S’pore woman lied to police that colleagues sexually assaulted, raped her, as she wanted ride home – Mothership.SG

S’pore woman lied to police that colleagues sexually assaulted, raped her, as she wanted ride home – Mothership.SG

A woman in Singapore, who had drinks in a hotel room with some colleagues, lied to her aunt they had sexually assaulted and raped her, so the latter would book her a Grab ride home. Her aunt subsequently accompanied her to lodge a police report, where she repeated the lie to police officers in September…

Sultan of Johor, next in line to be M’sia’s Agong, touts S’pore-Johor Special Economic Zone – Mothership.SG

Sultan of Johor, next in line to be M’sia’s Agong, touts S’pore-Johor Special Economic Zone – Mothership.SG

Ibrahim Iskandar, the sultan of Johor, has touted the Singapore-Johor Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as one of the promising developments in the state during an interview with Malaysia news agency Bernama on Sep. 22. The state ruler also spoke on a number of topics, including his readiness to take up the position of Yang di-Pertuan…

Libya’s ‘City of Poets’ Pays a Heavy Price in Floods

Libya’s ‘City of Poets’ Pays a Heavy Price in Floods

Ms. Khalifa, the writer from Derna, remembers how as a child the city’s identities as a place of culture and resistance intertwined. In the 1960s she attended a play at the city’s theater with prominent female actresses, she said. The proceeds of the play went to support the Algerian resistance to the French occupation. That…

Bedok stall selling fried chicken with rice at S$0.20 on Sep. 23 & 24 – Mothership.SG

Bedok stall selling fried chicken with rice at S$0.20 on Sep. 23 & 24 – Mothership.SG

Do you know of an F&B place that should be featured on Mothership? Tell us more at [email protected]. A chicken rice stall in Bedok will be selling fried chicken with rice at S$0.20 on Sep. 23 and 24, 2023. Good Good Bird is located at 412 Bedok North Avenue 2, and opened for business on…

Maliki Osman visits S’pore-style hawker centre in New York, spends over S$250 on hawker food – Mothership.SG

Maliki Osman visits S’pore-style hawker centre in New York, spends over S$250 on hawker food – Mothership.SG

Second Minister for Education and Foreign Affairs Maliki Osman visited Urban Hawker in New York and enjoyed the “incredible” Singaporean cuisine whipped up at the stalls there. Urban Hawker is the first Singapore-style hawker food centre in New York. The stalls at Urban Hawker had been curated by MakanSutra founder K.F. Seetoh to resemble the…

Queues in Orchard form as early as 4:30pm on Thursday for iPhone 15 release on Friday – Mothership.SG

Queues in Orchard form as early as 4:30pm on Thursday for iPhone 15 release on Friday – Mothership.SG

The new Apple iPhone 15 models are on sale in Singapore on Friday, Sep. 22, 2023. Queues, predictably, started to form outside the Apple store in Orchard Road, as well as outside the Courts outlet at The Heeren on Sep. 21. 8world News reported that hundreds of people began waiting outside Courts as early as…

In Canada, Zelensky warns cutting military aid would only lead to more Russian aggression.

In Canada, Zelensky warns cutting military aid would only lead to more Russian aggression.

President Volodymyr Zelensky warned during a visit to Canada’s capital on Friday that pulling back on support for Ukraine would erode its war effort and ultimately lead to further aggression by Russia, with dire consequences. “I believe that you’re supporting either Ukraine or Russia,” he said at a news conference in Ottawa shortly after he…

Mediacorp actress Ye Jia Yun, 21, makes runway debut at Milan Fashion Week – Mothership.SG

Mediacorp actress Ye Jia Yun, 21, makes runway debut at Milan Fashion Week – Mothership.SG

Mediacorp actress Ye Jia Yun, 21, has made her runway debut at Milan Fashion Week. She walked at Anteprima’s Spring/Summer 2024 show on Sep. 21. Her height is listed as 178cm on her profile. Ye made her showbiz debut after participating in Star Search 2019, where she finished as the second runner-up. She is listed…

Panda cub Le Le moving to China in Dec. 2023, last day to see him at River Wonders on Nov. 20 – Mothership.SG

Panda cub Le Le moving to China in Dec. 2023, last day to see him at River Wonders on Nov. 20 – Mothership.SG

The time has come for beloved panda cub Le Le, who was born in Singapore in 2021, to return to China. Mandai Wildlife Group announced in a Sep. 22 press release that the juvenile panda will leave for his motherland in the second half of December 2023. His return will contribute to the conservation of…

Amin Mee Goreng Stall in Jurong West suspended 2 weeks for infestation on premises – Mothership.SG

Amin Mee Goreng Stall in Jurong West suspended 2 weeks for infestation on premises – Mothership.SG

Amin Mee Goreng Stall, a food stall at Block 498 Jurong West Street 41, has been temporarily suspended for two weeks from Sep. 19 to Oct. 2, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) announced. The suspension under the Points Demerit System was the result of the licensee of the eatery accumulating 12 demerit points over a…

