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Pinoy Maid’s Throat Sliced By Foreign Boyfriend In Horror Attack

A maid was slashed on the throat on Sunday by a man her alleged to be her ex-boyfriend in what is believed to be a crime of passion.

Ms Allen Remedios, 38, was returning home to Block 311, Tampines Street 33, when the man stopped her, took out a 15cm paper cutter and slashed her throat, wrist and palm.

After he fled, she stumbled up the stairs to the second-storey flat, leaving a trail of blood.

Another maid working for the same employer said she heard the door bell ring at about 6.30pm and was horrified to see Ms Remedios drenched in blood when she opened the door.

“She was standing there with blood all over her.

“The cut on her left hand was very deep, and blood was gushing out of her throat,” the maid, who wanted to be known only as Ms Rose, 25, told The New Paper yesterday.

“She said, ‘Sister, call boss’, and I shouted for our employer, who came running out.”

By the time their employer, Mr Jose Mari Camacho, 40, rushed out of a room, Ms Remedios had slumped to the floor.

The planning manager said: “I was shocked. I immediately grabbed a towel and told Rose to apply pressure on the injuries and called the police.

“I then ran out of the flat to find out who had done this to her.”

When he could not find the attacker, he went back to attend to Ms Remedios.

“She was still conscious and bleeding heavily. It was a very deep cut and I could see her trachea (windpipe) coming out from her throat, where blood was spurting out of,” Mr Camacho said.

Her wrist and thumb had deep cuts and her finger and wrist were also almost severed.

She was taken to hospital and is in stable condition, though she is still unable to speak.

The police have classified it as a case of voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous means and the attacker is still at large.

Source: www.tnp.sg

August 25, 2015
68 Year Old Uncle Shows Singaporeans The Right Way To Treat Foreign Workers

Witnessed a heartwarming incident on the train at Raffles Place before peak hour this evening involving an uncle and a construction worker who had scooted down some seats to make way for Singaporeans.

Uncle to worker: “Hey you can sit down… You don’t always have to give up your seat, especially not to men on the train. You come here to build our homes so you can sit also you know?”

The worker at first puzzled by the interaction digests what he means and breaks into a sweet and winning smile. I can’t really hear the next exchange but then I see the worker whipping out his mobile phone to take a selfie with the uncle.

The uncle continues chatting with him… he points to the train map overhead and dishes out advice and instructions on how to navigate Singapore’s transport network, honing in on Little India in particular. He asks: “Do you know which bus you can take if you get off at that station?”

Later I learn from the “uncle”, Mr Rimy Lau, 68, who used to work in the hotel line, that the worker, Saravanan Samidurai, 28, has been in Singapore for just three days and he just wanted to him to feel welcome.

“They come here to work. This is how we can take care of them,” said Mr Lau.

(shared with permission)

Source: Melody Zaccheus

August 25, 2015
2 PRC National Who Knelt In Protest On Road In Front Of MOM Were Arrested

Two people were arrested yesterday for kneeling in the middle of Bendemeer Road and refusing to move when told to do so.

Videos and pictures taken by drivers and passers-by, and later uploaded onto social media, show a man in a yellow T-shirt and green shorts, carrying a yellow backpack, kneeling on the middle lane next to a woman dressed in a black T-shirt and pants.

Both were holding sheets of paper covered in Chinese writing, and making a commotion as vehicles whizzed past, apparently protesting an agency fee dispute.The drama took place in front of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Services Centre at noon yesterday.

An MOM spokesman said the woman, a work permit holder, had gone to the centre with her husband to get help in obtaining a refund of agency fees she had allegedly paid her overseas agent. She wanted the local employment agency which had hired her to return the money.

“Based on her representation, our officers explained our laws and regulations to her, which she refused to accept,” said the spokesman. “Despite our efforts, she was not satisfied.”

A construction worker, who wanted to be known only as Mr Amin, said he was waiting at the bus stop outside the centre when the incident took place.

“I saw them run out onto the road. They were shouting and crying in Chinese,” said Mr Amin, 32, of the pair. “Some security (guards) from MOM tried to talk to them, make them cool (down), but they did not listen.”

Vehicles in the middle lane were forced to slow down and change lanes to avoid hitting the couple. MOM officers helped to divert traffic while several drivers wound their windows down and urged the duo to move out of the way, but their words fell on deaf ears.

The police, who arrived in 15 minutes, said the pair were arrested on the spot for committing a rash act.

Investigations are ongoing.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

August 25, 2015
NSP CEC Member Mohamed Fazli Talip Resigns

Ahead of the looming General Election, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) has been rocked by yet another resignation, this time of central executive committee (CEC) member Mohamed Fazli Talip.

In a Facebook post on Monday (Aug 24), he said: “With a heavy heart, I have submitted my resignation from NSP with immediate effect. I wish the party all the best of luck in the coming (general election).”

He told The Straits Times on Monday that he had tendered his resignation via e-mail on Sunday, and that the CEC had tried to convince him to stay on.

“I wanted to spend more time concentrating on my career, and I was disappointed by some of the decisions that were made by the party,” he said, adding that he was saddened by the events of the past week that have impugned on the party’s credibility.

Mr Fazli, 34, a branding consultant, was one of NSP’s 11 potential candidates at the upcoming polls, widely expected to be held early next month.

He contested the East Coast GRC in the 2011 polls on the Workers’ Party ticket.

The NSP did two rounds of U-turns over the past week, first by announcing last Wednesday that it would enter into a three-cornered fight in MacPherson Single-Member Constituency (SMC) with the Worker’s Party and the ruling People’s Action Party.

It prompted acting secretary-general Hazel Poa to quit the partylast Wednesday and pull out of the next polls.

On Sunday morning, NSP council member Steve Chia, in another U-turn, said he would not be contesting MacPherson single-seat ward after all. He cited online criticism he had received over his role in the earlier decision.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

August 25, 2015
Oh Generals, Generals Wherefore Art Thou?

Dear Singaporeans,

When was the last time a SAF general turned PAP politicians fought in a Single Member Constituency? Has this happened before?

I think not. From George Yeo, to Teo Chee Hean, to Lui Tuck Yew and the more recent entrants of Chan Chun Sing and Tan Chuan Jin, our SAF warriors have been parachuted straight into GRC and swiftly swept into parliament.

Ng Chee Meng, the latest military man to trade in his soldier uniform for the white-on-white is no exception. Ng will be contesting in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC under the tutelage of DPM Teo Chee Hean; and like his other soldiers turned politican colleagues, he will, in time to come, lead a GRC.

But how can we say a politician is competent if he has not won his own battles? In fact, how is a general victorious if he has never fought his own battle?

Let’s not be mistaken, I am not against the PAP promoting their own to political stardom and some generals are actually effective and inspiring leaders. But to truly earn the respects of citizens, maybe they should start fighting their own wars and not hide behind someone’s back.

Freddy Tan

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

August 25, 2015