British teacher is jailed and sentenced to be caned for molesting three-year-old girl in Singapore Richard Christopher Monks, 29, admitted to molesting a three-year-old girl He was caught lifting up dress of the victim and touching her inappropriately The abuse came to light when the girl expressed reluctance to go to class He was sentenced … Read more
Vaccine passports have landed in the UK as the International Air Transport Association trials an app with an airline between Singapore and London. The phone software from IATA stores evidence of a negative Covid test as well as the facility to store evidence travellers have had coronavirus vaccinations. It is being trialled over the next few … Read more
A British man has been jailed for two weeks for breaking Singapore‘s strict coroanvirus quarantine rules after he left his hotel room for a night with his fiancée. Nigel Skea was also fined 1,000 Singapore Dollars (£540) for the breach, while Singaporean Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai – now his wife – was jailed for a week for helping … Read more
A British man has been jailed for two weeks for breaking Singapore‘s strict coroanvirus quarantine rules after he left his hotel room for a night with his fiancée. Nigel Skea was also fined 1,000 Singapore Dollars (£540) for the breach, while Singaporean Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai – now his wife – was jailed for a week for helping … Read more
Qantas will be flying travellers overseas as early as October 31 as the airline giant gets set to resume international flights. Alan Joyce, the flying kangaroo airline’s chief executive, said travel would resume to 22 of the 25 destinations, including Los Angeles, London, Singapore and Johannesburg, despite a South African strain. New York, Santiago and Osaka … Read more
War veteran, 100, who was robbed of £4,000 when his home was burgled while he was in hospital recovering from a fall says he ‘appreciates’ strangers raising £17,000 – but tells GMB ‘a lot of it’ will go to charity Len Parry, 100, from Skipton, North Yorks, kept nearly £4,000 in his safe Upset when … Read more
Powerful ‘Covid O’ Cabinet committee is set to consider plans for ‘vaccine passports’ tomorrow amid hopes they could save summer holidays Covid O committee having initial discussions about ‘vaccine passports’ for travel Boris Johnson has said having two Covid jabs could allow you to go on holiday Iata revealed ‘fruitful’ Government talks about vaccination app for … Read more
Maths professor in Singapore delivers two-hour lecture on Zoom only to realise he was on mute the entire time Prof. Dong Wang of the National University of Singapore gave lecture on Feb. 4 Within first couple of minutes his screen froze and students couldn’t hear him His mathematics students tried to reach him by phone and … Read more
Grant Shapps revealed today he has had talks with foreign politicians about an ‘internationally recognised system’ of allowing travellers to prove they have had a Covid jab. The Transport Secretary made the admission despite Downing Street insisting for weeks that it has no plans to introduce ‘vaccine passports’ that would prove the holder’s coronanvirus immunity. … Read more
Nine Britons are charged over Singapore yacht party that broke coronavirus rules Nine Britons aged between 26 and 32 could face six months in a Singapore jail An investigation found the party broke the rules which limited gatherings to five Singapore has come down hard on rule violations after keeping infections low By Tim Stickings … Read more