Singapore Local News, 2011-02-21

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Caltex reduce diesel price Caltex has reduced the price of diesel by S$0.01 a litre......     Bankrupt jailed eight weeks for entering casino despite exclusion order against him. A bankrupt was jailed eight weeks, yesterday, for using his wife's identity card to enter the casino at Resorts World Sentosa on May 29, last year...... National serviceman on 18 months' probation for sex with minor A full-time national serviceman who could have passed a sexually transmitted disease to an underaged girl when they had unprotected sex was given 18 months' probation, yesterday......

Potential GE candidates? One has been doing grassroots work for more than a year; the other has been involved in constituency activities for the past three months. Both appeared side by side yesterday, along with other Members of Parliament in Ang Mo Kio Group Representation.....     Woman jailed for robbery, drug offences A female robber, who used chilli powder to attack her victim, was on Monday jailed a total of 10 years and fined S$30,000 for robbery, drug- and loansharking-related offences...... Foreign Minister George Yeo in Jakarta for informal ASEAN meet Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo will be in Jakarta on Tuesday to attend an informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting...... Man jailed for using wife's IC to enter casino SINGAPORE : A 47-year-old man was jailed eight weeks on Monday for using his wife's identity card (IC) to enter the casino at Resorts World Sentosa on May 29 last year...... Snatch thief detained by public-spirited trio A condominium security guard and two members of the public helped detain a 24-year-old male suspect who had snatched an elderly victim's handbag on Sunday afternoon...... NSman on probation for having sex with minor SINGAPORE : A full-time national serviceman who could have passed a sexually transmitted disease to an underage girl when they had unprotected sex was given 18 months' probation on Monday...... Austrian President in S'pore for state visit Visiting Austrian President, Dr Heinz Fischer, who is in Singapore for a three-day state visit, was given a ceremonial welcome at the Istana on Monday morning...... "It's A Great Great World" breaks S$2m box office mark Local film "It's A Great Great World" has broken the S$2 million box office mark...... Pervert teacher's appeal rejected Former primary school teacher Chock Soon Seng, who had been jailed 10 months for trying to get two boys to masturbate in front of him, had his appeal rejected on Monday by the High Court...... Foreign worker levies to increase, says MOM Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is sending a strong signal to businesses to invest in productivity changes and reduce their reliance on low-skilled foreign workers...... Former American footballer sentenced to 16 months' jail A former American footballer was sentenced on Monday to 16 months' jail after receiving cash worth more than S$330,000 in a telephone scam...... Battlestar Galactica reopens The world's tallest duelling roller-coaster the Battlestar Galactica re-opened on Monday after eleven months of being grounded...... Elderly woman jailed for stabbing flatmate An elderly woman was jailed 10 months on Monday for stabbing her flatmate with a carving knife and hitting his head with a hammer...... Cracked windshield forces SIA plane to land A Singapore Airlines plane bound for Melbourne had to turn back to Changi Airport early Monday morning......