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Star Wars Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on May 4 to celebrate the Star Wars media franchise created by founder and former chairman and CEO of Lucasfilm, George Lucas. Observance of the day spread quickly through media and grassroots celebrations since the franchise began in 1977. The date originated from the pun […]

A TikTok video of an Indian man quarrelling with three Chinese men on an MRT has gone viral. It is unclear how the quarrel started or what it is about, but the video has garnered 1.5 million views since yesterday (4 May). @seehaveseedonthave Singapore Gagster. But why the 3 Chinese want disturb 1 Indian. Anyone […]

Former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has wished his Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya by sharing a picture of him with a scarecrow dressed in Malay outfit. The post in his Facebook has been shared over 400 times with most commenters puzzled and dismayed as to why Goh would post such a picture to extend […]

The Speaker of Parliament calls out social media user who slurred him and said, “glad I helped to make his day”. Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin took to Facebook today (2 May) to name and shame a social media user who referred to him as a “PAP dog”. The social media user had commented on […]

A video posted by an Instagram group, Singapore Incidents, has riled up some Instagram users. The video featured several youths doing pranks at the McDonald’s in SAFRA Punggol. The video showed a boy holding two small cups of water before strutting from the the counter in the McDonald’s outletto a table. Two girls are seen filming […]

A former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer who beat and kicked a drug offender to extract a confession was also found to have drunk and abused a police officer. After considering all the charges, the judge sentenced him to five years in prison and a fine of $4,000. The judge also ordered the ex-CNB officer […]

The police have started an investigation into the actions of the Workers’ Party Secretary-General Pritam Singh and Vice-President Faisal Manap for their testimony at the “Raeesah Khan saga” by the Parliamentary Privileges Committee. As part of the investigation, the authorities will jointly contact relevant personnel. The police force issued a statement late today (April 29). […]

A 39-year-old driver died after being ran over by his own prime mover in the Yishun area on Wednesday morning. The bizarre accident happened near Yishun Industrial Street 1. According to a Facebook group Traffics accident.SG, the deceased is Shanmugam Jothi and died on the spot after being run over by the prime mover he […]

Nagaenthran a/l K. Dharmalingam (Nagaen), a Malaysian Indian who was convicted of trafficking 42.72 grams of heroin in April 2009 was hanged at Changi Prison on 27 April 2022; he was 33. Nagaen was convicted for entering Singapore from Malaysia at Woodlands Checkpoint with a bundle of heroin strapped to his thigh. He confessed to […]

On 25 April, Facebook user Petrina Ng shared an incident she overheard at a Fairprice supermarket. She said that she overheard an elderly Chinese couple discussing heatedly if a certain brand of chocolate was halal. They were trying to buy the box of chocolates for their neighbour who is Malay. As they could not decide […]

A man was videoed hanging upside down in a ceiling vent as several police officers arrived at the scene. Netizens who reacted to the video couldn’t help replying with lol (laugh our loud) and shocked emoticons. Many said, “I thought it was a big python!” The video uploaded on Singapore Incidents’ Facebook page on April […]

An alleged case of negligent handling of dangerous or harmful substances led to an explosion near the swimming pool at Thomson Three condominium in Bright Hill Drive. It was suspected that the staff had an accident while handling chlorine powder (chlorine). A loud explosion was heard next to the swimming pool of the Thomson Three […]