Large families with young children to receive first tranche of S$1,000 LifeSG credits from Sept 10
Families with three or more Singaporean children aged one to six years old will receive S$1,000 in credits for each child from Sept 10, under a scheme to defray expenses. About 33,000 Singaporean children are eligible for this round of credits.
The families will continue to receive S$1,000 every year till the child turns six. The Large Family LifeSG credits can be used at various physical and online merchants to defray household expenses such as groceries, pharmacy items, utilities, and transport. The credits will be valid for 12 months.
Ex-SGH doctor suspended for 3 years after giving herself MCs to cover absence from work
A doctor has been suspended from practice for three years after she was found to have falsified medical certificates for herself when she missed two days of work on July 1 and Sept 12, without a valid medical reason. Dr Cherida Yong Chun Yin was ordered to be suspended from Sept 3, 2025 to Sept 2, 2028.
She was also ordered to be censured and required to submit a written undertaking to the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) that she will not engage in similar conduct in future. Dr Yong was a house officer at Singapore General Hospital when she committed the acts.
Disney Adventure postpones maiden Singapore cruise to March 2026
Disney Cruise Line’s (DCL) first Asia cruise, Disney Adventure, has been postponed from Dec 15 to March 10, 2026, due to shipbuilding delays. An official statement from DCL stated that voyages scheduled from Dec 15 to March 12, 2026, will be impacted.
Those who have booked the Dec 15 sailing will automatically be placed on the new maiden sailing on March 10, and will receive a 50 per cent refund.
AI-powered search engine to help Singapore lawyers with legal research
An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine is expected to accelerate legal research and free up time for more than three quarters of all lawyers working in Singapore who subscribe to legal research platform LawNet. Developed in collaboration with the Singapore Academy of Law, this new tool allows lawyers to ask legal research questions in natural language and receive contextual responses.
It is trained on Singapore’s legal context and supported by data such as judgments, Singapore Law Reports, legislation, and books.
Jail for ICA officer who obtained bribes in the form of sex acts
An Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspector who obtained bribes in the form of sex acts from six men was sentenced to a year and 10 months’ jail on Sept 11. Kannan Morice Rajagopal Jayaram, 55, committed the offences in exchange for helping them with their short-term visit pass applications, so they could remain in Singapore.
The Singaporean, who committed the offences between 2022 and 2023, pleaded guilty in July to three corruption charges, each involving an Indian national. He has been suspended and ICA said it would begin disciplinary proceedings against him in July.
S’porean boy given ISA restriction order; first self-radicalisation case from mixed ideologies
Within a year of consuming extremist content, a 14-year-old boy supported ISIS, far-right and far-left extremism, communism, hated women and Jews, and idolised Osama bin Laden, Adolf Hitler, and Kim Jong II.
He was in contact with several foreign extremists, one of whom offered to help the boy plan an attack in Singapore and even sent him bomb-making manuals.
