They were just six months into their marriage and had recently got their own home, dreaming of building a life together.But everything collapsed around Nurina Iffah Jusmani, 27, when her husband, Shahin Muhrez Abdul Hamid, 27, was confirmed dead on Sunday (May 10) after the eruption of Mount Dukono on May 8.He was among two Singaporeans who died in the incident, alongside an Indonesian climber.Now Nurina is left to face the pain and agony, and how, in a cruel twist of fate, her beloved husband was snatched away from her in a matter of minutes.

Two neighbourhood police centres (NPCs) in the Hougang and Serangoon planning areas will merge on July 6, the police announced on Monday (May 11).The merger, involving Serangoon NPC and Hougang NPC, is part of the transformation of frontline operations to better address evolving security challenges and community needs, the police said.«The merging of NPCs aims to optimise limited police resources by combining smaller NPCs serving adjacent areas into a larger operational base.» Following the merger, Serangoon NPC will be retained, while Hougang NPC's service counter will be renovated before re-opening as Hougang West Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP), tentatively by the fourth quarter of 2027.Enhanced deployment flexibilityPolice said they expect the merger to enhance their deployment flexibility, while also improving operational effectiveness.«The community policing unit in the merged NPC can organise larger scale community policing events.»The merged crime strike force will also have better coordination and control in dealing with more complex crimes and incidents," the police explained.

SINGAPORE — Unhappy with a woman he knew, a man sent letters containing a slice of pork each, along with her information, to multiple mosques.Bill Tan Keng Hwee, 62, who appeared in court via video-link on May 11, committed the offences as he wanted the recipients at these places of worship to harass the woman.Tan was sentenced to a year and three months' jail after he admitted to three counts of engaging in conduct that wounded the religious feelings of three Muslim complainants.He also pleaded guilty to a harassment charge involving the woman.Deputy Public Prosecutor Selene Yap said: «The accused's actions threaten the very fabric of our multi-racial/religious society.»Such actions must meet with the strongest of disapprobation by the court and a clear signal must be sent to deter others from engaging in such anti-social and divisive behaviour."Details that could identify the woman, known as C1 in court documents, cannot be disclosed due to a gag order to protect her identity.[[nid:735383]]

Six Singaporeans were injured on Saturday (May 9) when the minibus they were travelling in crashed along a mountain road in Indonesia, reported local media outlet Detik. Footage of the accident circulating online shows the vehicle careening down the road and crashing into a telephone pole.The impact caused the pole to tilt and almost fall over.The accident took place at 12.40pm local time along the route, which is popular with tourists travelling to and from Mount Bromo, reported local media. The vehicle was ferrying the six tourists from the mountain to Surabaya, when it encountered alleged brake failure, said the Indonesian traffic police unit, Detik reported.According to the group's tour guide, Yopi, the minibus' brakes failed about 300m before the crash, causing it to go out of control on the sloping road and hit four other vehicles.All the injured were reportedly taken to a hospital in Probolinggo City for treatment.

Officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Singapore Customs have foiled an attempt to smuggle some 9,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes in an inbound-container on April 21.In a news release on Monday (May 11), the law enforcement agencies said the 20-foot container was targeted for enhanced checks at Pasir Panjang Scanning Station based on a risk assessment conducted by ICA's Integrated Targeting Centre and Customs' data analytics.The container, with its consignment of goods declared as «Smart LED bulb», was instead found with 9,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes during further checks.According to Customs, the estimated value of the duty-unpaid cigarettes seized is about $1,168,675.

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) will be establishing a new Cyber Command unit to tackle evolving digital threats, Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming announced on Monday (May 11).To launch in July this year, the Cyber Command is set to consolidate existing cybercrime and anti-scam capabilities across the SPF under a single command and improve the police's capabilities, Goh said.Goh, who is also the Minister of State for Social and Family Development, was speaking at the Anti-Scam Conference 2026 held from May 11 to May 13.The conference saw attendees from over 20 countries in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East, as well as international organisations, industry partners and local stakeholders.SPF has partnered the French National Police's International Security Cooperation Directorate, the UAE Ministry of Interior, and the International Security Alliance to organise this conference. 

A 56-year-old male car driver died on Sunday (May 10) after the the car he was driving crashed into a tree following an accident with another car in Clementi.The accident happened at about 6.10pm along Clementi Avenue 2 towards West Coast Road. Map showing where the accident took place. GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Social media Photographs and videos of the aftermath circulating on social media show a black Jaguar saloon car wrapped around a tree in a road divider. The impact left the driver dangling out from his car with a pool of blood seen nearby, with debris strewn across both sides of the road.

As the chairman of the Singapore Management University (SMU) board of trustees strides into the meeting room, one thing is noticeable: He is not wearing a tie.For Piyush Gupta, it is a pivot from his days as CEO of DBS, when he wore one in the bank's signature red with his sharp suits and carried a briefcase. These days, he shoulders a simple backpack.  But once settled in for the interview with The Business Times, Gupta is the same erudite speaker he has always been, discoursing on topics as diverse as meditation, conservation and education.And despite having spent 45 years of his career in banking — 15 of them at DBS which he helped shape into a regional powerhouse — he dwells very little on the past.  Plan, plan and plan — because you are likely to live to 100This is, after all, an interview with him about his new phase of life, after stepping down from the bank at the end of March 2025. Leaving at the pinnacle of one's success can be a terrifying prospect for many, but his departure was something that he proactively engineered.

