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SINGAPORE - Concrete pieces from the roof of a Marine Parade Housing Board flat fell off and damaged a car’s windscreen on May 15, prompting the estate’s town council to bring forward its inspection of the building facade for residents’ safety. In response to The Straits Times’ query, the Marine Parade Town Council said on Friday (May 17) that they were alerted to the incident at Block 47 Marine Crescent at about 7.25am on May 15. Staff were deployed to assess the area immediately, the town council said, adding that no one was injured. But the rear windscreen of a car parked near the block was damaged “due to the spalling concrete”, said the town council. “We have since reached out to the owner of the vehicle to provide further assistance,” it added. The town council said the affected area has been cleaned up and cordoned off, and it has arranged for the repairs of the external facade. The last inspection on the building facade was done about five years ago, the town council said, adding that such inspections are held once every seven years.
An altercation between a cyclist and a car driver, captured on video, has divided netizens. Dashcam camera footage from the incident, which apparently took place on Friday (May 17) morning, was posted to Facebook group SG Road Vigilante on the same afternoon with the caption «Altercation between a cyclist and a driver this Friday morning». In the footage, a cyclist riding his bicycle and a black BMW are seen turning the corner onto East Coast Service Road on the left and right lanes respectively. The BMW suddenly speeds up and switches to the left lane, cutting the cyclist off. This prompts the cyclist to speed up until he is beside the car's window and he is seen gesturing wildly, seemingly upset by the driver's actions.
Seychelles has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom's Hydrography Organisation to update its bathymetric charts. The new memorandum of understanding (MOU), which will further strengthen collaboration in hydrography, was signed on Friday by Patrick Andre, the principal secretary for Transport and UK's national hydrographer, Rear Admiral Angus Essenhigh. After the signing, the Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques, said this MOU «follows the decision by the Cabinet of Ministers in March to revive Seychelles' membership to the International Hydrography Organisation. The last update to the Seychelles' official hydrographic map was done back in 1976, so an update is highly necessary. The hydrographic layout is something that is constantly changing, so it needs to be documented.» A bathymetric chart depicts the submerged topography and physiographic features of ocean and sea bottoms and its primary purpose is to provide detailed depth contours of ocean topography as well as provide the size, shape and distribution of underwater features. According to the Ministry of Transport, a phase of this project began in January in the form of a survey and was done in collaboration with the UK government. Through a $3 million grant, the UK government facilitated comprehensive new surveys of Seychelles' waters, which was completed in the first quarter of this year. The deputy chief executive of the Seychelles Ports Authority, Egbert Moustache, said that the work being done to update the hydrographic charts of Seychelles will be very useful. «This is information that is needed for the port extension project. The old charts do not contain all the changes that have happened over the years. The channel will need to be dredged to allow for bigger boats for the extension but we won't be able to do that if we don't know what is there,» said Moustache. Derjaqcues clarified that the size of the Seychelles Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 1.4 million square kilometres means that not everything can be covered in the survey at the moment. Seychelles has asked that essential areas be completed first, such as around Mahe, Praslin, and La Digue, the three most populated islands, as well as areas with heavy traffic shipping trade lanes, especially around the Aldabra Atoll. The MOU also establishes a framework to enhance the existing commercial arrangements related to the sale of new charts. It can potentially lead to new income for Seychelles from the sale of bathymetric charts and establish a path for future revenue generation. «With this update in charts, Seychelles is expected to receive 12.5 percent of royalties on the sale of the charts that will be sold. We've also been made aware that there is a sum of money that has accumulated over the years from the sale of the previous chart that will be given to the Seychelles,» said Derjaqcues. He added that the money will be put towards establishing a hydrography unit and eventually a hydrography institute for Seychelles in the future.
The North Korean leader also pointed to «the need to build an overwhelming nuclear war deterrent in response to the security situation caused by the enemies' reckless intrigues»
The talks have reached an impasse because the parties to the conflict cannot agree on the conditions for the release of hostages, the Israeli state broadcaster Kan reported
Taiwan's army responded by deploying aircraft, ships and land-based anti-aircraft missile systems to monitor the targets
Several were injured as a result of strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp, Al Jazeera reported
According to Axios, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said at a meeting with ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions of 17 countries that Hamas has withdrawn from negotiations with Israel as it hopes to increase international pressure on the Jewish state by demanding an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip
Edmonton police officials laid out a detailed timeline Friday, regarding a pro-Palestinian encampment that formed at the University of Alberta and the police response when the university asked the camp to be cleared from campus.
In a report published Thursday, Public Health Ontario said the child was not vaccinated against the highly infectious respiratory virus. It's the first recorded death from measles in the province since 1989, as far back as Ontario's data goes.
