‘Gary Ng’ gets 50 months jail and $20k fine THE man dubbed Singapore’s Edison Chen was sentenced to 50 months’ jail and fined $20,000 on Wednesday for a series of offences. Chen Guilin alias Gary Ng, 28, had admitted to having 507 obscene films, mostly of himself having sex with other women. Some of the …
Global – Microsoft’s devotion to Bing is straining some of its MSN partner relationships and has even cost the company some cash. The portal’s sales staff has been irked for some time by Microsoft posting myriad links to Bing on the home page rather than to MSN properties, the New York Post reported. And more …
Singapore – SPH MediaBoxOffice (SPHMBO) has opened up eight new sites for outdoor advertising following its exclusive tie up with the new Clementi Mall. Advertisers now have the option of marketing on these sites which are located on the facades, glass elevator and huge walls near the mall’s entrance. When asked who are the advertisers …
Global – Collective buying site Groupon has continued its rapid growth around the world via acquisition, extending its reach across India, the Middle East and South Africa. Groupon has launched Groupon India, Groupon Israel and Groupon South Africa by acquiring local daily deal sites Sosasta, Grouper and Twangoo respectively. All three sites will transit to …
A WOMAN suffering from post-natal depression got away with a total fine of $6,000 on Tuesday for abusing her Filipino maid. Cargo control officer Ng Kai Ling, 28, admitted on Monday to spitting at the face of Ms Araceli Puzon Mejares, 32, on Nov 2, 2009, and punching her on the arm on Dec 7 …
CALTEX has increased pump prices of all grades of petrol and diesel by $0.04 per litre. The price change took effect on Tuesday morning. Now, a litre of Regular 92 with Techron costs $1.947, a litre of Premium 95 with Techron costs $2.007 and a litre of Platinum 98 with Techron costs $2.135. A litre …
AN UNEMPLOYED woman who hid five packets of drugs in her sanitary pad was given the minimum five years’ jail on Tuesday for drug importation. Jeganthy Balakrishnan, 22, pleaded guilty to importing 17.19g of methamphetamine in a private taxi at Woodlands checkpoint last Sept 8. The court heard that the woman was told to alight …
SINGAPORE : Observers said the drop in the number of permanent residencies granted last year reflected a change in the type of immigrants the government is trying to attract. They said the move also needs to be seen against the backdrop of recent policies aimed at tightening the inflow of foreign workers, such as raising …
THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will organise its first large-scale fund-raising event in five years in April. This will be a charity dinner at Orchid Country Club on April 15, which NKF chief executive Eunice Tay said on Monday will be ‘no-frills’. She said in a statement: ‘We want to keep it simple by going …
AN ITALIAN man amazed doctors by sneezing a bullet out through his nose after being shot in the head and is expected to make a full recovery. Darco Sangermano was hit by a stray bullet while he was celebrating New Year’s Eve with his girlfriend in Naples, Italy, reported Britain’s BBC news. The .22 calibre …