A 62-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital after an accident involving two motorcycles and a car on Friday (April 24) afternoon.The accident happened at about 1.45pm along North Bridge Road towards South Bridge Road. Map showing where the accident took place. PHOTO: Google Maps, Facebook/SG Road Vigilante  Dashcam footage posted on Facebook group SG Road Vigilante shows a grey Honda City car formed up on the middle of three lanes.Based on the footage, the car was angled towards the open-air car park off Victoria Link. However, the driver did not form up on the rightmost lane.Moments later, as two motorcycles approach from the right rear of his car, the male car driver made a sudden right turn towards the car park's entrance.

A 34-year-old Malaysian man will be charged in court today (April 25) for his alleged involvement in a case of government officials impersonation scam.Following his arrest on Friday, the number of Malaysians arrested in Singapore for facilitating scam syndicates to collect cash and valuables obtained from scams now stands at 17.In a news release after the man's arrest, the police said the 34-year-old was identified and arrested within 10 days of the report being lodged on April 14, after their officers from Clementi Police Division and the Anti-Scam Command conducted extensive ground enquiries and follow-up investigations.Call transferred to 'MAS officer' for investigationSimilar to other cases of government officials impersonation scams, the female victim was transferred to persons claiming to be from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for «investigations» after she denied having enrolled in a telco mobile line contract plan.The scammers then instilled fear and created a sense of urgency by falsely claiming that she was being investigated for money laundering.

If you reside near the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit Link (RTS) tracks and noticed multiple trains running at higher speeds, you can be forgiven for wondering if operations had begun ahead of schedule. Over the past few months, the RTS project team has been providing periodic milestone updates. On Feb 5, a cross-border train demonstration run was successfully completed, with a train set making its way from the Wadi Hana depot to Woodlands North station. Earlier on Boxing Day (Dec 26, 2025), the first train dynamic run was completed with the train making its way uneventfully to the border between Singapore and Malaysia. The multi-train runs at higher speeds come just  after Singapore’s and Malaysia’s transport ministers conducted a joint visit to Woodlands North station on Wednesday (April 22).

While businesses are increasing prices to keep up with the inflation, one chicken rice stall in Ang Mo Kio is keeping theirs low.The owner of the Nguan Express 88, which offers braised and roasted chicken rice for $1.90 per serving, told Lianhe Zaobao why he keeps his prices low.«I'll be very honest, we don't make much from a packet of chicken rice, but our main strategy is low profit margins and high volume sales so we have no plans to raise prices,» said 43-year-old Lim Yi Xing (transliteration).Lim, who said his stall serves 1,000 servings a day, admitted operation costs have increased by 30 per cent due to the situation in the Middle East, with costs of plastic bags being 10 per cent higher. Fuel costs to transport ingredients have also gone up from $500 to up to $900 per month.However, they also have a central kitchen and direct chicken supply, which helps them control costs.«The residents around our shop are mainly elderly, and they make up more than half of our customers. Therefore, we will not raise prices, hoping they can still enjoy a satisfying meal at an affordable price,» Lim told the Chinese daily.

Crows were in the news recently when they attacked elderly men in Chinatown who were apparently balding or bald.AsiaOne was at the scene on Friday (April 24) and talked to some of them who were attacked.Chang Yeng Yew, 67, is one of them.He told AsiaOne that he was pecked at least thrice as he was walking in the area.«It flew over and I was shocked because I didn't know what it was,» he said. «It pecked my head two to three times, there was nothing I could do about it.»Chang, who runs a fried bee hoon stall at Block 335 in Chinatown, said that he wasn't afraid of the birds — but rather angry.When asked if he might have prepared something to protect himself from future attacks, Chang said that he did not.«I'll just let it happen,» he dismissed with a laugh.Thin-haired targetsTang May Yuet, 62, witnessed how Chang was attacked and pointed out how he has got more wary of the birds since.She said she started noticing such attacks from April 19.«I'd see crows flying all over the area — those with especially thin hair seemed to be the target,» Tang said in Mandarin.

