Man suffers stroke while driving; nurse passerby from nearby hospital activates emergency staff to rescue him
Kudos to the staff at Farrer Park Hospital for saving a stroke victim. The man, who suffered a stroke while behind the wheel of his car, had crashed into the road railings in the vicinity of the hospital on Tuesday (May 23). Luckily, staff nurse Steve Mocsoy — who was on the way home after his
Kleptomaniac found dead at foot of Sengkang block a day before she was due back in court
Goh Lee Yin chalked up quite a reputation as a serial shoplifter, having been dragged to court and subsequently jailed multiple times for theft. The 36-year-old was due back in...
Post-partum depression and stress led to a mother’s suicide — she jumped to her death with her newborn child
On Nov 23 last year, a 29-year-old woman jumped to her death from the 12th floor of a HDB block in Bukit Panjang while holding on to her newborn child. Koh Suan Ping and her...
WATCH: ’90s throwback to the days of the Great Singapore Workout mass exercise
Anyone remember the Great Singapore Workout? Way before Zumba enjoyed its moment in the spotlight, this mass exercise was implemented in primary and secondary schools, as well...
Woman claims to have bought a maggoty sausage bun from a bakery in Hougang mall
If Yishun grew in disrepute for the amount of crazy happenings in the neighborhood, Hougang is showing signs of being a district where maggots tend to populate sandwiches. Just a...
Obviously fake Singapore Cancer Society flyer offers breast cancer health checks requiring women to be ‘fully naked’
Heads up — there’s a fake flyer offering extremely dubious-sounding health check-ups for women, and it’s circulating in (where else?) Yishun. Stamped with the logo...
NEA confirms new Zika cluster at Poh Huat Terrace/Terasse Lane; 2 new cases reported
New Zika cases seem to pop up every week this past month. The National Environment Agency (NEA) confirmed the existence of two new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus...
3 paramedic officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force praised for delivering baby at couple’s home
Giving birth is agony enough — but a couple in Singapore recently went through an emergency delivery right in their living room of their own home. Thankfully, there were three...
Second Zika cluster of 2017 confirmed at Flower Road/Hendry Close
Less than a kilometre away from where the first Zika cluster of the year was first reported at Simon Place, a second one has popped up, with two new cases reported by the National...
MP goes hard against weed in Parliament after her son’s friends tried to get him blazed
Ang Mo Kio GRC Member of Parliament Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar recently faced the troubling notion that her son came close to becoming a pothead after his friends invited him for a...
