Posts by Liam Redmond
OUE Reit secures S$100 million unsecured loan facility
Proceeds will be used for capital expenditure, working capital and general funding purposes [SINGAPORE] OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (OUE Reit) has entered into a S$100 million unsecured loan facility agreement, said the Reit’s manager in a bourse filing on Friday (Dec 12). The loan will be used to finance capital expenditure, working capital needs,…
Read MoreNickerson Substitute Teacher Who Engaged in Sexual Acts with a Student, Served Alcohol to Minors, Gets Probation
A former Nickerson substitute teacher has been sentenced to no less than two years’ probation after she was charged with sex crimes involving a student and serving alcohol to minors. The Sedgwick County district attorney’s office said Thursday that 39-year-old Whitney Shull entered a plea on three counts of sexual battery and two counts of…
Read MoreChinese Scientists Reveal How Earth’s Hidden Water Made the Planet Habitable
Chinese researchers have discovered a key mechanism explaining how Earth may have stored enormous amounts of water in its early history, offering fresh insights into the planet’s transformation from a molten, fiery sphere to the life-supporting world we know today. A team from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,…
Read MoreVietnam’s Smartphone Shipments to US Plunge to Lowest Level Since 2020
US imports of telephones and components from Vietnam, one of its key suppliers, dropped to a five-year low in November, according to official Vietnamese data, as exporters, including Samsung Electronics, grappled with trade uncertainties and softening consumer demand. Smartphones are exempt from US tariffs, but trade-related uncertainty this year affected shipments from Vietnam, according to…
Read MoreTennessee inmate Harold Wayne Nichols’ final words revealed as he’s executed for 1988 killing of college student
A Tennessee death row inmate used his last words to apologize to the people he harmed before he was executed nearly three decades after he raped and murdered a “gentle, sweet, and innocent” college student. Harold Wayne Nichols declared he was “ready to go home” as he was administered a lethal injection of pentobarbital at…
Read MoreTaxi Driver Season 3 Episode 7 to Feature Ahn Go Eun as Campus Queen
Taxi Driver season 3 episode 7 will air on SBS on Friday (December 12) at 9:50 PM KST. The chapter will focus on Ahn Go Eun, the youngest member and the genius hacker of the Rainbow Taxi team. The newly released stills feature her in a university cafeteria, a quintessential campus queen. She confidently walks…
Read MoreICA Seizes Vape, 849 Heat Sticks from Japanese Traveller at Singapore’s Changi Airport
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has stopped a Japanese man from bringing an e-vaporiser and more than 800 heat sticks into Singapore. ICA said in a Facebook post on Thursday, December 11, that the incident took place on November 30 at Changi Airport Terminal 1, when ICA officers selected the traveller for baggage inspection…
Read MoreWisconsin Church Elder Arrested for Raping 13-Year-Old Girl, Incest
A Wisconsin church leader was arrested this week after a young girl reported him for years of sexual abuse, which started when she was as young as six years old and spanned several years. Greg R. Douma, 58, has been charged with one count of repeated sexual assault of a child, three counts of child…
Read MoreAustralia unveils rescue bid for Rio Tinto’s Tomago aluminium smelter
“If Australia doesn’t produce aluminium, then the knock-on effect in other industries is significant,” warns Prime Minister Anthony Albanese [SYDNEY] Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday (Dec 12) a rescue effort to keep open Australia’s largest aluminium smelter, the struggling Tomago facility majority-owned by Rio Tinto, after its current power contract expires in 2028.…
Read MoreMoon River Episode 11 to Feature Secret Team-up Between Lee Gang, Park Dal I, Lee Woon
Moon River episode 11 will air on MBC on Friday (December 12) at 9:50 PM KST. The MBC drama, starring Kang Tae Oh and Kim Se Jeong, will feature a secret team-up between Lee Gang, Park Dal I, and Lee Won. The trio will devise a solid plan to trap Kim Han Cheol and drive…
Read MoreTwo People, Including Woman, Arrested for Loan Shark Harassment Within 12 Hours in Singapore
Two people, including a 22-year-old man and 24-year-old woman, were arrested for their suspected involvement in a case of loan shark harassment. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said that they were informed about a case of loan shark harassment along Woodlands Avenue 4 on December 9. According to the authority, the walls near the lift…
Read MoreSingapore: Two Men to be Charged over Suspected Government Official Impersonation Scam
Two men, aged 24 and 47, will be charged in court on Friday, December 12, for their suspected roles in multiple government official impersonation scam (GOIS) cases. The police said that the case began on December 3, when a victim reported receiving a video call from an individual posing as a Singapore Police Force officer.…
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