Heavy rain is expected over many parts of Singapore in the afternoon of Monday (June 8).In a weather alert issued at 4.10pm, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said moderate to heavy thundery showers are expected from 4.40pm to 5.30pm. According to live rain radar on the NEA website, the rain is seen approaching from the east.On May 15, it was reported that for the rest of the month, short-duration thundery showers are expected over parts of Singapore on most afternoons, occasionally extending into the evening.During that period, daily maximum temperatures ranged between 33 deg C and 34 deg C on most days, with highs of around 35 deg C on a few days. [[nid:735931]]xingying.koh@asiaone.com

He drives a public bus, but 22-year-old Jayrius is certainly «not your typical bus uncle».For one, the Singaporean bus captain at SMRT is the youngest driver on the company's books, reported Lianhe Zaobao.Jayrius also has end-stage kidney disease — a diagnosis which came on his 21st birthday.«It was a very difficult time,» he told the Chinese paper. «I couldn't accept it and wondered if it was a misdiagnosis.»Despite this, the transport enthusiast said he still wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a bus captain. At last, he was hired by SMRT.As Jayrius has to undergo regular dialysis sessions, the bus operator supports him by providing flexible work arrangements to ensure he can attend treatment and have enough rest, according to Zaobao.Jayrius, who shares about his job and the industry on his personal social media pages, said in a TikTok video posted in March that he is «actively looking for a donor» so he could undergo a kidney transplant.

Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng is on a six-day official visit to China from Monday (June 8).In a statement, the Clerk of Parliament said the visit to Xiamen, Fuzhou and Beijing reaffirm the strong and friendly bilateral ties between Singapore and China and provide valuable opportunities for parliamentary and people-to-people exchanges.This is Seah's first visit to China in his capacity as Speaker.In a Facebook post on Monday morning, Seah said the visit is at the invitation of his counterpart, Zhao Leiji, who is the chairman of China's National People's Congress. He is accompanied by a delegation comprising MPs from both the People's Action Party (PAP) and Workers' Party. In Xiamen, Seah is scheduled to meet with chairman of the standing committee of Xiamen Municipal People's Congress Yang Guohao. The delegation will also visit PSA BDP Xiamen and ST Engineering's aircraft engine maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities there.Seah will also attend a reception with overseas Singaporeans, reinforcing the strong people-to-people ties between the two countries.

What was meant to be a lively event was marred by overcrowding and long queues at art and thrift market Mercury Festival over the weekend, with a would-be attendee describing it as a «war zone» after overcrowding forced organisers to suspend entry at multiple junctures. The woman — TikTok user @zilliediaries — posted on that platform on Saturday (June 6) showing a swarm of people populating the fourth floor hallway of Suntec City, with the caption: «It's literally a war zone to Mercury Fest...»She shared that she was ultimately unable to get in, claiming there were 8,000 people in line and that queue numbers had been stopped. Disappointed by the «wasted trip», she added: «It's like the whole Singapore is here.»Another TikTok video by user @twopratakosong that same day show a large crowd gathered near the entrance, seemingly waiting to be granted entry, at around 1.43pm. One netizen commented that they joined the queue at 3.30pm and only managed to enter after almost a five-hour wait at 8pm, shortly before the event ended at 8.30pm.

A Singaporean man went on an unusual cross-island journey after his AirPods Pro case went missing, tracking its live location from Jurong to Toa Payoh in a bid to recover it.In a TikTok video posted on Sunday (June 7), Ethan, 22, recounted how he lost the case on June 5, either at Beauty World or at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.He had bought it «only a month earlier using money from my National Service allowance».Speaking to AsiaOne, he said he was shocked to find out that it was first located at Jurong Point. After finding out that a replacement would cost $139, he decided to try recovering it instead.Tracking it across the islandEthan, who lives in Serangoon, began tracking its movements through the Find My app on June 6.Using its location history, he noticed it had travelled from Jurong Point towards Toa Payoh. 

While walking home from grocery shopping along Upper Thomson Road in July 2014, Lim Giok was hit by a lorry at a traffic junction.Lim, who was 66 then, suffered a brain injury and had to undergo four operations in the subsequent months.Complications caused her to lose control of the right side of her body, like a stroke patient.Despite making a full physical recovery, she still suffers from memory loss and cognitive impairment.Traffic deaths hit a 10-year high in 2025, with 149 killed, compared with 141 in 2016. There were 142 deaths in 2024. The number of injured people also increased, from 9,342 in 2024 to 9,955 in 2025.Given the dire situation on the roads, The Straits Times has been running a series of stories to call on all road users to be more careful.In 2025, there were 247 traffic accidents involving elderly pedestrians, up from 203 in 2024. The 27 elderly pedestrian deaths in 2025 were among 36 pedestrian deaths in total for the year.Lim’s relative, who wanted to be known as Koh, said his family was devastated by the accident.

