Approved cat fosterers will be able to keep up to six cats in their HDB flats or up to 10 in private homes come Aug 3, the Animal Veterinary Service (AVS) announced on Saturday (July 18).Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry Alvin Tan shared these updates during a speech at the Cats' Day Out event at Wisma Geylang Serai Community Club the same day.This comes as the AVS — a cluster of the National Parks Board — will be rolling out a two-year pilot scheme from Aug 3, 2026 to July 31, 2028 to support cat fosterers and the role they play in managing community cats across Singapore.Fosterers are key in reducing the number of free-roaming cats, thus decreasing the negative impacts they might have on communities, AVS said in a statement.Under the pilot, approved fosterers will be able to license and keep up to six cats in three-room or larger HDB flats and up to 10 cats in private premises, inclusive of all pet and foster cats within the household.These cats must be sterilised to prevent unintended breeding, which may result in overpopulation and a decline in cat welfare, AVS warned. 

It's barely been half a year since he got the car, but now he must pay a tidy sum to get it repaired after it quite literally got beaned.A retiree has been slapped with a $3,000 bill after his vehicle was struck by canned food allegedly thrown from height in Bedok, Shin Min Daily News reported on Friday (July 17).The 69-year-old man surnamed Tang (transliteration) told Shin Min that he had parked his seven-month-old car in a parking lot under Block 127 Bedok North Street 2.When he returned on Wednesday morning, however, he was distraught to find two significant indentations on the left side of his Toyota Corolla's hood.«I didn't want to believe it at first, but I realised [it was my car] when I saw my license plate,» Tang said.Upon reviewing dashcam footage, he saw two objects fall from the air, hitting his vehicle around 1.20am that morning.Sure enough, he found two cans on the ground near his vehicle — mushrooms and beans, respectively.Neither of the cans were opened or expired, Tang told the Chinese language paper.He then placed the canned food in a plastic bag and went to a police station to report the incident.

When completed in the second half of 2030, the new Joo Chiat Community Club will be a space for all residents following a six-year-long conversation, said Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong as he presented the community's vision for their new community club on Saturday (July 18). Spanning a gross floor area of approximately 14,000 sqm, the new community club will be a home for performing arts, sports, and a wide range of future-ready amenities. This includes food and beverage outlets, indoor basketball and tennis courts, a rooftop gym, and a multipurpose hall which can support badminton, pickleball and community events.

A mother has taken to TikTok to share her concerns about a Grab Taxi driver she had ridden with alongside her baby, accusing him of driving erratically while checking his phone. User Runnyeqqs posted a short clip of the taxi ride she took with her «newborn» on Thursday (July 16), accusing the taxi driver of being visibly distracted and «repeatedly checking stock market updates and switching between apps on his phone».«He failed to maintain his lane and braked inconsistently, including two instances of emergency braking that nearly caused a collision with the car in front of us,» she added.She wrote further that, after contacting Grab Singapore about the incident, they responded that the man had received a warning and a strike to his account, and she received $5 in GrabPay credit «as a 'service recovery' gesture, effectively a full refund of the fare».However, Runnyeqqs does not feel that Grab's response was proportionate to the severity of the situation.«This was a road safety incident involving reckless, distracted driving with an infant in the vehicle — not a minor service issue,» she concluded.

Is she being a mama bear or a Karen? Some netizens say the latter.A woman was recorded having a confrontation with a skateboarder at Skatepark @ Lakeside Garden last Sunday (July 12), seemingly accusing him of nearly crashing into her child.In a video uploaded to Instagram by IamAhden_snaps, she can be heard screaming and pointing her finger repeatedly at the man.It is unclear what she is saying, but she can be heard yelling at one point for him to leave her kids alone.Another man comes in between them, gently pushing the skateboarder back to talk to the woman and seemingly try and resolve the situation, but the first man and the woman get into an argument again.She also points and yells at the second man, while others also step in to defuse the situation.According to the Instagram user, who goes by Jayden Sim, the skateboarder was doing tricks on the railing when his board accidentally slipped and he let it go.«Not terribly, it did not hit her kids, it's just that she thinks that the stunts that the skater is doing is dangerous to her,» he added.

A  taxi driver and his passenger were taken to hospital after an accident in Woodlands that led to the arrest of a 30-year-old male lorry driver for dangerous driving causing hurt.The accident happened at about 6.25am on Thursday (July 16) morning at the junction of Woodlands Avenues 6 and 9.  Map showing where the accident between a lorry and a taxi happened on Wednesday (July 16). GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Xiaohongshu A video of the accident posted on Xiaohongshu shows a maroon Strides Premier taxi and a lorry stopped at an angle to each other at the said junction.The taxi, with visible damages to its front bumper and bonnet, is seen obstructing at least one of the two-lane road.

