5 S’pore News That You Should Know About That Were Reported Yesterday (20 September 2019)

Let’s face it: in this social media world, exciting and viral news like a cat feeding a baby beer would often appear in your Facebook news feed, while important news like the GDP growth of Singapore this year wouldn’t get the same reach.

It’s understandable since social media platforms would prioritise engaging and viral contents to keep users in their platform.

In order to ensure that you’d still know about important news instead just social news, below are the top five Singapore news that was reported yesterday which you should know, simplified for you in a bite-sized format:

Taxi Driver Who Caused Fatal Accident Blacked Out When His Liver Tumour Ruptured

Mr How Yuen Fah, 72, was driving his taxi along Queensway on 22 March 2019 when a tumour in his liver suddenly ruptured and caused him to blackout.

He claimed to have felt fine when he started his work shift, but multiple pains during his job proved too much.

He lost control of his taxi and hit three pedestrians.

One victim, Madam Tng Yew Huay, 66, died from a head injury at 9.20pm that day after being taken to the National University Hospital (NUH).

Mr How was also taken to NUH, where doctors showed that the tumour rupture caused severe bleeding in his abdomen and a loss of blood flow to his brain.

On 16 September 2019, Health Science Authority (HSA) released a statement to stop 8 particular brands of ranitidine medicine.

The medicine reduces stomach acid production, which happens to be useful for heartburn and gastric ulcer conditions.

HSA has found that the amount of impurity in the medicine is above the internationally acceptable level.

The impurity, called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) can be formed unexpectedly in the manufacturing of some medicines,

HSA is working with those companies to find out why the contamination happened, and how to address the issue.

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Man Pleads Guilty To Giving At Least $800 In Bribes To Airport Check-In Worker

Gopal Krishna Raju, 37, gave at least $800 in bribes to an airport check-in worker so that he would under-report the weight of travellers’ bags on Tigerair flights.

He had promised to reward the worker if he helped him.

Gopal is now out on bail and will return to court on 23 September 2019.

He had committed the offence on at least 10 occasions between January and October 2016.

This is the fourth person to be convicted this year over bribes given to customer service associates at Changi Airport.

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Media Literacy Council Reviewing Material After Photos Of Book Saying Satire Is ‘Fake News’ Go Viral Online

Multiple photos of the Media Literacy Council’s (MLC) booklet which describes satire as a form of “fake news” have gone viral online.

It also said that satire uses humour or exaggeration to make fun of hot-button issues, which may “fool people unfamiliar with the website, or event mentioned”.

MLC has stated that the last distribution of books to schools was in August, and they have since stopped doing so.

They have previously issued a public apology on Facebook on 8 September and said that they will review their material.

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5 Arrested And $78,000 Worth Of Drugs Seized In CNB Blitz, Including 1kg Of Heroin

Five suspected drug offenders were arrested with $78,000 worth of drugs seized in two operations on 19 September, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.

One of the victims was an 18-year-old Singaporean, with enough cannabis to feed 49 addicts for a week.

Four others were caught on the same day.

Three were linked to heroin, with a Singaporean man suspected to be a drug trafficker.

In total, 1.025kg of heroin was seized, which CNB said can feed the addiction of 488 abusers for a week.

CNB is investigating the activities of all suspects.

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