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22 Feb 2019: Philippines: Mother forced to hand-feed her videogame-addict son
Videogame addiction among teenagers these days has become a nightmare for many parents.
Like it has for Philippines-based Lilybeth Marvel.
Her son is hooked to a videogame to the effect that she has to feed him by her own hands, while he plays.
13-year-old Carlito Garcia becomes agitated if he has to take his eyes off the computer while playing 'Rules of Survival'.
Details: Lilybeth first began worrying about Carlito when he was 11
Lilybeth told media that she started worrying about her son two years ago when he began staying late at an Internet cafe in Nueva Ecija.
A video recently released on YouTube showed the mother walking to the Internet cafe with food.
As she feeds him, the addicted son can be seen making no other movements except opening his mouth and chewing the food.
Worried: 'My goodness, just feel sorry for my child'
Further, Lilybeth is seen trying to talk to her son as she speaks, "My poor child... Here, eat now....it might take till tomorrow for you to get home. Are you still needing to pee? My goodness, just feel sorry for my child. You are so irritating."
She then tells him that she is worried he might not eat until the following day.
Side effects: Carlito's parents have removed him from school
Carlito's grandmother is also deeply concerned about his health and keeps sending him vitamins as she feels he would become malnourished.
Lilybeth and her husband, whose name is also Carlito, have pulled their son out from school as they are trying to deal with his addiction.
She explained that banning him didn't work as he would find ways to sneak out to the Internet cafe.
Efforts: Carlito's parents are trying to get help from social media
Lilybeth further said, "I used to nag about his games. But that didn't work. So I'm trying a different approach."
"I try to make him feel that whatever is happening in his life, I'm his mother who loves him and takes care of him," she said.
Lilybeth is a massage-therapist and her husband is a security guard.
They've now sought help from social media.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/philippines-mother-forced-hand-feed-090532341.html
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i am thinking of 6 month fixed ohm contract. as i know electricity price will drop when nearing election and once 6month pass, and election is knwn i will sign the MAX contract of 24month or if 36month i will sign too
Reason is i got a feeling election will be this yr after school final exam maybe sep to nov
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3 hours ago, aaur4man said:
Just ask my friend 1 March ohm will have some promo go gonna sign that day just online can liao
usually limited offer.
get ready by 28 feb 1159 cause once it 0000 it fastest finger first
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22 hours ago, aaur4man said:
Haven't yet but seems convenient since tie up with sp bills
i have checked. you can print out the bar code or copy the account number and use AXN machine to pay for non sp integrated billing
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have you start using ohm?
if yes, since it have it own ebilling.
will it be using the same account number with your other pub bill (gas and water)?
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Just now, aaur4man said:
How about ohm
they dont have 36month plan
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message me your referral code for:
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https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/thimbleweed-park/home
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Two local personal mobility device (PMD) sharing start-ups have run into trouble with the authorities, while awaiting approval for a licence to operate their services in Singapore.
Yesterday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that as of Feb 14, it had impounded 68 PMDs from Telepod and another 131 such devices from Neuron Mobility. The devices had been illegally made available for hire in public places.
Telepod has been charged in court under the Parking Places Act, which prohibits PMDs from being offered for hire on public land without a licence or an exemption from the transport minister.
Unlicensed operators can be fined up to $10,000 and jailed for up to six months, with a further fine of $500 for each day they continue to operate after conviction.
Repeated written warnings had been issued to Telepod, the authority said.
Telepod has said it will lodge an appeal to the LTA.
Investigations into Neuron Mobility have also been completed, the LTA said, adding that the firm will be charged in court at a later date for the same offence.
Earlier this month, Telepod and Neuron Mobility were among the 14 companies that had applied to offer PMD-sharing services in Singapore under the LTA's device-sharing licensing scheme.
The licence caps the number of devices a firm can operate here and requires them to take measures to curb indiscriminate parking.
While both Telepod and Neuron Mobility have been operating in Singapore since 2017, this was under an exemption that allowed their devices to be used without a licence within specific areas under an agreement with land owners.
"LTA would like to remind all operators that when evaluating licence applications, LTA will consider their track record, including their compliance with the law and regulatory requirements," said the authority.
In November last year, the LTA said it had impounded 42 shared e-scooters - almost all from Telepod and Neuron Mobility - over a four-month period.
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SINGAPORE: A batch of Singlong brand peanut puff is being recalled after a small metal fragment was found inside a piece of the snack, said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) on Friday (Feb 22).
The piece of metal came from a machine used to make the snack at a factory, AVA added.
This is the second recall in two months involving peanut puffs, a traditional Chinese New Year snack also known as kok chye.