Some 2,000 season parking holders of commercial vehicles are set to pay less for their monthly season parking fees at Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) car parks.In a Facebook post on Monday (June 8), National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat announced that the two agencies will reduce their season parking charges for commercial vehicles with unladen weight of 1,801kg to 2,000kg from August 1.Vehicles with an unladen weight of between 1,801kg and 2,000kg include vans and light goods vehicles.Owners of such vehicles currently pay a monthly rate of $185 for season parking at HDB car parks, while URA charges between $120 to $160.

A 32-year-old man who crashed his car in Yishun has been charged in court on Monday (June 8) with multiple traffic offences, including allegedly driving under the influence of methamphetamine, also known as Ice.According to court documents, Sivakandesh had already been disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 48 months, from July 23, 2024, to July 22, 2026.The documents also stated that he failed to maintain proper control of his vehicle, resulting in multiple collisions involving two concrete bollards, a parked car and an HDB rubbish chute. Police arriving at the scene on June 6.PHOTO: AsiaOne/Shafiq Apandi On June 6, police said they were alerted to a call for assistance at Block 150 Yishun Street 11 at about 6pm.

A van was reduced to its charred shell after it caught fire along the Seletar Expressway on Sunday (June 7) afternoon.The incident happened at about 2.45pm along the SLE towards the Bukit Timah Expressway, before the Upper Thomson Road exit. Map showing where the incident happened on June 7. GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Social media Videos posted on social media show a Toyota HiAce van stopped at the chevron marking of the expressway.Flames are seen engulfing the entire van, including the driver's cabin and cargo area.A second van is seen stopped along the road shoulder, with two men standing nearby, looking towards the direction of the burning van.In reply to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said firefighters extinguished the balze with two hose reels, adding that no injuries were reported.

A day out at a popular waterfall in Selangor ended with a Singaporean woman being taken to hospital after she was injured in a fall on Saturday (June 6).The incident occurred at Kanching Waterfall in Rawang, where emergency responders were called in to assist the woman after she reportedly sustained injuries in the area.In a Facebook post, the Rawang Fire and Rescue Department said its Alpha Team «attended to a special services case involving a Singaporean citizen who fell in the Kanching Waterfall area, Rawang».Upon arriving at the scene, rescuers carried out an operation to safely bring the woman down from the area.Photos shared by the department show firefighters carrying a stretcher along forested trails as they evacuated the victim from the waterfall.The woman was subsequently handed over handed over to the Ministry of Health Malaysia for examination and further action. Authorities have not disclosed the extent of her injuries.The fire department said the operation was completed smoothly with the cooperation of all parties involved.

A 26-year-old man seen sitting precariously on the corridor ledge at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) block in Tampines on Sunday (June 7) morning was apprehended under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act after he was rescued.The incident happened at about 7.10am at Block 499C Tampines Avenue 9.A video posted on Sgfollowsall's Telegram channel shows the man sitting on a corridor ledge along the sixth floor of the said block, with his legs dangling off the ledge.At least one Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) fire engine, a rescue tender vehicle, and one light fire attack vehicle were at the scene. A safety life pack was also seen being deployed along the driveway below where the man was seated.Several police fast response cars were also seen at the driveway below the block.An eyewitness, who submitted the video to the channel, wrote in the captions that responding firefighters managed to calm the man down and were able to bring him back to safety. The eyewitness also noted that SCDF's Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) was deployed.

A man who was awarded 95 per cent of nearly $23 million in matrimonial assets in 2025 has filed an appeal against the High Court decision, according to written grounds issued recently.The husband had contended that most of the assets held in his name or jointly with his children from a previous marriage should be excluded from the pool of matrimonial assets.He argued that the assets had been acquired before the current marriage or bought with funds earned before it.However, this claim was rejected by Justice Pang Khang Chau, who included $22.4 million worth of the man’s assets in the matrimonial pool.These included a property in Stevens Close, another property in Tudor Close, and money in multiple bank accounts.The wife’s assets amounted to more than $503,000.The judge valued the matrimonial pool at $22.9 million and divided it in the ratio of 95:5 in the husband’s favour.This meant that his share was $21.8 million, while the wife’s was $1.1 million.To implement the division, the judge ordered the husband to transfer more than $624,000 to the wife.

