DBS grocery discounts to ease cost of living | The Straits Times   https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/dbs-rolls-out-3-grocery-discounts-desmond-lee-says-corporate-initiatives-complement-govt-efforts   🛒 DBS Saturday Savings: $3 Grocery Discounts (Full Details)   This programme is part of DBS' $10 million commitment to help Singaporeans cope with rising living costs .       📅 When & Where   - Period: Every Saturday from 18 Jul to 29 Aug 2026  - Locations: 129 Giant & Sheng Siong outlets islandwide  - Eligible pay: Any DBS/POSB credit or debit card (physical/digital) — no minimum spend required       🧾 What You Save & Eligible Items   - $3 off selected eggs + $3 off selected rice → up to $6 total savings per Saturday  - At Giant: - Giant Farm Fresh Eggs (30s) - Giant Jasmine Fragrant Rice (5kg) - At Sheng Siong: - Egg For You Fresh Eggs (30s) - Happy Family Fragrant Jasmine Rice (5kg)       📌 Rules & Limits   - Quota: ~90,000 redemptions weekly, first-come first-served, while stocks last - Per customer: 1 redemption per item, per day - Cannot combine: Not valid with other discounts, vouchers, or CDC vouchers - Discount applies automatically at checkout — no coupon/promo code needed       🗣️ Official Remarks   Education Minister Desmond Lee noted the initiative complements government efforts to ease cost pressures, and called on more businesses to lend support . DBS Singapore country head Lim Him Chuan said the scheme targets everyday essentials where cost increases are felt most, with seniors and lower-income groups among key beneficiaries .       📢 Next Phase   From September 2026, DBS will launch $3 cashback for PayLah! payments at hawker centres and heartland shops on Saturdays — details to follow .        

Based on the video provided, here is a summary of the events surrounding the high-profile royal escape of Manohara Odelia Pinot:   Background   - Manohara Odelia Pinot, a beautiful American-Indonesian mixed-race girl, grew up travelling internationally with her mother and German stepfather [01:13]. By the age of 14, she was a famous model and was named one of Indonesia's 100 most beautiful women [02:38].   - The Meeting: In December 2006, at a royal gala dinner in Kuala Lumpur, 14-year-old Manohara met 28-year-old Prince Tengku Muhammad Fakhry of Kelantan, Malaysia [03:22]. Despite the age gap, the prince pursued her aggressively with lavish gifts and luxury trips [04:55].   - The Marriage: While Manohara was hesitant due to her age, her mother strongly encouraged the match, seeing it as an entrance to high society and high financial gain (reportedly negotiating a substantial sum from the prince) [06:15]. They married on August 26, 2008, when Manohara was just 16 years old [07:18].   The Abuse Allegations   - Nightmare at the Palace: According to Manohara, the prince's charming behavior vanished after marriage. She felt treated like a personal toy rather than a wife [13:36].   - Severe Torture: She later alleged that she was subjected to extreme physical and mental abuse [14:26]. She claimed the prince would inject her with psychiatric drugs while she slept, leaving her conscious but paralyzed, and would then use a small knife to cut her skin [14:37].   - Control and Isolation: Her communication devices were confiscated, isolating her from her mother [15:45]. Furthermore, she alleged she was placed under strict 24-hour guard monitoring [16:11] and injected with hormones against her will, causing rapid weight gain [17:02].   The Dramatic Escape   - The Opportunity: In May 2009, the Sultan of Kelantan (the prince's father) traveled to Singapore for cardiac treatment. Manohara accompanied her husband as part of the royal entourage, checking into the Royal Plaza on Scotts hotel [17:39].   - The Elevator Standoff: Seizing her only chance, Manohara abruptly pressed the emergency button inside the hotel elevator [19:41]. When guards tried to restrain her, she fought back fiercely, triggering hotel security to call the police [19:49].   - Intervention: Singapore police intervened alongside American and Indonesian embassy officials [11:09]. During the confrontation, the prince's guards allegedly tried to inject her with a sedative, but Singapore police stopped them [20:41]. Manohara was safely taken away and flew back to Jakarta [11:17].   Aftermath and Disputed Truths   - Media Backlash: Back in Indonesia, Manohara held a massive press conference revealing her scars and filed a lawsuit against the prince [18:11].   - Denials and Counter-Suits: Prince Fakhry fiercely denied all allegations of abuse and countersued Manohara and her mother for defamation in Malaysia [18:36]. Due to a lack of conclusive evidence, Manohara's case in Indonesia stalled, whereas the Malaysian court ruled in favor of the prince, ordering Manohara to pay $1.8 million USD (which she refused to pay) [19:01].   - Recovery: Manohara eventually divorced the prince, returned to modeling and acting in Indonesia, and gradually recovered her mental and physical well-being [19:24].   While public opinion remains split—some seeing her as a victim of a forced royal nightmare and others questioning her mother's financial motives—the scars she displayed upon her return left a lasting mark on Southeast Asian media [19:38].