Last month, a batch of Da Ji Da Li brand of peanut puffs was recalled after a metal fragment was found in a piece of the pastry.
Both brands of peanut puffs were made by the same manufacturer in Malaysia.
"As a precautionary measure, AVA has suspended all import of products from them," said the agency, adding that it has also asked the importer, Sing Long Foodstuff Trading, to recall the implicated products.
"The recall is ongoing," said AVA.
The affected batch of Singlong peanut puffs, which weighs 350g, has an expiry date of Dec 30, 2019.
Consumers who have bought the affected product are advised not to consume it, said AVA.
They may contact Sing Long Foodstuff Trading at 6284 5254 for exchanges or enquiries.
Source: CNA/na(gs)
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SINGAPORE - A National Technological University (NTU) student was found dead in his hostel room on Thursday (Feb 21).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force responded to a call for medical assistance at 38 Nanyang Crescent around 7.05pm.
The 23-year-old man was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.
NTU's Associate Provost (Student Life), Professor Kwok Kian Woon, told The Straits Times that the student was found unresponsive by his roommate in their residential hall room at around 7pm on Thursday.
The student died of natural causes, Prof Kwok said.
Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that the man's roommate had seen him sleeping when he left the hostel room in the morning. When the roommate returned in the evening, he found that the man was motionless in bed, and called the authorities.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of a young member of the university community, and our thoughts are with his family and friends," Prof Kwok said.
"The university will render all possible support to them during this difficult time, and we request everyone to respect their privacy."
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ntu-student-found-dead-in-hostel-room
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SINGAPORE - She received a call from what appeared to be her bank. So when she was asked to provide her one-time password (OTP) to "authenticate" her account, she did not suspect anything.
But when she realised she had been scammed, it was too late - unauthorised transactions had already been made.
Using the example above, the police on Thursday (Feb 21) warned of a new scam targeting bank customers here.
A person impersonating bank staff would call, using a spoofed phone number resembling the bank's personal banking hotline.
Police advised members of the public to be wary of unsolicited calls from such individuals, noting that scammers can use technology to mask their actual phone number and display the bank's instead.
It also advised against disclosing personal details such as OTPs or account username and passwords to anyone over phone, e-mail or texts.
"If you receive a suspicious call purportedly from your bank, hang up and call the hotline published on the bank's website to verify the authenticity of the request," the police said, adding that one should not call the number provided by the suspicious caller.
"Do not respond to digital token authentication requests via phone calls if you did not initiate any Internet banking transaction. Do not authorise any suspicious authentication request," it said in its statement.
In the past, scammers often attempted to trick bank customers via SMS.
Last month, The Straits Times said there had been a resurgence of phishing SMSes targeting DBS and POSB customers, with more than 90 reports since September last year.
The text messages would provide fraudulent links or ask for personal details to "unlock" victims' bank accounts.
Similar scams were also reported in November and October last year.
Apart from banks, the Ministry of Finance warned in October last year of fake SMSes on the SG Bonus purportedly sent by the Government.
Singapore Airlines also warned last month of phishing text messages promising free plane tickets from websites masquerading as its own.
The public can call the anti-scam helpline on 1800-722-6688 or visit www.scamalert.sg for scam-related advice.
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SINGAPORE — Ride-hailing giant Grab has taken the second spot among the world’s 50 most innovative companies this year in a list published by Fast Company, an American-based global business publication.
Being the only Singapore-based firm to make the cut, it also topped the transportation category in the list. The annual ranking recognises businesses for their impact on culture and their respective industries.
In giving Grab the No 2 rank, the publication described it as a “transactional super app” that brings together various lifestyle services that connect hundreds of millions of customers to local businesses.
Last year, the ride-hailing company expanded its app to offer its 130 million users not just food delivery and travel booking but also financial services, with plans to add healthcare services later this year. In 2018, Grab managed to oust Uber out of the region and followed up by acquiring its Singapore operations.
These efforts, said Fast Company, helped Grab to hit US$1 billion (S$1.35 billion) in revenue in 2018 and attract more than US$3 billion in fresh funding to expand.
Saying that the company is “humbled” by the recognition, Grab’s co-founder Tan Hooi Ling said that the firm is focused on using the “best global technologies to solve the biggest everyday challenges for South-east Asians”.
Grab was beaten to the top spot by Chinese tech firm Meituan Dianping. With its platform expediting booking and delivery of services such as food and hotel stays, the firm saw 27.7 billion transactions worth US$33.8 billion for more than 350 million people in 2,800 cities in the first half of last year, said Fast Company.
The United States’ National Basketball Association (NBA) was ranked third in the list, as its NBA league “broke attendance records for the fourth straight season” and saw growth in its streaming service and revenue.