A British man will be charged in court on Saturday (July 18) after he was arrested for allegedly stealing from retail shops in Changi Airport.Police said in a news release on Friday night that they were alerted to a case of shop theft at The Shilla Cosmetics & Perfumes outlet, located in the transit area of Changi Airport Terminal 3, on Wednesday night.The 56-year-old's alleged offence came to light when a retail staff discovered a missing item from the Chanel display shelf and went on to review closed circuit television (CCTV) footage.He was seen taking the item and leaving the shop without paying.Officers from the Airport Police Division established the identity of the man through ground enquiries and with the aid of CCTV footage. The British national was detained in the transit area before his departure flight within an hour of the report being lodged.Subsequent investigations revealed that the man had also allegedly committed shop theft at five other retail shops in Changi Airport Terminals 2 and 3.He is believed to have taken various items including keychains, perfumes, and a bracelet without paying.

SINGAPORE - Eric Cheong, a pioneer union leader and 20-year Toa Payoh MP who helped set up NTUC's first supermarket in the town, died on July 15 at the age of 96.He died of complications from dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing.Cheong represented Toa Payoh from 1968 to 1988 and sat on the NTUC's central committee - the labour movement's top leadership body. He also led the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union (SMMWU), first as secretary-general and later as president.His lifelong campaign for workers' rights began when he was working in his first job, said his son Peter Cheong, 67.Speaking to The Straits Times at his father's wake at St Joseph's Church in Upper Bukit Timah, he said: «[My father] was a clerk, but he felt there was no representation. He didn't feel the equality there, so he wanted to step up.»This led the elder Cheong to join many of his peers in Singapore's pre-independence labour movement, said Peter Cheong.He rose up the ranks to lead unions by his early 30s. But he was not always on the side of the ruling party - despite becoming a PAP MP and an ardent supporter later in life, Peter Cheong said.

What could have been a 16-minute car ride turned into a spontaneous 2.5-hour trek to Changi Airport for a group of three young women.The trio's journey was documented on TikTok by user Angie, and was posted on Thursday (July 16).Captioned «peak unemployment activity», the video has garnered over 180,000 views in one day.According to a Google Maps screenshot shared in the video, the three's journey from Tanah Merah would take two hours and seven minutes.They set off at 2.42am, hoping to make it in time for their 7am flight - with luggages and handbags in tow. The video includes clips of the trio strolling down empty streets which are void of people and vehicles. The women also appear to walk through a dark underpass, using their phones as a source of light.They eventually made it to Changi Airport at 5.04am, in time for their flight.Their journey lasted two-and-a-half hours, and a total of 9.37km.

A man has been charged with criminal intimidation after he allegedly threw a glass mug onto the floor in front of a teenage girl at a Woodlands coffeeshop. According to the charge sheet, the 56-year-old allegedly shattered the glass mug with the intent of causing the victim to feel alarmed.The girl's parents had posted online their account of the July 15, 7pm incident.According to them, the incident happened when they briefly stepped away from their table to order food, leaving their 14-year-old daughter alone.They added that she was not injured in the incident.If guilty of criminal intimidation, the man may be jailed up to two years, or fined, or both.[[nid:738836]]helmy.saat@asiaone.com

A Malaysian working in Singapore was shocked when she was mistaken for a domestic helper at a laundromat - a passer-by had repeatedly asked her if she was doing laundry for her «boss».Speaking to Stomp, Shikin said the incident occurred on May 19, at a laundromat in Bedok.The 34-year-old senior account specialist had shared about the incident in an Instagram post on July 11, recounting what she described as a «very Singaporean behaviour» of «profiling, judging, and downgrading».In the video, she recalls being approached by a passer-by who looked «friendly» while doing her laundry. However, during their conversation, the passer-by seemingly assumed that the load belonged to her «boss».Despite multiple attempts to clarify that the clothes were hers, Shikin says the woman insisted: «What boss now? It's your boss laundry.»«I was like what the f*ck is this. Then I get it, she thinks that I'm a domestic helper,» Shikin recounts.Panning the camera to her attire, she acknowledges that she «looks like a domestic helper», but points out that the woman might not have made the assumption if she was «Chinese» or «white».

One hundred suspected drug offenders were arrested in an islandwide anti-drug operation conducted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), with drugs worth more than $34,000 seized.In a statement on Friday (July 17), CNB said the operation, which was carried out from July 12 to 17, covered areas including Boon Lay, Ghim Moh, Jurong, Kallang, Tampines, Tengah, Toa Payoh and Woodlands.