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SINGAPORE: About 100 friends, family and members of the Filipino community in Singapore attended the wake of Philippines national Arlyn Picar Nucos on Wednesday (Jan 1). Ms Nucos, 50, was one of the six victims involved in Sunday's accident at Lucky Plaza. Also present at the wake were her employers, who were seen at the funeral parlour at Sin Ming at about 11.40am. Ms Nucos had worked for them since 1992, said Bernard Menon, the director of the migrant workers’ segment at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), which oversees the Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) and the Migrant Workers’ Centre. READ: Lucky Plaza accident: I could have been killed, if I hadn't gone to buy chocolate Ms Nucos, who had no children of her own, had seen the employer’s three children grow up for almost 30 years, Mr Menon said. The employer and her family declined to speak to the media. After waiting at the coffee shop next door, the rest of the bereaved streamed into the … [Read more...] about Lucky Plaza accident: Emotional scenes as family, friends attend wake of victim Arlyn Nucos in Singapore

SINGAPORE: A woman was fined S$7,000 on Wednesday (Jun 3) for letting a man into her condominium unit during the "circuit breaker" period for massage and masturbation services. Allowing people who are not from your household into your home during the circuit breaker is an offence under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act. China national Cheng Fengzhao, 38, pleaded guilty to one charge of allowing the 51-year-old man, who was not from her household, to enter her home. A second charge of letting him in on an earlier occasion on Apr 19 was taken into consideration. The court heard that Cheng is a work permit holder who came to Singapore to work as a waitress. However, she has never reported to work as a waitress. Instead, she paid a monthly fee to unknown individuals to help advertise her sex services on different websites. Every 10 days, she paid an unknown man rental of S$100 per day to use the condo unit. At about 3pm on May 5, police officers raided the condo at Jalan … [Read more...] about Woman fined for letting man into her home during circuit breaker for massage and masturbation