Mountbatten MP Gho Sze Kee has weighed in on the controversy surrounding a pavement artist who was recently stopped by SMRT staff and reported to the police while creating sidewalk artwork near Mountbatten MRT station.In a Facebook post on Sunday (June 7), Gho said several people had reached out to her regarding the incident and the removal of the artwork.«I thought the right thing to do was for me to engage with LTA/SMRT and the police first to get the facts of the engagement before I talk about this,» she wrote.The incident gained attention after 24-year-old Marcus Pang shared on TikTok on June 5 that he was stopped while creating one of his pavement artworks using chalk and a power washer, as someone had complained about him spraying chemicals onto the grass. He later discovered that the pavement was subsequently whitewashed.Gho said she had seen Pang's works around for some time and personally thought they were «a nice touch to the neighbourhood».

As tickets sell out for the Singapore leg of K-pop boy band BTS' Arirang tour, scam losses involving the «sale» of tickets have reached at least $11,000, prompting the police to remind members of the public to remain vigilant.Sales for the four BTS concerts started in phases on Ticketmaster from June 3 to 5, selling out on June 5.Meanwhile, online travel platform Klook, which began sales of its ticket bundles on June 5, sold out on June 6, according to a Facebook post by the platform.Some 220,000 tickets have reportedly been sold for the four shows taking place on Dec 17, 19, 20 and 22 at National Stadium.Ticket scam losses of at least $11,000On June 2, the police issued an advisory, urging members of the public to be vigilant should they come across offers for the sale of concert tickets on messaging or social media platforms such as Telegram, Xiaohongshu, X, Carousell and Facebook.

Twenty-eight HDB projects in towns such as Tampines, Bidadari and Punggol could get new rubbish chute hoppers to prevent residents from disposing of bulky items into the chutes.This comes after instances of chokes in the pneumatic waste conveyance system (PWCS), caused by the improper disposal of bulky items and renovation debris, were reported by The Straits Times in 2025.The Housing Board on April 27 called a tender for the supply and installation of full volume-controlled refuse chute hoppers – the doors to the rubbish chutes – which have a smaller opening and a mechanism at the back to prevent the disposal of large or long items into the refuse chutes.The chokes are often caused by indiscriminate dumping of items such as large cardboard boxes, curtain rods, mop handles, buckets and renovation debris.The new hoppers are set to be retrofitted in older Build-To-Order (BTO) developments that use the PWCS.Tender documents on government procurement portal GeBIZ stated that the hopper must be designed to accommodate bagged waste measuring at least 30cm in diameter, but no more than 80 per cent of the conveyance pipe’s diameter.

A motorcyclist died in hospital after an accident along Yishun Avenue 1 on Wednesday (June 3).In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they were alerted to an accident involving a motorcycle that was believed to have self-skidded along Yishun Avenue 1 towards Mandai Avenue at about 9.15am.The 36-year-old male motorcyclist was conveyed unconscious to the hospital, where he subsequently died.The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told AsiaOne it was alerted to the accident at about 9.20am and conveyed one person to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.A video circulating on TikTok showed a motorcycle lying on a bus lane near a bus stop.A man wearing a white shirt was seen performing chest compressions on the motorcyclist while several bystanders gathered around them.The video later showed an ambulance at the scene and emergency responders attending to the injured rider.

Travellers departing Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint can expect heavy traffic due to a tailback from Malaysia on Sunday (June 7).Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a Facebook post update at 12.48pm the congestion has led to longer waiting times for departing vehicles.«Delays are expected, and travellers are advised to check traffic conditions before embarking on their journey,» said the authority.ICA also encouraged travellers to follow its official Facebook page for the latest traffic updates.During the Labour Day long weekend from April 30 to May 3, more than 2 million travellers crossed both land checkpoints, with close to 580,000 on April 30 alone, according to ICA.They added car travellers experienced waiting times of up to three hours for immigration clearance due to traffic tailbacks from Malaysia during peak hours. [[nid:736410]]xingying.koh@asiaone.com

Two people died in a traffic accident along Second Link towards Malaysia on Friday (June 5) night.The couple was reportedly on a Singapore-registered motorcycle and had allegedly collided with a vehicle at around 8.30pm.A video posted that night in Facebook group JB-Singapore Both Checkpoint Sharing Site by user Zhang Xuanbin (transliteration) showed a motorcycle lying on its side on the road. Two victims can be seen a short distance away from the vehicle.A voice in the clip asked motorists to be careful, adding the victims were on the second lane of the road.In another Facebook video captured by a pillion rider who passed by the accident scene, heavy congestion can be seen along the highway.Authorities are also seen cordoning off two lanes on the left side of the highway, with the victims' face covered with cloths.The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority posted about the accident on social media around 9.35pm, advising travellers to expect delays.They later updated at 10.48pm that roads had been cleared and all lanes were back in operation.

