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💳 A thief stole a credit card from a Singapore passenger’s unlocked backpack in the plane's overhead compartment. The passenger only found out her card was missing an hour later, but by then the thief had spend S$10,000. The bank cancelled the card after she contacted it, but it was unable to reverse the 20 transactions because they were made using the physical card. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4rRlmRr Follow us @mothershipsg

✒️A S'pore PR, 87, with dementia had approximately S$16.97 million in assets. She was diagnosed with moderate dementia in July 2023. In August 2023, her brother from the US visited her. He got her to give him power of attorney, & appoint his own son as a replacement donee. She said she did this as "he had looked after her and supported her over the years, & that she trusted him the most & he knew her best". He had last come to S'pore in 2010. When the woman's son asked his mother about the LPA, she was unable to recall any details. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3MyHBeK Follow us @mothershipsg

🛍Some JB businesses are launching promos to attract S'porean tourists after 10-30% decline in year-end customers The manager of a hairsalon said there had been a 30 per cent decline in business compared to the same period last year. He said that 90 per cent of his customers are from Singapore, so business has been quite affected. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4s1nI0e Follow us @mothershipsg

At least two people were killed, and eight critically injured in a shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. According to media reports, the shooting took place on Dec. 13 at the Barus and Holley building, which houses the Ivy League university's engineering and physics departments. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3MBcS0D

🕊Veteran local singer and actor Ling Xiao has passed away at 75. He was known for his music career and starring in popular TV shows like Facing the Music and Legend of the Eight Immortals. He faced a slew of medical conditions and was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. Upon hearing that he had at most six months more to live, Ling strongly requested to be discharged. ➡️ https://bit.ly/48QiStJ Follow us @mothershipsg

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️Two S'pore hurdlers, Ang Chen Xiang and Kerstin Ong, set national records on Dec. 12 at the SEA Games. Their timings were however scrapped due to technical issues with the timing system. In a letter to team managers seen by ST, the timing problem was due to "power supply and inconsistent Internet facilities". ➡️ https://bit.ly/48BDfMt Follow us @mothershipsg

🏃 Wanting his daughter Dihan to experience the energy of the crowds & "run" across the finish line, Wira Rabu lifted her into a sling carrier as he approached the final stretch, to cheers from onlookers.

"The cheers, the claps, the words of encouragement, it felt like Singapore was lifting us together.”

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👮 Long queues lined up outside local telco Simba outlets on Dec. 13 to get a promotional offer. However, many people were not served even after queuing for hours. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4aajbSw Follow us @mothershipsg

🙏 Ex-NBA player Jason Collins is in S’pore for an experimental cancer treatment, instead of just getting conventional treatment in the US where his prognosis would be about 13 months. He called S’pore the “city of the future”. ➡️ https://bit.ly/48EarmE Follow us @mothershipsg

👊 Chun-Li’s actress for the new “Street Fighter” movie, Callina Liang, used to study in S’pore at Laselle College of the Arts. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4pAYhAI Follow us @mothershipsg

🔨 WP’s Pritam Singh has apologised for comments he made on a CNA interview that could have been construed to be in contempt of court. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3MrVrj7 Mediacorp has also apologised for airing the interview & took it down. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ax22mn Follow us @mothershipsg

"I'm a S'porean, you know? ...You know who you are?" 🚌 A man was filmed scolding a foreign worker on a public bus, apparently upset at his "noisy" chatter. ➡️ https://bit.ly/496tdTI Follow us @mothershipsg

😔 A M'sian karang guni man, 72, was jailed for overstaying in S'pore since 2006. He appeared in court in a wheelchair & pleaded for leniency, saying that he's old & wants to return to JB to live out his last years. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4saayOz Follow us @mothershipsg

🎄 A S'pore wedding venue called out an influencer, who asked for a free Christmas Eve anniversary sponsorship worth up to S$15,000. Users criticised the influencer as being "entitled". ➡️ https://bit.ly/48NTpRx Follow us @mothershipsg

🚇 You can get real-time updates on MRT delays at LTA's new online service from Dec. 13. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4pyifMu Follow us @mothershipsg

"I was embarrassed, because I felt like I let down a lot of my people. My biggest supporters, the people at home, my country.” 💔 S’pore swimmer Quah Jing Wen spoke about her disappointment after placing 3rd at yesterday’s SEA Games 200m butterfly. She’d been the defending champion over the past 4 Games. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4rPRCUO Follow us @mothershipsg

📝 A S’porean mum in Netherlands says her daughter placed top in exams even though she "barely [had] any homework, & played all day”. She says they are glad to have "escaped" the stresses of PSLE. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4p98zY5 Follow us @mothershipsg

A Myanmar girl, whose immigration status was revoked over a Kpod offence, is now being investigated for affray, causing hurt & weapons possession. ➡️ https://bit.ly/48zlFbZ Follow us @mothershipsg

😨 A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit the northeast region of Japan on Dec. 12, triggering tsunami warnings for waves up to 1m. ➡️ https://bit.ly/496jFrL ⚠️ Japan’s government warned that up to 199,000 people could die if a "maximum-class" earthquake triggers a major tsunami. The threat is reportedly growing more imminent. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oTmmBz Follow us @mothershipsg

😨 M’sian police has warned the public against speaking for even 3 seconds on “silent” scam calls. Your voice can be used for AI cloning, they said. ➡️ https://bit.ly/495SZHA Follow us @mothershipsg