Eat 3 Bowls closing Crawford Lane outlet on Sep. 24, 2023 – Mothership.SG

Eat 3 Bowls closing Crawford Lane outlet on Sep. 24, 2023 – Mothership.SG

Eat 3 Bowls (呷三碗), the Taiwanese food eatery at Crawford Lane, is closing down on Sunday, Sep. 24. News of its sudden closure was announced on Facebook on Sep. 18. No reason was disclosed. The business first started out as a food stall at Seah Im Food Centre in January 2016. Its Crawford Lane outlet,…

2 tipper trucks, 2 vans & 1 taxi AYE chain collision: Vehicles covered in cement, 1 taken to hospital – Mothership.SG

2 tipper trucks, 2 vans & 1 taxi AYE chain collision: Vehicles covered in cement, 1 taken to hospital – Mothership.SG

[Editor’s note at 4:26pm on Sep. 22, 2023: This article was updated with a new statement from the police. Only one person was conveyed conscious to hospital.] A five-vehicle chain collision along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Thursday (Sep. 21) morning saw one person taken to hospital. Vans and taxi covered in cement Footage…

3 S’porean men allegedly assaulted with chairs by muggers in front of JB hotel – Mothership.SG

3 S’porean men allegedly assaulted with chairs by muggers in front of JB hotel – Mothership.SG

A Singaporean man claimed that he and his two friends were mugged by three men in Johor on Sep. 18, 2023, while they were on the way back to their hotel. Mugged after being approached by man who talked nonsense According to Stomp, one of the alleged victims said they left a Thai disco at Zenith…

SIA refunds S$1,590 to New Zealand couple seated next to snorting, farting dog on flight – Mothership.SG

SIA refunds S$1,590 to New Zealand couple seated next to snorting, farting dog on flight – Mothership.SG

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has given a New Zealand couple a refund after they had to sit next to a flatulent pet dog in the premium economy cabin, during a 13-hour flight from Paris to Singapore. After the pair requested a seat change, they ended up in economy class seats for the rest of the flight,…

Merlion to undergo maintenance works for 12 weeks from Sep. 25-Dec. 13, 2023, photo-taking unavailable – Mothership.SG

Merlion to undergo maintenance works for 12 weeks from Sep. 25-Dec. 13, 2023, photo-taking unavailable – Mothership.SG

The main Merlion statue at the Merlion Park will be undergoing maintenance works for 12 weeks from Sep. 25 to Dec. 13, 2023, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced in a Sep. 22 media advisory. The board did not specify the reason that prompted the maintenance work in the advisory. While these works are in…

Customers pay S$840 instead of S$84 via credit card, Geylang restaurant looking to make refund – Mothership.SG

Customers pay S$840 instead of S$84 via credit card, Geylang restaurant looking to make refund – Mothership.SG

Fok Lok Kee Private Kitchen, a restaurant in Geylang that specialises in Sichuan cuisine, is looking for two female customers who were accidentally charged S$840 for their S$84 meal on Sep. 20, 2023. According to a Facebook post put up by the eatery on Sep. 22, the accidental excess charge took place after its staff…

Absolutely free & some paid events to check out during S’pore Design Week from Sep. 21 to Oct. 1 – Mothership.SG

Absolutely free & some paid events to check out during S’pore Design Week from Sep. 21 to Oct. 1 – Mothership.SG

Like every other full-time working adult, I start each week praying for Friday to come sooner so I can spend my night with friends without worrying about getting up early the next morning. But as soon as Friday arrives, I end up ditching all my after-work plans in favour of lying in bed to watch…

Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival decorations come loose, block double-decker bus, cause jam – Mothership.SG

Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival decorations come loose, block double-decker bus, cause jam – Mothership.SG

Traffic along Upper Cross Street in Chinatown was briefly disrupted on Sep. 21, 2023 after a row of Mid-Autumn Festival decorations came loose. What happened According to a video uploaded by @erictoh.et on TikTok, the row of Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns could be seen drooping from the cable. @erictoh.et decorations dropping at chinatown #midautumn #chinatown #fyp…

Pope to Meet Macron and Defend Migrants’ Plight in Marseille

Pope to Meet Macron and Defend Migrants’ Plight in Marseille

Ms. de Gaulmyn said that “politicians love to be seen with the pope,” especially Mr. Macron, a political disrupter who has long been fascinated with Francis’ willingness to shake things up in the church. Meeting the pope, a moral authority on the issue of migration, “will also help him lean leftward a bit,” Ms. de…

S’porean man, 36, gets 2 weeks’ jail for shouting he’s ‘God’ with S’pore flag as cape in Hougang – Mothership.SG

S’porean man, 36, gets 2 weeks’ jail for shouting he’s ‘God’ with S’pore flag as cape in Hougang – Mothership.SG

A 36-year-old Singaporean man was given two weeks’ jail on Sep. 21, 2023, after he went around a coffee shop in Hougang proclaiming to patrons that he was God while wearing a Singapore flag like a cape. What happened Court documents revealed that the man, Roy Ravi Jaganathan, left his flat and went to Block…