A 38-year-old male motorcyclist died in an early morning accident at the Causeway on Saturday (May 16) morning. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a social media post at 2.26am that a traffic accident had occurred along the Causeway towards Singapore. It added that three out of four lanes were blocked and advised motorists to expect delays.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident at about 2am. The 38-year-old male motorcyclist was conveyed to Woodlands Hospital where he subsequently died.AsiaOne understands that he leaves behind an eight-year-old daughter and wife.Preliminary investigations revealed that the motorcyclist is believed to have self-skidded.Police investigations are ongoing.[[nid:735784]]editor@asiaone.com 

Electric vehicle (EV) motorists working or living in Tengah can now look forward to more charging convenience with the opening of a fast charging hub — the first in a Housing and Development Board (HDB) car park.Operated by SP Mobility, the hub — located at the HDB car park serving residential blocks 123 and 129, beside Plantation Plaza — was launched on Saturday (May 16).The new facility provides a total of 14 charging points, which comprises a mix of eight direct current (DC) fast charging points of up to 100 kilowatts (kW) and six alternating current (AC) charging points at 7.4 kW each.In terms of pricing, SP Mobility said its AC and DC charging rates will follow the same rates for its other charges in HDB car parks.

When the flight attendants asked if there were any doctors on board during this flight, they got a two-for-one deal.Wu Jinfeng and Chen Peijun (transliteration), a married couple who are both doctors, were on a Singapore Airlines flight from Christchurch, New Zealand, to Singapore on May 11 when a fellow passenger suffered anaphylactic shock.The 34-year-old Malaysians stepped in to save the man, providing emergency treatment and preventing the flight from being diverted, they recounted to Lianhe Zaobao.To the rescueWu and Chen heard a call for assistance from flight attendants after lunch at around 1.30pm New Zealand time (9.30am Singapore time) and immediately offered assistance.The stricken man had been unconscious for about two minutes at this point and had just regained consciousness according to his wife, the doctors shared.They found his condition to be unstable, with a heart rate of only 38 beats per minute and a blood oxygen content of 88 per cent. They also found his tongue and lips to be swollen, and erythema (red rash) on his body.

A recent work trip to Sydney and Melbourne has taught National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat more about Australia's experience in urban planning and rejuvenation. Chee shared more in a Facebook post on May 15 and said he had gone to Australia with colleagues from the Ministry of National Development (MND) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). 

The police are appealing for information regarding the whereabouts of two separate missing girls, aged 13 and 15.Jade Tan, 13, was last seen at around 6pm on Friday (May 15) in the vicinity of 6 Boon Lay Avenue.The said address belongs to River Valley High School.The teenager was dressed in her school uniform consisting of a white shirt and white skirt at the time. Jade Tan.PHOTO: Singapore Police Force Nur Qaseh Qalisha Binte Fadhlee, 15, was last seen in the vicinity of 30 Cashew Road on May 8 at about 12.20pm.The said address in Bukit Panjang is the location of Assumption Pathway School.

Two Malaysian nationals were charged by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) on May 8 for the alleged smuggling of etomidate-laced vapourisers, also known as Kpods.The HSA shared in a press release on May 15 that Muhammad Izzat Emer Bin Mohd Hassan, 26, and Nurain Binti Ismail, 24, are the first to be charged for importation under Singapore's new Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act (TCVA), which replaced the previous Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act starting May 1, 2026.The pair were detained by Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers on May 6 while entering Singapore through the Woodlands Checkpoint in a Malaysia-registered car.12,273 vape pods concealed in 161 parcels were discovered hidden in the vehicle, suspected to contain etomidate and amounting to a street value of over $800,000.The incident was referred to the HSA.

A cat was found dead in a rubbish chute in Yishun with a cable tie around its neck, in what a community cat group described as a deliberate and savage killing.The incident has been reported to the National Parks Board (NParks), which said it is investigating the matter. In a Facebook post on Thursday (May 14), the group said its volunteer was alerted by Nee Soon Town Council on May 10 after a cleaner discovered the carcass in one of the rubbish chutes at Block 398 Yishun Ring Road. According to the images shared in the post, the black cat, which had an untipped ear, was found wrapped in a red plastic bag and discarded into the chute. The group said it had verified that the animal was not a community cat.

