If you have applied for long-term immigration facilities such as permanent residency and received a letter and tax invoice to pay a fee, do not make any payment. In a news release on Saturday (March 28), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said it was alerted to a fake letter and tax invoice that were received by an applicant. According to ICA, the “documents” bore its letterhead and a signature of an officer allegedly from the authority. The applicant later received the fake letter and invoice asking for a certain fee to be paid to proceed with the application. Checks by ICA revealed that the applicant had engaged a commercial entity to assist with a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) application for a total fee of about $5,000. The authority also found that no application had been submitted on behalf of the person. Applicants should apply directly to ICAICA also revealed that they have been alerted to 12 similar cases since January.

When the police told sisters Faith and Sarah Phua in April 2025 that their 75-year-old mother wanted to transfer $67,000 to an unknown account, they were shocked.They confronted their mother, who admitted she wanted to send the money to tech billionaire Elon Musk, whom she believed needed help saving his company from ruin.They were horrified to later learn that since 2022, their mother had been fooled by scammers who used artificial intelligence to impersonate Musk to talk to her.Over three years, the elderly woman transferred $600,000 to the scammers.The sisters spoke to The Straits Times at the Police Cantonment Complex in New Bridge Road on March 24.Sarah Phua, 45, said: “My mum said Elon Musk needed her money to help his business as it was losing money. That was when we knew she had been brainwashed.”

More than 830kg of Asian pangolin scales from an estimated over 2,200 pangolins were seized in a joint operation between the National Parks Board (NParks) and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in December last year, said Minister of State for National Development Alvin Tan. Tan, who is also Minister of State for Trade and Industry, disclosed this at the World Wildlife Regional Youth Symposium held at the BCA Academy on Saturday (March 28), when he announced the publication of a new Singapore-focused compendium as part of a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen partnerships and tackle illegal wildlife trade.The compendium is tailored to Singapore's context as a major maritime hub, and underscores the importance of international cooperation and public-private partnerships in the fight against wildlife trafficking along global maritime routes.It equips maritime industry partners, including carriers, shippers and freight forwarders with guidance on at-risk routes and common red flags in wildlife trafficking, such as discrepancies in documentation, cargo value, weight and appearance.

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Vyacheslav Nikonov admits that US sanctions on Russia are unlikely to be lifted quickly, some of them «will be simply impossible» to lift

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko says that the bilateral relations «continue to decline»

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According to its sources, Kallas criticized the US for not increasing pressure on Russia

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Eleven of Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet have relied on taxpayer-funded subsidies to help run their vehicles in recent years, analysis of expenses receipts reveals.

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. might move away from its commitment to defend NATO allies, criticizing them for not supporting the war in Iran.

Senate Democrats have said the plan is “dead on arrival” in the upper chamber.

À l'issue des élections municipales en Polynésie française, le haut-commissariat a révélé deux irrégularités dans les communes de Rangiroa et Arutua. Il s'agit de doubles candidatures, formellement interdites par le code électoral. Le tribunal administratif dispose de trois mois pour se prononcer.

Amir Hossein Hosseini says that the US statements are a «part of a broader psychological and media campaign»

Vyacheslav Nikonov says that after a long break, the parliamentarians have relaunched a relations workgroup

According to Andrey Rudenko, the dates will be agreed upon through diplomatic channels

Vyacheslav Nikonov says that his US colleagues insist on the dependence of the bilateral relations on early settlement of the Ukrainian crisis

According to sources cited by Reuters, 13 US soldiers have been killed and over 300 have sustained injuries since the start of the military operation

No casualties or damage have been reported so far

UK's electoral system was once envy of the world. But it's now in grave peril thanks to 'family voting', mass postal ballots and bizarre anachronism of allowing Commonwealth citizens to vote.

Iran's state media has been pushing the idea of quitting a non-proliferation treaty and are pushing to seek a nuclear bomb in defiance of the US and Israel.

Fattah Derrahi, 59, approached women as they exercised or walked along the seafront telling them they had 'good energy' and claiming he was a reiki and yoga expert.

Flames appeared to decimate the interior of the six-storey building, with fire crews rushing to the scene to try tackle the blaze.

The Associated Press reported that 'several' US servicemembers are injured in the Friday attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, though the Wall Street Journal put the number at 10, two of them seriously.

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Scott Fielding, a former provincial minister and city councillor, is facing a sexual assault charge after a months-long investigation, Winnipeg police say.

An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to three terrorism charges has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years.

A 47-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a woman who went missing in southeast Edmonton last summer.

Manitoba's premier is calling on Mark Carney to help stop the war in Iran.

Ontario released its 2025 Sunshine List Friday, the annual list that documents public sector employees with salaries of over $100,000, with former Ontario Power Generation President and CEO Kenneth Hartwick topping it yet again with a salary of just over $1.9 million.

The testimony emerged as officials in Fulton County urged a federal judge to order the return of more than 650 boxes of materials seized by agents in January.