A 26-year-old man has been arrested for unauthorised access to a media-content server, the police said on Friday (April 24).He had allegedly gained unauthorised remote access to a media server and downloaded a film — reportedly The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender — and leaked snippets of the film online.The police received a report on April 16 that extracts of the animated film, which had yet to be released, were circulating on social media platforms.«Through follow-up investigations, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department swiftly established the identity of the man and arrested him within a day of the report,» the police stated.Electronic devices belonging to him were seized and a copy of the film was recovered from his devices.He is being investigated for unauthorised access to computer material under the Computer Misuse Act 1993.If found guilty, he faces up to seven years' jail and a fine of up to $50,000.This arrest comes amid worldwide furore following the alleged leak of the film's clips on X, formerly known as Twitter, by user ImStillDissin.

The supply of Certificates of Entitlement (COE) for the May to July period will increase by 1 per cent compared to the previous quarter, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Friday (April 24).As compared to the 18,824 issued in the February to April period — which fell by about 1 per cent — the number of COEs will rise by 228, or 1 per cent.Across the vehicle categories, Categories B and E will increase by around 7 per cent and 6.3 per cent respectively, while the quota for Categories A and D will fall by about 2 per cent and 1.7 per cent respectively.The quota for Category C remains unchanged. LTA added that bidding under the new quota will begin on May 4. It consists of the following components:

A love scam syndicate operating from Kelantan, Malaysia, which was recently taken down by local authorities, primarily targeted Singaporean men.As no victims have filed a police report, the authorities have yet to estimate the losses suffered, reported Bernama on Thursday (April 23). State police chief Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the syndicate worked from a resort in the Tanah Merah district, which they had converted into a call centre.The centre was allegedly staffed with three supervisors and 55 operators and operated from noon to midnight.In the ruse, scammers pretended to be Indonesian women and contacted their targets, believed to be Singaporean men, through social media platforms such as Xiaohongshu and Douyin.«Their modus operandi was to send messages such as 'hi' before building relationships through WhatsApp without video calls, and eventually deceiving victims into sending money,» said Mohd Yusoff.The con ran for about a month before Malaysian police raided resort premises on Wednesday morning.

A hawker stall owner in Toa Payoh is searching for a diner who accidentally paid $475 for a meal.Jia Cheng Noodle House's owner, surnamed Lin (transliteration), told the Chinese publication Shin Min Daily News on Friday (April 24) that she had checked her Nets transaction history after the lunch hour rush and found the erroneous transaction at 11.47am.«My turnover after lunch is usually around $200 to $300, so I was really startled to see several hundred dollars added,» the 45-year-old said, explaining that her earnings were past the $600 mark that afternoon.She was confused about how the payment might have occurred, saying that the dishes don't cost $4.75. Noodles or laksa costs $4.50, so she would understand somebody paying  $450 by mistake.When she attempted to review security camera footage, she realised that the camera's memory card was faulty and all the footage had been deleted, Lin said.She has since put out many posts on social media in a bid to reach out to the customer.

Dr Tan Puay Yok, executive director of the national parks and gardens cluster at the National Parks Board (NParks), and concurrently its group director of the Singapore Botanical Gardens and chief science and technology officer, will take over as the agency's chief executive officer (CEO) from Hwang Yu-Ning on June 1.Hwang, 57, will be appointed as chief of urban innovation and excellence at the Ministry of National Development (MND) on the same day.In a joint press release on Friday (April 24), MND and NParks said Hwang has built a distinguished career in the civil service, marked by strong leadership and a breadth of experience across policy and operational roles.Prior to her current appointment as the board's CEO, she held several senior appointments in ministries and statutory boards, including as deputy CEO and chief planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Hwang is credited with driving active programming and partnerships with healthcare institutions and relevant agencies, thereby enabling more people to immerse themselves in therapeutic landscapes, gardening and activities that support physical and emotional well-being.