The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a 15-year-old girl, Rabiatul AdawiyahIn a news release on Sunday (May 10) night, the police said she was last seen at Block 32 Bendemeer Road at about 5.10pm on Sunday.The said address is in the vicinity of Bendemeer Market and Food Centre and Boon Keng MRT station.According to the police, she was wearing a pink headscarf and a white long-sleeved shirt as seen in the photograph.Those with information are urged to contact the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness.All information will be kept strictly confidential.[[nid:735166]]editor@asiaone.com 

Residents of a Housing and Development Board (HDB) block in Serangoon have allegedly resorted to keeping their windows closed and not hanging out their laundry due to a neighbour feeding pigeons over the past eight years.A video posted on Instagram by paper artist Chia Ching Kai, 46, shows a flock of pigeons outside a high-floor unit at Block 302 Serangoon Avenue 2.The birds could be seen resting on the block's rooftop, the unit's clothes drying rack, and even on its window grills. «There is an entire column of units that couldn't put out their laundry, or even keep their kitchen windows open,» Chia wrote in his post, adding that some neighbours said the issue had been ongoing for the past eight years.According to the 46-year-old, an elderly female occupier of the said unit has been attracting pigeons with her feed.«(It's) raining bird shit on everything below,» he added.The video also shows significant bird droppings on the facade wall, clothes drying rack of a lower floor unit, and on the ground floor.

SINGAPORE - More cleaners have been deployed to Tampines after a newly appointed contractor failed to keep parts of the estate clean due to a lack of workers.The town council will impose liquidated damages on the contractor - Ban Chuan Trading and Engineering - for these lapses, said town council chairman Baey Yam Keng on May 8.Mr Baey is also Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth, and for Transport.On April 1, Ban Chuan took over cleaning contracts for three out of five divisions in Tampines GRC - Tampines Boulevard, Tampines Central and Tampines North.Residents told The Straits Times that bins and bulky items subsequently took longer than usual to be cleared.One resident in Tampines Boulevard, Mr B. Ram Nangina, 63, said items such as cartons and small furniture were left near the letterbox on several occasions in April.Ms Lena Cheng, 48, who lives in the same estate, also saw canned drinks left on the floor of her void deck on several occasions.«I think the cleaners are doing their job; it's just that there are people who dump their litter on the floor,» the housewife said.

The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of an 11-year-old girl, Kelly Ho Li Ying.In a news release on Sunday (May 10), the police said she was last seen at Block 632 Jurong West Street 65 at about 10am on Saturday (May 9).The said address is in the vicinity of Boon Lay Secondary School and West Grove Primary School.According to the police, the girl was last seen wearing a white shirt and red shorts.Those with information are urged to contact the police hotline at 999 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness.All information will be kept strictly confidential, the police said.[[nid:735166]]editor@asiaone.com 

A Malaysian man and a Singaporean woman accused of handling fraudulently registered SIM cards used by scammers were taken to mobile phone shops in Boon Lay for investigations on Sunday (May 10) morning.Malaysian national Liew Ming Han, 28, was cuffed at his wrists and ankles as he was led by officers to a shop inside Boon Lay Bus Interchange at about 9.05am on Sunday.He kept his head bowed throughout questioning.Liew was charged on Saturday with the facilitation of fraudulent registration of SIM card that facilitates criminal activity.Court documents seen by AsiaOne state that Liew was a retailer at the mobile phone shop when he allegedly registered a SIM card using the personal information of another person, who did not consent to the registration.He had been arrested on May 7 in a police raid against errant retailers involved in the registration of postpaid SIM cards used by scam syndicates.Singaporean Chen Zhuqin, 51, was also arrested in the same raid for allegedly supplying fraudulently registered SIM cards to a scam syndicate.

About 25 shops in the Chong Pang neighbourhood were affected after a water pipe leak in Yishun on May 10 caused flooding.This leak occurred on an underground water pipe near the junction of Block 101 Yishun Avenue 5 and Sembawang Road at about 1am, causing water to overflow into nearby surrounding areas, said national water agency PUB in a Facebook post on Sunday. A service crew was deployed to isolate the leak and repair works are ongoing.«There is no disruption to water supply for homes and businesses in the area,» PUB said.The agency also said it is working with Nee Soon Town Council to carry out clean-up works in affected areas and is investigating the cause of the pipe leak.'Substantive amount of water'Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam, who is also an MP for Nee Soon GRC, told reporters that about 25 shops have been affected.He added that officers from town council had been in the area since 2am.«The cleaning up has taken some time because a substantive amount of water had come out,» he said.

A fire broke out in a Simei HDB flat on Friday afternoon (May 8) resulting in one person being taken to the hospital.The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that it was alerted to the fire at Block 153 Simei Street 1 at about 4.40pm on May 8.When firefighters arrived, they found the living room of a second-floor unit on fire, which they extinguished using a water jet.Three people had evacuated from the affected unit before SCDF officers arrived, while about 10 others from the block were evacuated by the police and SCDF as a precaution.SCDF said the entire living room was damaged by the fire, while the rest of the flat was affected by heat and smoke damage.One person from a neighbouring unit was assessed for smoke inhalation and taken to Singapore General Hospital.SCDF added that preliminary investigations suggest the fire likely originated from a power bank charging in the living room.The post reminded the public not to leave batteries or devices charging unattended for long periods of time or overnight.