An 86-year-old pedestrian was taken to hospital following a traffic accident involving a motorcycle at the junction of Upper Cross Street towards Eu Tong Sen Street on Friday (June 5).In response to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the accident at about 12pm and conveyed one person to Singapore General Hospital.Police said the accident involved an 86-year-old male pedestrian and a motorcycle. The former was conscious when taken to hospital.Photos shared on social media showed the motorcycle lying on its side after the accident. Members of the public were seen attending to the people involved while emergency responders made their way to the scene.A 21-year-old male motorcyclist is assisting with ongoing police investigations.[[nid:737520]]crystal.tan@asiaone.com

A 32-year-old man was arrested for traffic-related offences and suspected drug-related offences following a five-hour standoff with police at a Yishun HDB flat on Saturday (June 6).Speaking to AsiaOne, a neighbour from the affected block who wished to be known only as Lim said there were nights when the man caused disturbances throwing items and shouting in the wee hours of the morning.«There were times when his car alarm would go off, and residents on the lower floors would get very frustrated as it affected their sleep,» said Lim, a retiree in her 60s.Another resident, who wished to be known as Huang, also noted similar incidents.«The man only moved in about half a year ago and ever since then, a lot of things have happened, including his car alarm going off,» said Huang, who's in his 50s.  Responding to queries from AsiaOne, the police said they received a call for assistance at Block 150 Yishun Street 11 at about 6pm.  Upon arrival, officers established that a car had hit a parked car and crashed into the void deck of said block. Eyewitnesses told AsiaOne that the man took both number plates on the car before he fled.

SINGAPORE - As an elderly man jaywalked on Serangoon Avenue 3 on May 20, a yellow taxi approached him and he stopped in the middle of the road to avoid the vehicle as it went past.Just as he continued crossing the road, a motorcycle appeared and the man had to stop again as the bike almost hit him.An accident had been narrowly averted, but the incident could have ended tragically.Several elderly pedestrians The Straits Times spoke to said they knew it was dangerous to jaywalk but did so as it was faster than walking to the nearest pedestrian crossing.Singapore roads are at their most dangerous in years, with traffic deaths hitting a 10-year high of 149 in 2025, compared with 141 in 2016. There were 142 deaths in 2024.The number of people getting injured also rose from 9,342 in 2024 to 9,955 in 2025.Given the dire situation on Singapore's roads, ST has been running a series of stories calling on all road users to be more careful.The number of traffic accidents involving jaywalking elderly pedestrians increased from 95 in 2024 to 101 in 2025.

A fire broke out on a yacht berthed at Sentosa Cove on Sunday (June 7) morning, with the vessel seen engulfed in flames and thick smoke billowing into the air.An eyewitness who goes by the handle Dontellufishing said in his TikTok livestream the incident occurred at One15 Marina Club at Sentosa Cove.He said he had set out on a jet ski at around 7am for a fishing trip when he spotted the fire at around 8.45am and returned for a closer look.«I just hope nobody gets hurt, especially the crew, (as there) were many small explosions,» he said.The eyewitness added that the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were already at the scene. He approached an officer to ask whether the fire was likely to spread and was informed that it was possible, before being advised to move further away from the scene as a precaution.  «Props to the firefighters for helping out. I wouldn't dare go so close,» he said.  He also explained in the video that several yachts near the burning vessel were towed away, and that he couldn't return to shore because of the fire.

SINGAPORE – Citing medical fees and loss of future earnings as a physiotherapist, a cyclist who was hit by a motorcyclist on Nicoll Highway in 2021 sought over $500,000 in a civil suit.However, deputy registrar Sim Mei Ling awarded the cyclist, Gino Ernest Ng, around $55,000 after finding his claims for future earnings speculative.According to a judgment dated May 25, Ng was cycling on Nicoll Highway when the motorcyclist, Ang Eng Peng, collided with him.The September 2021 accident left Ng with a spinal fracture and abrasions on his right knee and right forearm. He was placed on hospitalisation leave from Sept 4, 2021, to Nov 30, 2021.In court, Ng’s medical expert testified that his spinal fracture would cause pain and chronic discomfort when treating patients. He noted that if Ng worked more than six hours, he would need a break the next day or require treatment from his colleagues.Conversely, Ang’s medical expert said Ng’s fracture had healed well and would not significantly impair his ability to work.Ng returned to work in December 2021 at his physiotherapy clinic, where he is a director and 50 per cent shareholder.

