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Filipinos Going to Singapore Warned About Bringing Bullets or Casings
The Philippine Embassy in Singapore has issued an advisory warning Filipino travelers against bringing live or spent bullets to avoid problems with Singapore customs authorities at the airport, the Department… Read more
Singapore’s Resort World Sentosa Seeks to Fill 1,000 Vacancies
While Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) used to draw crowds of 6,000 to 8,000 to its recruitment fairs in 2009 during the economic downturn, a turnout of 500 to 600 now… Read more
Change of Heart Spares Pinoy Waiter in Singapore From Heavier Punishment
A waiter’s last-minute decision to back out of an armed robbery at a Burger King outlet saved him from a heavier punishment. But for having a bread knife near the… Read more
Pinoy Comics Artists Draw Fans in Singapore
There was a time when only one or two Filipino artists attended international comic conventions. But at the Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention last month, there were five. Marvel… Read more
Singapore Tightens Rules on Hiring Foreigners
Singapore’s government, facing complaints from residents having to compete with foreigners for jobs, tightened rules on Tuesday for firms hiring overseas workers in mid-level positions. The ruling People’s Action Party… Read more
OFW Remittances Set Record $1.7B in June 2011
Remittances by overseas Filipino workers reached a new monthly record of $1.737 billion in June, unhampered by political tensions in the Middle East and North Africa, the “Saudization” program in… Read more
Gay Chao Hui Claims He Posted FB Comments Using Rachelle Ann Beguia’s Account
A man named Gay Chao Hui has stepped forward to claim responsibility for the remarks posted on Member of Parliament Penny Low’s Facebook page which criticised Singaporeans. He claimed that… Read more
SG’s National Heart Centre Investigates Filipina Rachelle Ann Beguia’s Comments
The National Heart Centre yesterday said on its Facebook page that it will conduct an official enquiry into the ‘insensitive” comments made by Rachelle Ann Beguia on MP Penny Low’s… Read more
Filipino Maid Melanie Munar Jailed Over Illegal Moneylending in Singapore
For giving out unlicensed loans totalling more than S$3,000, a Filipino maid was fined S$130,000 and jailed three months in Singapore, today. Melanie Jacalan Munar, 28, had been working for… Read more
Ex-Burger King Worker Charlie Cabo Perez Jailed, Caned for Robbery
A former Burger King employee who held up a former colleague with a bread knife, and made off with S$6,000, was severely dealt with in court, today. Charlie Cabo Perez,… Read more
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