Singapore Local News, 2012-04-12

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Nigerian allegedly involved in online love scams nabbed in KL A Nigerian man has been arrested for a spate of Internet love scams last year. The 32-year-old was nabbed in Kuala Lumpur on Monday and extradited to Singapore yesterday. In the cases reported to police, the culprits........     Football bookie jailed and fined S$390,000 A vegetable seller, who worked as an illegal football bookie on the side, was sentenced to one year's jail and fined S$390,000 today. 38-year-old Goh Weng Soon, who accepted bets totalling nearly S$288,000, was charged with 11........ Court of Appeal to hear AGC's appeal on May 14 An appeal by the Attorney-General Chamber's (AGC) against an open court hearing on a Hougang resident's application for a by-election in the constituency will be heard in the week commencing May 14. This came after Judge of Appeal........ Public Accounts Committee concerned with procurement lapses in government ministries A Public Accounts Committee, comprising eight Members of Parliament, has expressed concerns that lapses in procurement and contract management by government ministries would undermine the Government procurement principles of open and fair........ Man jailed 18 months for helping to defraud SLA An assistant manager, who received about S$32,000 for helping to defraud the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) of nearly S$12.2 million, was jailed 18 months today. 43-year-old Tan Meng Teck, who used to work with IT services provider........ CPF top-ups to extend to parents- and grandparents-in-law Top-ups under the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Minimum Sum Topping-Up Scheme will now be extended to parents-in-law and grandparents-in-law, announced Minister of State for Manpower and National development Tan Chuan-Jin today. Come........

NEL launches new disruption alert service SBS Transit launched a new disruption alert service for the North East Line (NEL) yesterday, which will provide subscribers with information such as the affected stations, availability of shuttle services and the resumption of services......     AVA introduces new veggie home growing kit Singaporeans now have more ways to grow their own vegetables. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority on Thursday introduced a new vegetable home growing kit - known as the "Veggie Pipe"...... Hougang by-election case: AGC's appeal hearing date set The Attorney-General's Chambers' appeal against High Court Judge Philip Pillai's ruling on the Hougang by-election matter has been set for an expedited hearing date...... Nigerian allegedly involved in online love scams nabbed in KL A Nigerian man has been arrested for a spate of Internet love scams last year...... Football bookie jailed and fined S$390,000 A vegetable seller, who worked as an illegal football bookie on the side, was sentenced to one year's jail and fined S$390,000 on Thursday...... MINDEF on new process to cut cumulative advance payments The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has started a process to regularly review the progress of all development projects managed by the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA)...... Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces conferred S'pore's highest military award Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Major General Aminuddin Ihsan was conferred Singapore's highest military award...... MICA to reinforce IT Security guidelines The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) will reinforce the IT Security guidelines from financial year 2012...... MPA considers move to licensing model The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has informed the Public Accounts Committee that the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is exploring moving from the current agency model to a licensing model over the next one or two years...... Public Accounts Committee concerned about procurement lapses The Public Accounts Committee said it is concerned about the lapses related to procurement and contract management in four ministries and some of the statutory boards under their charge...... Man jailed 18 months for helping to defraud SLA An assistant manager, who received about S$32,000 for helping to defraud the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) of nearly S$12.2 million, was jailed 18 months on Thursday...... SCDF and Mercy Relief to synergise humanitarian efforts The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SDCF) and Mercy Relief signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) on Thursday to synergise their resources and networks for humanitarian cooperation to provide a quicker and more unified response during future regional dis..... CPF Minimum Sum Topping-Up scheme extended Singapore's Central Provident Fund Board has extended the Minimum Sum Topping-Up scheme to also benefit parents-in-law and grandparents-in-law......