Pregnancy may explain why this poor tree shrew got stuck in a drainage pipe.On June 2, Facebook user Ng Suan Eng shared her encounter with the native mammal, which she found trapped inside a weep hole in her backyard retaining wall.«It was half dead and exhausted after struggling to survive the whole day,» she wrote.Ng called the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) to rescue the tree shrew, and praised their efforts.«After feeding it with some water, it became conscious, and the team used oil, carefully and patiently pulled it out eventually,» she wrote. «Grateful to have these guardian angels of our wildlife.»Lianhe Zaobao reported that the incident took place at Ng's home near Rifle Range Nature Park in Bukit Timah.Ng, 80, told the Chinese daily that she had first spotted two shrews darting around her backyard while she was having breakfast that morning, but around 5pm, her domestic helper heard sharp shrieks coming from the background and found one of them stuck.

A car swerved and mounted onto the walkway of a Bedok HDB block and crashed into what appears to be a dry riser on Friday (June 5) evening. The 69-year-old driver was then sent to the hospital for further medical checks.In a post uploaded to social media by Minister of State for East Coast GRC Tan Kiat How on Friday, he said that the car had swerved and mounted the pavement along the driveway between 201 and 202 Bedok North Street 1 that evening.He then expressed relief over how there were no serious injuries as nobody was in the path when the accident happened.«Thankfully, no pedestrians or other motorists were injured. Given that it happened during the evening rush, I am especially relieved that no one was in its path,» he said. «I am grateful that the outcome was not more serious».Tan then added that his team will work to repair the damaged infrastructure as quickly as possible, and thanked emergency responders who helped people at the scene after the accident.

The police has issued Disabling Directions (DD) under the Online Criminal Harms Act 2023 against YouTube, Facebook and X following the spread of content targeting the Indian community in Singapore.Narratives have been circulating in the Chinese-language information space over the last month that «Singapore is displaying anxiety over our cultural identity and ethnic politics» and there has been inflammatory content posted about Singapore's cultural identity and notions that the country is being «overrun by Indians», the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a press release on Saturday (June 6).The DD has been issued to block access to 14 such posts.Speaking to the media, Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong said that the posts, which are of foreign origin, attack Singapore's multiracial society and «try to divide people based on race.»«This, however, is not who we are,» he continued. « Every community in Singapore here is valued and everyone has an equal place. So, these videos strike at the very foundation of what makes Singapore home for all of us and they undermine the very basis of our society.»

Four persons, aged between 26 and 38, will be charged in court on Saturday (June 6) for their alleged involvement in fraudulently registering SIM cards that facilitated criminal activities.Police said in a news release on Friday night that the individuals, comprising two men and two women, were arrested during an enforcement operation in Tuas on June 4.The operation targeted errant retailers who were allegedly engaged in the registration of postpaid SIM cards that were subsequently used by overseas syndicates in crime.According to the police, the 34-year-old man and two women had allegedly used the information of actual customers to pre-register for additional postpaid SIM cards. The mobile lines that were registered were subsequently used in impersonation scams.The fourth person, a 26-year-old man was allegedly being taught how to do so.Meanwhile, investigations against another three men, aged between 30 and 65, are ongoing.Those convicted of facilitating the fraudulent registration of SIM cards that facilitate criminal activity will face a fine of up to $10,000, jail of up to three years, or both.

An artist who draws on pavements with chalk and a power washer was reported to the police after creating artwork on a sidewalk near a train station in Mountbatten. In a TikTok video on Friday (June 5), Marcus Pang shared that five hours into his project, he was stopped by Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) staff as someone had complained about him spraying chemicals onto the grass. «I laughed it off, stating that it was probably the gasoline from my power washer, and that I was using rainwater to power wash the dirty concrete,» the 24-year-old said. However, SMRT staff detained him, stating that he did not have a permit to create such artwork.In response, Marcus said he did not require a permit to do so.  @gazing.pw

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced on Saturday (June 6) that a Tanzania-registered container vessel, Golden Star 1, had sunk in the Singapore Strait on Friday night.MPA added that the incident happened about 6km off Batam at about 10.30pm.It added that the vessel reportedly took on water and subsequently sank.All nine crew members were later rescued by Indonesian authorities.Checks by AsiaOne on shipping tracking platforms show that the vessel's last known position is north of Sekupang in Batam, and to the south of East Coast Park.