A British Columbia man was airlifted to a Calgary hospital Thursday after fending off a grizzly bear attack on a mountainside in the Rocky Mountains near the B.C.-Alberta border, according to RCMP.
Après cinq jours de violentes émeutes, la Nouvelle-Calédonie vit une situation extrêmement tendue au niveau sanitaire et alimentaire notamment. La solidarité s'organise à Tahiti. Jeudi soir, un appel aux dons a été lancé à l'initiative d’Éric Malmezac. Vendredi matin, les premiers dons sont arrivés à Fare Ute.
Ten representatives of national youth groups have written to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding urging bipartisan cooperation in transitioning Jamaica to a republic. In the letter, released to the media, the...
Educators who need additional support with Mathematics in their schools are being urged to reach out to the Ministry of Education and Youth for assistance and intervention. In an interview with JIS News, Mathematics Coordinator for the Education...
A man who was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly poured pesticide into another man's water tank was remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. He is Devon Reid of Redwood district, St Catherine....
Thirty-seven-year-old Kareem Williams, a mechanic of Galloway Road, Kingston 13, has been charged after he allegedly used a phone to inflict a wound to a woman's head on May 14 in Duhaney Park, St Andrew. The Duhaney Park police say about...
La Nouvelle-Calédonie vient de connaître plusieurs nuits d'émeutes suite à l'adoption à l'Assemblée Nationale de la réforme du corps électoral. Le territoire avait tourné la page de la violence avec les accords de Matignon en 1988 et de Nouméa en 1998. Retour sur 40 ans d'histoire avec la chronologie des événements ; c'est le dossier de l'hebdo Outre-mer du 17 mai 2024 diffusé sur France 24.
Si vous avez entendu des coups de canon, vendredi 17 mai, vers 12h, ne vous inquiétez pas. Il s'agissait d'une répétition des tirs au canon pour préparer l'accueil réservé au patrouilleur Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai, le 23 mai prochain.
Comme Albert Camus, je considère que “tout ce que je sais de plus sûr à propos de la moralité et des obligations des hommes, c'est au football que je le dois.” Heureux d'avoir pu, enfin, apporter une aide matérielle importante à la Sous-Ligue du Département de la Douigny (Moabi), ainsi qu'à l'équipe de la Commune Aigles Lunga, club si cher à mon cœur de passionné de foot. Ce terrain de foot (stade communal), ces gradins naturels en forme talu, ce parfum de matchs de coupes de vacances (...) - FOOTBALL / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON
The Winnipeg police bomb unit removed a 'volatile substance' from a Winnipeg hospital research centre Friday afternoon, prompting an evacuation.
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) and province announced that a tentative agreement had been reached on Friday afternoon, with the STF recommending and endorsing the potential deal to teachers.
McGill University is not done seeking legal action to remove the pro-Palestinian encampment on its campus, as it said on Friday that it would seek a second injunction to remove protesters from its property.
The federal government has denied Toronto's request to decriminalize simple possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Kiev has also asked Washington to lift restrictions on the use of US weapons against targets on Russian territory
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) regular officer who died in the line of duty was a nursing graduate who wanted to help others, and eventually found his calling as a firefighter. Friends and relatives of Captain Kenneth Tay Xue Qin spoke highly of him as they paid their respects to him on Friday (May 17), the first day of his wake in Telok Blangah. The 30-year-old rota commander, an only child, died on May 16 after fighting a fire on board a marine vessel anchored at Raffles Reserved Anchorage in the south-west of Singapore. Rota commanders lead a team of front-line officers to respond to fire, rescue and hazardous material incidents. SCDF said CPT Tay had aced many proficiency and certification tests that firefighting officers are required to take. His friends told The Straits Times on May 17 that he studied nursing at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and will be remembered as a kind-hearted man bent on helping others.
The new rules caused a storm of indignation among Ukrainian citizens of military age at the stage of the bill's introduction into the Verkhovna Rada at the end of last year
The test launch confirmed the accuracy and reliability of the system, the Korean Central News Agency reported
According to the 24.kg news agency, about 1,000 people, who arrived there after the fight in the hostel, gathered behind the cordon
Islam Khamayseh was involved in organizing a number of terror attacks in the area, the army’s press service reported
The meeting was held in a generally calm atmosphere, the 24.kg news agency reported
The police in the Cayman Islands today reported that the three people who were killed a fiery crash on Monday are all Jamaicans. They have been identified as 41-year-old Shakara Stewart, 30-year-old Junior Whittaker and 53-year-old Vinroy Grant....
