Singapore Local News, 2011-02-08

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PCF kindergarten ready to fine parents who pick up their children late For every five minutes you are late, you pay $2. That is what one PAP Community Foundation (PCF) kindergarten has told parents who are tardy in picking up their children from school, after repeated reminders did not work......     MPs suggest ways to improve ComCare Ensuring Singaporeans get the right amount of aid and helping low-wage workers cope with sky-high inflation rates...... More competitions to broaden sports participation SINGAPORE : Students' participation in school sports is set to get a boost - with more recreational sports competitions planned...... Insurance scam mastermind jailed SINGAPORE : The mastermind of several insurance scams was sentenced to 27 months' jail on Tuesday...... Ex-M1 staff who "stole phones" ordered to pay S$2.06m Singapore - The High Court has granted telco M1 a default judgment against a former employee who allegedly took 3,092 phones and enjoyed the high life with the profits made from selling them...... Youths nabbed for suspected loansharking involvement Fourteen youths, mostly students, were arrested for their suspected involvement in loansharking activities...... Long queues at banks after LNY The rush to exchange new notes at banks before the Lunar New Year may be over, but days after the festivities, queues are still forming at banks around Singapore...... Plans to help single low-wage caregivers A REACH policy study workgroup on health issues has recommended the government to offer more financial reliefs for low-income and single caregivers...... Plans to help older low-wage workers A workgroup set up by government feedback portal REACH, which looked into manpower issues, has recommended better support programmes for low-income workers who are above 65 years old......

Student fined for perverting course of justice A 22-year-old student was on Tuesday fined S$2,000 for perverting the course of justice by bribing a property agent to take the blame for a traffic offence she committed on January 22, 2008......     NTU opens Asia's first solar fuels lab Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) can now look forward to recreating an energy process that takes place in plants to produce hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight...... CATS Recruit Career Guide 2011 on sale THE latest edition of CATS Recruit Career Guide is now available.In its 20th year, the Singapore Press Holdings publication details up-to-date salary rates and job prospects in major sectors, an overview of key industries and career tips for job seek..... Insurance fraud mastermind jailed for 27 months THE mastermind behind a group of people who conspired to claim compensation for injuries purportedly sustained in traffic accidents amounting to nearly $96,000 was on Tuesday jailed two years and three months. Phang Choon Meng, 38, was also disqualif..... Expo adds convention wing to up Mice industry share THE Singapore Expo is expanding its facilities and branching out into events management to better compete in the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (Mice) industry that looks set to grow by another 10 per cent this year.The new convent..... PM and Cabinet Ministers to thank grassroots leaders FOUR thousand grassroots leaders will be attending a Chinese New Year garden party at the Istana Lawn on Sunday.The grassroots leaders, together with their spouses, have been invited by the Prime Minister and his Cabinet Ministers to show their appre..... Dog smuggler jailed and fined HE MADE five successful trips smuggling in puppies since December last year but his luck ran out on Jan 28. A check by officers from the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority and Central Narcotics Bureau working together with the K9 dog unit uncovered ..... New sports added to schools FENCING and archery are the latest additions to the Ministry of Education's (MOE) school sports calendar.This was announced by Mr S. Iswaran, Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry, Education) at Tuesday's opening ceremony of the National Schoo..... Man gets jail and caning for rioting A MAN originally accused of murdering a cleaner at Teck Whye Lane was sentenced to 40 months' jail and six strokes of the cane for rioting on Tuesday.Gunesh Kumar Loganathan, 25, pleaded guilty last week to being with Augustine William, Sathya, Naren..... Fined $2,000 for hiring fall guy for traffic offence SHE got a police friend to rope in a woman to take the rap for beating a red light for the price of $1,000. For perverting the course of justice in 2008, Evangeline Tay Sun Ann, 22, was fined $2,000 on Feb 8.Through lawyer Lim Kia Tong, Tay, who is n..... Fine, ban for accident killing former national sprinter A MOTORIST who caused the death of former national sprinter Tan Eng Yoon in a road traffic accident was fined $9,000 and banned from driving for five years on Tuesday.Mohammed Iskandar Ariffin, 33, a safety supervisor, admitted to failing to keep a p..... New NTU lab aims to turn water into fuel SCIENTISTS from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have set up a new laboratory - the first in Asia - that aims to turn water into hydrogen fuel.The new Solar Fuels Laboratory at NTU aims to create efficient and sustainable sources of solar fuel ..... Bad breakfasts breed dumb kids FROM pancakes to fishball noodles, Singaporeans eat all sorts of things for breakfast.But many parents here are quite careful when it comes to their childrens' breakfast. After all, it is the most important meal of the day...... School principals in Singapore getting younger IN SINGAPORE, the average age for school principals usually hovers around the late 40s but in recent years, younger faces are taking on this role and managing schools. RazorTV met three teachers who were appointed school principals while still in the..... Police nab 26-year-old hit-and-run driver POLICE have arrested a 26-year-old man believed to be involved in a hit-and-run accident along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 towards Yio Chu Kang Road last Thursday (the first day of Chinese New Year).A 33-year-old Chinese man was hit by a car as he was crossi.....