A critically endangered Sunda pangolin that was rescued from a washing machine is ready to be released back into the wild, the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) said in a Facebook post on Thursday (June 4).The pangolin had crawled into the washing machine near Bukit Batok on the morning of May 25.Acres received a call from a resident about an «unusual animal» lodged beneath the appliance and advised the caller not to turn on the machine, reported The Straits Times (ST).Acres' rescue team took around 20 to 40 minutes to coax the pangolin out, as the species tends to cling tightly onto surfaces.

A 32-year-old Singaporean man believed to be linked to an organised crime group in Cambodia that scammed Singaporeans will be charged in court on Saturday (June 6).Francis Tan Thuan Heng had been placed on an initial list of 34 suspects — 27 Singaporeans and seven Malaysians — wanted by the Singapore police over their alleged involvement with the group. The list was expanded to include two more Singaporeans on May 5.  Jonathan Boneta, 27, and 33-year-old Lee Ding Hao, who are purportedly out of Singapore, were identified after further investigations. 

The Traffic police (TP) will get a new commander on Monday (June 8), with Senior Assistant Commissioner (SAC) Serene Chiu taking over the wheel.SAC Chiu, 51, who handed over command of Clementi Police Division to Assistant Commissioner of Police Allan Yue Kah Keong on June 4, will take over from SAC Daniel Tan.SAC Tan was appointed chief executive of the Gambling Regulatory Authority on June 2.The incoming TP commander joined the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in 1999. In her 27 years with the SPF, she has held several key appointments such as deputy director of the Ministry of Home Affairs' Homefront Security Division and director of the police's Public Affairs Department.

Even when employers offer new or similar roles for workers after their jobs have been made redundant, these employees are considered to have been retrenched, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) told AsiaOne on Friday (June 5).Both the ministry and labour movement also asked that companies treat retrenchments as a last resort.There has been a trend of some businesses asking workers to reapply for roles under the guise of «new opportunities», either locally or overseas, after their existing one have been made redundant.Under the law, employers with at least 10 workers must submit a retrenchment notification to MOM within five working days of notifying affected staff. Retrenchment benefits, however, are not currently mandated.Retrenchments as last resortNTUC told AsiaOne it recognises that firms may undertake various measures as a result of the evolving business environment. But it urged employers to «cut costs to save jobs, and not cut jobs to save costs».

SINGAPORE — To fund his lavish lifestyle, a man orchestrated traffic accidents between September 2019 and January 2024 to get private cash settlements from innocent drivers.Danial Ali Liaqat Ali, 28, was involved in at least 73 road traffic accidents over four years. Most of them were staged.On June 5, he was sentenced to 32 weeks’ jail and fined $6,000.He will also be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for 48 months after his release from prison.Danial pleaded guilty to 12 charges, including cheating, dangerous driving and inconsiderate driving.Another 25 charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.While driving, Danial would look for opportunities to engineer a near-collision or a collision with another vehicle.He would drive dangerously close to them, deliberately failing to brake, or accelerating into them to cause a side-swipe collision.Following each incident, Danial would approach the drivers and demand a private cash settlement of between $180 and $1,500 from the drivers.Court documents did not state how much he received in total from the fake accidents.

A motorcyclist and his pillion were taken to the hospital after an accident at a pedestrian crossing along Serangoon North Avenue 1 in the early hours of Friday (June 5).In footage of the aftermath shared by Instagram user Zatiman, a woman can be seen sitting on the road in front of a white saloon car and a motorcycle. Behind the car is a minivan that is believed to have been involved in the accident.Multiple people can be seen surrounding the three vehicles, with some making phone calls while others gestured at each other and inspected the vehicles.«Allegedly the guy driving the small van at the back is a teeny bit drunk,» Zatiman wrote in his post. «Even I can hear it.»Responding to queries from AsiaOne, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident at about 12.05am.A 39-year-old male motorcyclist and his 38-year-old female pillion were taken conscious to Sengkang General Hospital.A 26-year-old male van driver is assisting with ongoing police investigations.[[nid:737426]]khooyihang@asiaone.com