider where it was hit by an oncoming silver Mercedes car. The Mercedes' abrupt stop then caused another black multi-purpose vehicle to rear-end it.

There's always an element of risk that comes with taking to the skies, whether it's to perform or to defend the nation.For Captain Yew Chee Hao of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), it is his family that keeps him motivated, he shared in an interview with the media at the Singapore Airshow 2026 on Saturday (Jan 31).CPT Yew is a first-time participant in the aerial display segment of Singapore Airshow 2026, which will be held at the Changi Exhibition Centre.The Singapore Airshow 2026, spanning Feb 3 to 8, is Asia's largest airshow, and is expected to attract over 1,000 companies including aircraft manufacturers, airlines and military delegations from around the world, Reuters reported.It will also have a segment for the RSAF - which Yew is a part of - to perform in the skies, dazzling the audience with displays of skill seen in complex stunts from the AH-64D Apache helicopter and F-16 fighter jet. Yew, 30, is the aerial display team's lead and also the pilot of the Apache helicopter that will be present in 11 of the 17 stunts performed in the show sequence.

A total of 1,316 Build-to-Order (BTO) flats to be launched by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in the February 2026 sales exercise will be Shorter Waiting Time (SWT) flats. In a media release on Saturday (Jan 30), HDB said the SWT flats will be offered across three projects in Tampines and Sembawang, with the shortest wait time being just one year and 11 months. The other two SWT projects will have wait times of two years and eight months, and two years and nine months respectively. A total of 4,692 BTO flats will be offered during the exercise, with two projects each in Tampines and Sembawang, one in Bukit Merah and another in Toa Payoh. Tampines Bliss, Tampines Nova and Sembawang Deck are the three SWT projects that will be launched in this month's sales exercise. Tampines Bliss, bordered by Tampines Avenue 2 and Tampines Street 22, will take just one year and 11 months to complete. 

Supermarket chains Hao Mart and Ang Mo Supermarket are no longer required to charge patrons for plastic bags after being deregistered from the disposable carrier bag charge scheme.Responding to queries from AsiaOne, the the National Environment Agency (NEA) said that the two supermarket operators successfully applied to withdraw from the scheme at the end of 2025.Both operators were able to withdraw from the scheme because their annual turnover for each of the last three years did not exceed the threshold of $100 million under the Resource Sustainability Act.They were initially enrolled in the scheme — first introduced in July 2023 — which required supermarket operators to charge a minimum of five cents for each disposable carrier bag provided.Being deregistered from the scheme also means that Hao Mart and Ang Mo Supermarket will no longer need to report to NEA on the number of carrier bags issued or the proceeds collected from their issuance.While they are no longer obliged to charge for issuing plastic bags, the choice to charge customers will be at their discretion, said NEA.

The Government has engaged the family operating Warong Nasi Pariaman to discuss ways to offer more support following news of their upcoming closure.The popular nasi padang eatery had announced their closure in an Instagram post on Jan 20, saying that they will cease business on Jan 31. The eatery, located in a shophouse at 738 North Bridge Road in Kampong Glam, has been operating since 1948 and is set to close after 78 years.The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), in a statement on Jan 31, said the relevant agencies have engaged members of the eatery's family to explore various support options to render greater assistance.These include an inter-agency task force which studies ways to support heritage businesses such as in the areas of skills transfer and business transformation. 

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Friday (Jan 30) ordered the recall of two additional infant formula products by Dumex over the presence of cereulide toxin. Cereulide is a toxin produced by some strains of the Bacillus cereus bacterium, which can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea. The affected products are Dumex's Dulac Stage 1 and Dulac Stage 2. Both SFA and the Communicable Diseases Agency said in a joint statement that the detection follows testing of all baby formula products sold at major retail outlets, and that these are the last two batches of formula products to be recalled. «SFA has detected cereulide toxin in two additional formula products. These products may have used the same raw ingredient supplied by the same source used in the earlier batches of implicated infant formula products,» the agencies said. 

The police are looking for a pair of cyclists after an alleged hit-and-run accident along Townshend Road in Lavender at about 3.50pm on Thursday (Jan 29).In a video posted on the SG Road Vigilante Facebook page, two people riding separate bicycles were seen going against the flow of traffic along the two-lane road.  Map showing the location where the alleged hit-and-run accident involving two cyclists and a car took place on Jan 29. IMAGE: Google Maps A male cyclist dressed in a black top was seen riding close to a female cyclist. He was also seen on the dashcam footage grabbing her left arm. As they approached an oncoming car, the woman was seen losing control as she leaned into the man. They then crashed into the car.