Monday #sgroundup: Singapore match-fixers planned to rig World Cup, says new book

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Singapore match-fixers planned to rig World Cup, says new book

The FIFA World Cup trophy exhibited in France on March 9, 2014, Singapore authorities uncovered plans to rig the …

Singapore authorities last year placed leaders of a global match-fixing ring operating from the city-state in indefinite detention after uncovering plans to rig the World Cup, claims a new book released Monday.

Written by Zaihan Mohamed Yusof, a Singaporean investigative journalist who has reported extensively on football match-fixing, the book details how he learnt of the now-crippled gang's plans from senior government officials and a prominent sports corruption investigator.

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/singapore-match-fixers-planned-rig-world-cup-says-043503611--spt.html

CPF Cheongsam lady video: Stop the cyber-bullying, Singaporeans!

Screengrabs from a video uploaded to Facebook shows a woman in a cheongsam responding negatively to a forum participant …

Barely six months after the infamous online attacks against Anton Casey and the Honda Civic road bully in which their personal details were leaked, another cyber-bullying case has surfaced, this time targeting a woman labelled as the Cheongsam Lady.

The same strategy was employed for this case. Like its predecessors, the Cheongsam Lady's personal information such as her workplace, office and mobile numbers were divulged freely on a particular socio-political site in Singapore.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/cpf-cheongsam-lady-video-stop-053055947.html

Schumacher out of coma, has left Grenoble hospital: spokeswoman

Mercedes Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany smiles at the back of the pits ahead of this weekend's …

Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is out of a coma and has left the French hospital treating him since a devastating ski accident in December, his spokeswoman said Monday.

"Michael has left the CHU Grenoble (hospital) to continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is not in a coma anymore," Sabine Kehm said in a statement.

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/schumacher-coma-left-grenoble-hospital-spokeswoman-100125473.html

'Connectivity issue' disrupts DBS POSB ATM and iBanking services

People make transactions at DBS bank ATM machines in Singapore on March 17, 2014

Some DBS and POSB automated teller machines and online banking services were disrupted for several hours on Monday.

In a statement to Yahoo Singapore, a DBS spokesperson said, "A small number of DBS/POSB ATMs and selected banking services were intermittently impacted by a connectivity issue." 

"Immediate steps" were taken to resolve the issue, after which, all services were fully restored at about 3pm, according to the statement.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/-connectivity-issue--disrupts-dbs--post-atm-and-ibanking-services-105602819.html

NEA looks into using mosquitoes to fight dengue

FILE - In this undated file photo provided byt he USDA, an aedes aegypti mosquito is shown on human skin. Guyana …

After seeing a sharp rise in dengue fever cases in recent weeks, Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) is looking into fighting fire with fire — in this case, using the male Aedes mosquito to curb the growth of dengue-spreading females.
 
The agency hopes to do this by having Wolbachia bacterium-carrying male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes mate with females. The authorities said studies have shown that female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that receive Wolbachia lay eggs that do not hatch.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/nea-looks-into-using-mosquitoes-to-fight-dengue-061257690.html

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