Coming in fourth was media giant The Walt Disney Company, while e-commerce company Stitch Fix — which provides online personal styling services — rounded up the top five firms in the list.
Grab was not the first Singapore-based company to enter the list. That honour went to online tour-booking platform BeMyGuest, which landed the 33rd spot back in 2016.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/grab-ranked-2nd-among-worlds-50-most-innovative-companies
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What your camera setting?
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waste time
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i am too late
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i set you free
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The significant increase occurred as the Strata Titles Board gave its nod to more collective sales.
The number of unsold private residential units in the pipeline here almost doubled from 18,891 units at the end of 2017 to 34,467 units by 31 December 2018, revealed a recent report from List Sotheby’s International Realty, Singapore.
According to a new report from the property agency, the significant increase occurred as the Strata Titles Board gave its nod to more collective sales.
“Among the unsold units, 19,415 units (56 percent) were from projects that were either launched or not launched yet. The remaining 15,409 units (44 percent) were not launched as these projects did not have the prerequisites for sale,” said the report.
Moreover, the 34,467 unsold units are part of 51,498 units with planning approvals. These included developments that received some approval from the authorities during the last quarter of 2018, such as those located in Holland Road (559 units), Hillview Rise (564 units), Sunset Way (648 units), Sengkang Central (682 units) and Silat Avenue (1,101 units).
Also included are the upcoming 1,468-unit Parc Clematis condo (former Park West Condo) and the future 2,203-unit Treasure At Tampines (previously Tampines Court).
Meanwhile, the report said that Singapore’s private housing market is in the beginning of a new market cycle.
“With six months of understanding how the new measures work, the residential market is ready to start a new cycle. While the measures have put a dampener on the sharp V-shaped upturn in home prices that lasted from Q3 2017 to Q2 2018, they are aimed at creating a gentler U-shaped upturn that benefits all parties in the longer run.”
“We expect the growth of home prices to hover between -2.0 percent and 2.0 percent in 2019. Demand for new homes is likely to remain around 9,000 to 10,000 units, dominated by sales from mega-projects located in RCR,” it noted.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/unsold-private-homes-pipeline-rose-043720082.html
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The trial for a secondary school teacher accused of committing multiple sexual offences against a 15-year student within two months began on Thursday (21 February).
The 40-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, faces 20 counts of digitally penetrating the girl and having sex with her on 10 occasions between 10 August and 24 September 2015. He was then teaching the victim, who is now 19 years old, at the same secondary school.
The prosecution will be proceeding with all 20 charges against the man.
The man, who taught in the school located in the northeast of Singapore, is said to have brought the girl to his flat in the same area. The school also cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity.
On Thursday, Deputy Public Prosecutor James Chew said that the prosecution would be calling the victim and the investigating officer as witnesses. The victim then took the stand and the court was vacated for the trial to be heard behind closed doors.
The hearing will resume on Friday.
For digitally penetrating a person under the age of 16, the man faces a maximum jail term of 10 years, or a fine, or both, on each count. For having sex with a person under the age of 16, he faces the same punishments.
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Throngs have been flocking to Singapore Pools outlets in the hopes of winning the annual Toto Hong Bao Draw jackpot, which will take place tomorrow at 9.30pm.
This year's snowballed jackpot prize money of $13.6m is the second-highest ever, eclipsed only by the $13.9 million jackpot in the 2016 Hong Bao draw.
In order to tilt the overwhelming odds in their favour, some punters go to "lucky spots" - outlets that have sold tickets to winners before.
They include the Ng Teo Guan Self Service outlet in Ubi and the NTUC FairPrice Serangoon Central Hypermart outlet at Nex shopping mall.
People at these outlets yesterday afternoon waited in line for at least half an hour to buy their lottery tickets.
Dim sum helper Ms Cynthia, 64, who caps her bets at $20, travelled specifically to the Nex outlet to tap on the good fortune of the place.
She told The New Paper: "People strike quite frequently at this outlet, so I try my luck here."
Some, like Mr Rajaratnam, 55, who works in construction, are drawn to such outlets simply because of the intrigue caused by the snaking queues.
While waiting in line at the Ubi outlet, he said: "I only bet sometimes, maybe once a month... When I came here and saw a lot of people, I decided to join the queue."
While the buzz builds to tomorrow's draw, several people TNP spoke to said they were not getting carried away.
Mr Joseph Chua, 38, who buys Toto regularly, is increasing his regular bet only slightly for the hongbao draw. He usually spends two to four dollars, but will increase it to $10 this time.
Retiree Phillip Tay, 62, always places a $1 bet and he is not changing anything.
He said: "To me, if you are lucky, just one dollar will get you there."
https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/queues-form-hongbao-draw-worth-136-million
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