20000 fatalities

20 thousands ppl were killed in a Sri Lanka fighting. The figure is 3 times more than the official casualty figure. The fight ended when troops crushed Tamil Tiger, a rebel group. They held 10 thousands civillians as human shields. Most of the 20 thousands deaths were caused by the troops themselves.

3 year old girl shot his brother

A 3 year old girl found a semi-automatic handgun under her parents bed. She and her brother played with the gun and she accidentally fired it in his brother chest. Their mother was in the apartment but in different rooms. Her brother was sent to the hospital quickly but he still died from the gunshot.

16 held for drink-driving

16 drink drivers were arrested last Saturday night. The total number of drink drivers caught so far this year to 1,141. All drink drivers will be disqualified from driving for at least 12 months, which would. In addition, first-time offenders can be fined between $1,000 and $5,000, or jailed up to six months, while repeat offenders face a maximum fine of $30,000 and a mandatory jail term of up to three years.

4 immigrants jailed for killing landlord

4 immigrants were jailed for killing their landlord. The landlord was tied and gagged in a room and the 4 packed their belongings and left. They said that the landlord threaten them for money everytime. He wud threaten to call the police if they do not give. After threatening them again, the 4 tied him up and left him in the hse. They called for the landlord wife but she thought that they wanted to trick her back after she had a quarrel with the landlord. She did not return and the landlord had suffocated 2 days later.

Woodlands flat broken into

A flat in woodlands street was broken into on Thursday afternoon between 12.30pm and 2.10pm. When she returned to her flat at Block 429, she found all three bedrooms ransacked.
Three mobile phones, a small chain with pendant valued at $90 and three Singapore passports belonging to her and her two sons were missing. The victim then discovered that the window grills and the sliding window along the common corridor were forced open.

Philippines has 1st flu case

The Philippine government confirmed late on Thursday the country's first case of swine flu. They can confirm a woman is now in quarantine and has been diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus. The woman returned with her family who are also being monitored by health authorities. Some 49 people who had been put under observation in government and private hospitals since May 1 after showing symptoms of the virus have since been discharged.

Maid beaten to death

Employers of an Indonesian maid found dead in their house have been detained on suspicion of having severely beaten her. When paramedics got to the house, they found the maid, in her 20s, dead with bruises on her head and body. The police were promptly called. They have detained two siblings, a woman and man, in their 20s and 30s for further investigations. The maid had been working there for just two months. They suspected that the brother and sister may have abused her.

Canoe instructor drowns

Freelancer canoe instructor Chua Ee Tuck drowned while coaching some secondary school students last Friday at MacRitchie Reservoir. According to the police, officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force received a call at about 6.45pm. When they arrived 15 minutes later, the 35-year-old Singapore Polytechnic graduate had already stopped breathing. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. He cycled and jogged regularly and was a good swimmer.

Malaysia top health official on Friday confirmed the country's first case of swine flu amid fears that some of those exposed to the infected patient could have gone on to Indonesia. The patient was a 21-year-old male student who arrived on a flight from the United States on May 13. The patient came down with fever, sore throat and body aches the next day and was admitted to the Sungai Buloh quarantine facility in central Selangor state on the same evening and is now in stable condition.

H1N1 suspect in Indonesia

A 31 year old woman is being treated for suspected H1N1 flu in Indonesia after returning from a trip to the United States. If confirmed it would be the Southeast Asian country's first known case of the A(H1N1) virus, which has killed 65 people and infected more than 6,400 around the world. She had been to the United States and South Korea which are areas with swine flu cases. The woman had tested negative for H1N1 flu at the airport in South Korea but her symptoms had returned and further tests were necessary.

6.7 earthquake

A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the remote Kermadec islands north of New Zealand on Saturday, seismologists said. The quake struck at 12.53pm (8.53am Singapore time), 10 kilometres (six miles) south of L'Esperance Rock and 270 kilometres southwest of Raoul Island at a depth of just 10 kilometres. No tsunami warning was immediately issued.
Earthquakes and volcanic activity are common in the area, which is part of the 'Ring of Fire' where the Pacific plate of the earth's crust meets other continental plates. The Kermadec islands, 1,000 kilometres north of New Zealand, are uninhabited apart from Raoul, where New Zealand's Department of Conservation maintains a field station.

Explosions rock Bay area

Serveral explosions rocked the Marina Bay area on Thursday afternoon when some acetylene cylinders fell off a lorry on its way to a construction site. The impact of the accident caused five cylinders, weighing about 50kg each, to rupture resulting in the fire, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said. Firefighters set up two water jets and the fire was brought under control within 10 minutes, the SCDF added. No one was hurt in the accident but its impact could also be felt by office workers working in the Central Business District.

will be back at whitely centre

Escaped Mas Selamat Kastari, who has been caught in Johor Baru, will be detained again at the Whitley Road detention centre when he is brought back to Singapore after the Malaysian authorities have completed their interrogation. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said the detention centre, where the terror leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah network escaped from, 'is today very different from the one on Feb 27, 2008' - the day Mas Selamat escaped. 'Many security measures have been put in place and that is the place we are going to put him,' Mr Wong, who is Home Affairs Minister, told a media conference on Friday morning, after news broke that the JI terrorist has been arrested.

6 ill after contact with flu cases

Six people who were quarantined after possible contact with Japan's first confirmed swine flu cases were taken to hospital on Saturday after falling ill. They were among 49 passengers isolated by authorities on Friday after arriving at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, with three Japanese citizens who were found to be suffering from the disease. The three - a 46-year-old teacher and two 16-year-old students from the western city of Osaka - tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus after the flight from Detroit.

woman hid dead baby

An unwed mother hid the baby in the storeroom to keep the pregnancy from her family. She moved it to the electrical riser compartment a week after. The body remained for 2 months in it until a strong stench caught the attention a meter reader. She admitted that she disposed the baby with the intention of concealing the birth. Two men from the singapore power open the door and found the baby.