This video recounts the famous and tragic South Korean rumor known as the "Chang Mi-hee X-Files Incident," which highlights the vulnerability of celebrities when entangled with powerful political figures.   - Rise to Stardom: Born in 1957, Chang Mi-hee debuted at age 17 and rose to immense fame after starring in the highly successful film Chunhyang-jeon (1976) [01:36]. Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, she became one of South Korea's top tier "Third Generation" actresses, known for her innocent image and high earning power [02:40].   - The Presidential Affair: Her fame caught the attention of then-President Chun Doo-hwan [04:03]. Rumors spread that she became his mistress, with Chun frequently bringing her to high-profile social events, which deeply humiliated his powerful and well-connected wife, First Lady Rhee Soon-ja [05:20], [07:07].   - The Alleged Revenge (The "X-Files" Incident): According to widespread rumors, in November 1981, Rhee Soon-ja retaliated out of jealousy [07:44]. She allegedly had henchmen abduct Chang Mi-hee straight from a filming set [08:01]. The rumors claim Chang was gang-raped, forcibly subjected to a hysterectomy (removal of her uterus) [09:46], and then stripped naked and thrown into a male prison filled with violent offenders for five days and five nights [10:14].   - Exile and Return: Shortly after the alleged incident, in 1982, Chang abruptly halted her career to move to the United States for "studies" [11:20]. She denied the rumors early on, but later refused to comment on them [10:54]. Decades later, in 2004, she returned to acting in South Korea [12:58]. She rebuilt her career through supporting roles, eventually winning popularity awards, but she never married or had children [13:26], [13:42].   - Chun Doo-hwan's Downfall: President Chun Doo-hwan later faced a military trial in 1996 for mutiny and corruption, leading to a life sentence (later pardoned) and massive fines [15:23]. He passed away in 2021 [16:19].   The narrator concludes that whether the terrifying rumors are entirely true or exaggerated by the public, the story symbolizes a dark era where a woman's life and reputation could be completely consumed and commodified when caught in the crosshairs of political power and marital jealousy [16:31].

