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Singapore Chicken Rice Boss Was Charged After a Brawl Near the JB Checkpoint—But What Police Found in the Roadside Fight Made the Case Far More Serious

JOHOR BAHRU — What began as an alleged late-night road dispute near one of the busiest border crossings between Singapore and Malaysia has now become a court case involving a Singapore restaurant owner, an 8.5cm knife, a motorcycle helmet, a Malaysian woman who was allegedly injured, and a viral confrontation with police officers. At the centre of the case is Gary Lim Kian Liang, 46, a Singaporean businessman identified in Singapore media as being linked to a well-known chicken rice business.

August 23, 2026

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Masseur Thought a Client Was Secretly Leaving Faeces After Every Session—Then He Opened the Door 5 Seconds Later

SINGAPORE — What began as an unexplained and deeply unpleasant discovery on a massage bed eventually turned into one of the strangest client encounters a Singapore masseur says he has experienced — involving repeated incidents, plastic bags and an alleged habit that extended beyond the massage room. Rudy, a 34-year-old masseur who runs independent massage service Sky Touch Therapy, recently recounted the incident on an episode of the Dear Straight People podcast. According to Stomp, the encoun

August 23, 2026

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Brazil Is Taking a Bigger Bite of the Philippine Meat Market—But What Happens to Local Prices and Producers Next?

MANILA, Philippines — Brazil is rapidly strengthening its position in the Philippine meat market, with beef, pork and other animal proteins flowing into the country at increasingly significant volumes as demand for imported meat continues to rise. The latest figures show that this is no longer just a beef story. Brazil has emerged as one of the Philippines’ most important foreign meat suppliers, and industry groups are now looking beyond Metro Manila for the next stage of growth. According to

August 23, 2026

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Rising Treasury Yields Just Shook Wall Street—But Investors Aren’t Abandoning AI Stocks Yet

Wall Street just got another reminder that the bond market can still dictate the direction of stocks. Rising U.S. Treasury yields, elevated oil prices and renewed inflation concerns rattled equities this week, putting pressure on technology and other growth-oriented stocks. Yet the market’s latest pullback has not been enough to convince investors that the artificial intelligence boom—or selected retail plays—is over. That tension is becoming one of the biggest questions facing investors as ma

August 23, 2026

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Singapore Woman Left With Extensive Leg Bruising After Pai Sha Wellness Treatment

SINGAPORE — A 46-year-old woman who visited a wellness centre in Serangoon hoping to ease years of shoulder and neck pain says she ended up struggling to stand after an unfamiliar treatment left large areas of her legs covered in dark purple bruises. The incident has drawn attention not only because of the dramatic bruising, but also because of a key issue that emerged afterwards: how much should customers be told before agreeing to unfamiliar wellness or traditional treatments? According to r

August 23, 2026

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Basilan’s Sama-Bajau Women Got Help Selling Their Woven Mats—But the Real Reason the UN Stepped In Goes Far Beyond Livelihood

MALUSO, Basilan — For generations, Sama-Bajau women in this coastal community have turned strips of pandan leaves into colorful tepoh mats. Now, the same centuries-old craft is doing something far bigger than decorating homes. It is helping women earn their own income, keep an Indigenous tradition alive, send children to school—and, in some cases, secure the legal documents that can determine whether families can fully access government services. At the center of the effort is Sibiya “Inah Bi

August 23, 2026

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Trump Sold Meta and Bought Berkshire Hathaway — But His 1,051 June Trades Reveal a Much Bigger Strategy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure is giving investors a closer look at how dramatically his portfolio shifted in June — and one move stands out: he sold between $1 million and $5 million of Meta Platforms shares while purchasing between $1 million and $5 million of Berkshire Hathaway stock on the same day. The disclosure, released August 22 by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, records 1,051 securities transactions during June, covering stocks, exchange-traded

August 23, 2026

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Customers Thought This Man Had Taken Over a Famous Maxwell Stall—Then They Learned Who His Grandmother Was

SINGAPORE — At Maxwell Food Centre, customers have been buying the same distinctive, deep-fried Fuzhou oyster cakes from one family for more than six decades. But when 43-year-old Deitrich Mohan steps behind the wok, some customers do something unexpected: they hesitate. Some reportedly assume he is a foreign worker. Others wonder whether the famous stall has changed owners. A few have even walked toward the counter, noticed him cooking and turned away. What many of them do not realise is tha

August 23, 2026

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Delivery Riders Could Get More Pay for Risky Night Runs—But There’s One Big Catch

MANILA, Philippines — Delivery riders could soon see stronger workplace protections as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) studies possible policies that would provide additional compensation and safety measures for workers braving late-night deliveries, heavy rain and flooding. DOLE Secretary Francis Tolentino said the agency is looking into measures that could include additional pay for late-night work, hazard pay, protective equipment and assistance for motorcycle breakdowns—concer

August 22, 2026

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Hagonoy Fishers Returned to Sea After Days of Heavy Rain—But the Bigger Threat to Their Livelihood Hasn’t Gone Away

HAGONOY, Bulacan — After days of heavy rain disrupted daily life across flood-prone areas of Bulacan, small-scale fishers in Hagonoy were once again seen unloading fresh catch at the Hagonoy Public Market on Saturday, August 22 — a modest sign of normalcy returning to one of the province’s most fisheries-dependent communities. Photos published by the Daily Tribune showed local fishermen busy moving their catch after generally fairer weather allowed fishing activities to resume. But behind that

August 22, 2026