The body of a 22-year-old man was found on a beach in Sentosa on Friday (May 15) afternoon. In a post shared on Xiaohongshu the same day, policemen can be seen surrounding a blue tent set up along the shore.Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they received a call for assistance at 10 Siloso Beach Walk at about 1.40pm. The police said a 22-year-old man was found motionless and pronounced dead on the spot by an SCDF paramedic.Based on preliminary investigations, the police do not suspect foul play. Investigations are ongoing.[[nid:727072]]xingying.koh@asiaone.com

If you see advertisements on concert crew positions put up on social media, beware. There have been at least 20 scam cases involving such «advertisements» since March, said the police and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech).The cases were uncovered via collaboration between the Anti-Scam Centre and the Singpass Trust and Safety team, said the police and GovTech in a joint statement on Friday (May 15).The authorities urged the public «to remain vigilant against job scams involving the impersonation of representatives from legitimate recruitment agencies and the misuse of Singpass accounts».Modus operandiIn this scam variant, fraudsters impersonate representatives from recruitment agencies and post fake adverts for concert crew positions on platforms such as Telegram and Carousell.Victims who respond to the listings are asked to provide personal details, including their full name, NRIC number, and date of birth. 

Singapore's MRT network reliability in April was the highest since November 2024, according to the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) monthly report released on Friday (May 15).Rail reliability is mainly tracked using the mean kilometres between failure (MKBF) metric, which counts the average distance a train travels before it meets a delay lasting over five minutes. The MKBF target for the MRT network is 1 million train-km.Over a 12-month moving average, MKBF for trains increased to 2,220,000 train-km in April, up from 1,740,000 train-km reported in March.This is also the first time since November 2024 that the overall MRT network MKBF crossed 2 million train-km.

A father and daughter found dead in a Sengkang HDB flat in 2025 were determined to have died from natural causes.State Coroner Adam Nakhoda on Friday (May 15) declared an open verdict and said there was no suspicion of foul play.He noted their bodies were so decomposed by the time they were found, the cause of death could not be determined.Mr Xu Baolu, 75, had lived with his 47-year-old daughter, Ms Xu Na, in an HDB flat on the eighth floor of Block 324D Sengkang East Way.On Oct 6, 2025, their remains were found in the flat after the town council received complaints of a foul smell coming from the unit.Mr Xu’s skeletal remains were found on a bed, and his daughter’s body, which weighed about 24kg, was in a highly decomposed state.State Coroner Nakhoda noted that Mr Xu was socially awkward and reclusive. Neighbours said he would not react when greeted, and would avoid eye contact in the lift.

Since April 1 this year, there have been 40 cases of e-commerce scams involving cruise packages with at least $53,000 lost in total, the police said on Friday (May 15).Victims would come across listings for cruise packages on social media platforms such as Facebook and would interact with accounts providing the offers, but these accounts would be operated by scammers, who would then take the conversation to WhatsApp.In order to book the packages, scammers would ask victims to make payment via PayNow QR codes and then proceed to request further payments for additional fees such as taxes and petrol charges.Occasionally, scammers may even send fake booking itineraries to victims.Victims would only realise their mistake after they verify with cruise operators through official communication channels, or if they are notified by police.They also advised members of the public to book cruise packages only through official websites or licensed travel agents.

If you are heading out in the afternoon, you may want to bring along an umbrella. For the rest of May, short-duration thundery showers are expected over parts of Singapore on most afternoons, occasionally extending into the evening.There could also be widespread thundery showers with gusty winds on a few mornings, said the Meteorological Service Singapore on May 15 (Friday).Despite the rain, warm weather is expected to persist. During this fortnight, daily maximum temperatures are expected to range between 33 deg C and 34 deg C on most days, but reach highs of around 35 deg C on a few days. 

SINGAPORE – To encourage drug abusers to kick their addiction, all first-time abusers who surrender to the authorities from May 16 will not be sent to a drug rehabilitation centre.Instead, they will be placed on drug supervision in the community with compulsory case management.Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong announced this on May 15 at the Drug Victims Remembrance Day Observance Ceremony at Suntec City.The conditions of the current surrender regime will continue to apply, he said.These include the abuser not having surrendered himself more than twice, and not being wanted by the authorities or under investigation.Mr Tong, who is also Law Minister, said: “Drug abusers who want to wean off their drug addiction and live a drug-free life will be supported with regular counselling sessions in the community, which will involve psychology-based methods such as goal-setting and family engagement, accompanied by regular hair or urine testing by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).”He added that the number of young abusers has increased, with over half of new abusers arrested aged below 30 in the last three years.