This video tells the historical true crime story of a notorious British miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans and the serial killer John Christie [00:05].   Here is a summary of the events detailed in the video:   - The Execution of Timothy Evans (1950): 25-year-old Timothy Evans was executed at Pentonville Prison for the murder of his wife, Beryl, and their infant daughter, Geraldine, despite maintaining his innocence until the very end [00:05]. Evans was a truck driver with cognitive difficulties who frequently lied to cover up his insecurities [01:41].   - The Crime and Confessions: After his wife became pregnant with an unwanted second child in late 1949, the family went missing [03:13]. Evans eventually turned himself in to the police in Wales [04:07]. Over multiple interrogations, he gave three conflicting accounts—first claiming his wife died from a botched black-market abortion, then blaming his downstairs neighbor John Christie, and finally confessing that he strangled them himself [04:07, 05:24, 07:43]. The bodies of his wife and daughter were found hidden in the apartment building's outdoor washhouse [06:57].   - The Shocking Discovery (1953): Three years later, after Christie moved out due to financial troubles, a new tenant trying to install a radio bracket in the kitchen discovered a hidden, boarded-up alcove [11:35, 12:38]. Inside were the bodies of three women [13:19]. A subsequent police sweep uncovered a total of six female bodies hidden under the floorboards, in the garden, and inside the kitchen walls—including Christie's own wife [13:59, 16:03]. A human thigh bone had even been used as a fence post in the garden for years without notice [14:06].   - Christie's Capture and Confession: Christie was arrested on March 31, 1953, with a newspaper clipping of Evans's execution in his pocket [15:02, 15:15]. He confessed to murdering seven women (including Evans's wife Beryl) to fulfill a psychopathic desire for absolute control over defenseless women [16:29, 17:32]. He would temporarily incapacitate his victims using carbon monoxide from a modified gas line before killing them [18:36]. Christie was convicted and hanged in July 1953 [19:10, 19:31].   - The Aftermath and Legal Reform: Public outrage erupted when it became clear that the state had executed an innocent man [19:40]. Re-investigations revealed that Evans's confession was heavily manipulated by police, and authorities had willfully ignored or altered contradictory statements from construction workers to fit their narrative [20:08, 21:13]. After decades of bureaucratic resistance, the British High Court finally declared Timothy Evans completely innocent in 2004—55 years after the case began [22:28, 22:44].   Ultimately, the horrific mistake of executing Evans profoundly shifted British public opinion against the death penalty, serving as a primary catalyst for the UK permanently abolishing capital punishment for murder in 1969 [22:48, 23:15].  

🐈 A new pilot scheme will allow approved cat fosterers to keep up to 6 cats in HDB flats & 10 in private premises from Aug. 3. ➡️ https://bit.ly/459ArU9 Follow us on @mothershipsg   Here’s the full breakdown of the new rules from AVS, Singapore:       📅 Effective Date   Aug 3, 2026: Launch of the 2-year Responsible Cat Fosterer Pilot Scheme Sep 1, 2026: Non-licensing of pet cats becomes an offence       🐱 Fosterer Limits (all cats in the household, including personal pets)   - HDB 3-room or larger flats: Up to 6 cats - Private properties: Up to 10 cats - Licensing fees are fully waived for approved fosterers during the pilot.       ✅ Requirements to be an Approved Fosterer   - Proven experience caring for cats - Sufficient time and financial resources - Eligible housing: 3-room+ HDB sold flats or private premises - All existing cats must already be sterilised and microchipped at application - No complaints about pets/disamenities in the last 2 years - No animal welfare or licensing offences under the Animals & Birds Act in the last 2 years       🩺 Sterilisation Rules   - All cats in the home must be sterilised. - New kittens: Sterilise by 6 months old OR 2 months after fostering — whichever is later (unless medically exempt). - Cats over 6 months: Sterilise within 2 months of fostering (unless proven infertile). - Unsterilised foster cats get a one-time 1-year free licence; not renewable if still unsterilised after expiry.       📝 Pet Cat Licensing Rules (from Sep 1)   - Mandatory licensing: Fine up to S$5,000 for unlicensed cats or rule breaches. - To license: Cat must be microchipped; first-time owners complete a free basic pet care course. - Responsible keeping: Secure windows/balconies; keep cats in carriers or harnesses in public. - Grandfather clause: Cats owned before Sep 1, 2024 and licensed during the transition period may be kept even if numbers exceed the new limits — permanently.       ℹ️ Other Notes   - AVS will review the pilot after 2 years to decide on long-term arrangements. - Abandonment of cats carries penalties up to S$10,000 fine, 12 months jail, or both. - Free microchipping and licensing sessions are ongoing across Singapore.