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A 26 year old motorcyclist has sadly died after he was involved in an accident with a pedestrian, who was believed to have been jaywalking at the time of the accident. The accident happened at Hougang Avenue 9 on Monday afternoon, and it was reported that the pedestrian, a 16 year old boy, was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital conscious. 

According to eye witnesses, the boy was wearing a school uniform, and he had jaywalked just before the accident happened. The rider then lost control of hisbike as he was trying to avoid the boy, and crashed. Photos in the aftermath of the accident show passers by tending to the injured boy, who was lying down on the road, and the rider, who was on the grass verge.

Police confirmed that the rider was taken conscious to hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries there. Police investigations are ongoing.

Who says bad things only happens in Yishun? To buck the trend of only bad news coming out of Yishun, a Stuff'd outlet located at Yishun's Northpoint announced that they were giving away free food to underprivileged kids who are under 14 years old.

Stuff'd is  Mexican-Turkish inspired eatery that’s best known for its kebabs, burritos, and daily bowls. In their Facebook post on April 18, they announced that they will start out the initiative on Easter, and that they have identified their Yishun outlet as it will help “better understand the demand as well as to develop the mechanism for [the initiative].”

Stuff'd hoped that with this initiative, it will better help the children who would otherwise have difficulties in getting food on their tables. We can only hope that Stuff'd extend this initiatives to their other outlets all over Singapore too. 

The Ministry of Health has assured Singaporeans that the measles outbreak which currently had quadrupled worldwide, is under control in Singapore, with no signs of outbreak. There were however, 43 cases of measles in the first 15 weeks of the year, but MOH has reassured the Singapore public that there is no evidence of further spread in the community.

Most of the cases were of single and sporadic local infections, except for five cases which was transmission to family members and close friend. Measles, which affects the respiratory system and often results in a skin rash, is highly transmissible among people who have not been vaccinated. An infected person can transmit the virus to about 15 to 20 others who are not immune to measles.

So, Singaporeans can be rest assured that measles are not something we should be worried about right now, as the Ministry is doing well to monitor the numbers, unlike their handling of patient data leaks. 

Marquee is Singapore's largest nightclub. It is so huge it can fit a ferris wheel and a three storey high slide. 

But little did they expect to have rides in their rides. 

On an Instastory by @edgarallanhoe42069, it showed a couple in the ferris wheel riding it out to the cheer of the crowd in the club. They were having such a great time that they did not notice the crowd outside. 

Here's a censored video by MothershipSG:

And another video of them after realising what they have done:

Well, we hope that they enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the club and thank them for contributing to our fertility rate.

A local company in Singapore has made a firm stand and put its foot down on the NUS Peeping Tom controversy and publicly declared that it will not work with NUS again until the male voyeur is expelled. 

The urban farm company, OnHand Agrarian, wrote on its FB post on Sunday that it is issuing an ultimatum to NUS to expel the male student who had been found guilty of being a voyeur, or the working relationship between the two will not resume. The company also accused the NUS of being stupid for allowing a criminal to continue to use its facilities. The company has previously taken in NUS students for its internship programmes. The company also called on Great Eastern to expel that male student, as it was believed he is still working there as part of his internship. 

The case had gone viral as a female NUS student has come out and said that the male student was caught filming her bathing in the hostel bathroom, but NUS only made him write a letter of apology to her and only suspended for a semester, while Police only issued him with a 12 month conditional warning. 

An 18 year old boy have been arrested by the police for his alleged online scam on Carousell, where he was allegedly involved in 11 cases of e-commerce scams selling tickets for the concerts of Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5 and Blackpink. 

Victims had gotten in touch with the teen on Carousell to purchase the tickets. However, after they made the payment via bank transfer, they did not receive any tickets at all. Police confirmed that they received reports against the teen from February 13 and March 2, and officers from the CAD arrested the teen on Wednesday. It was believed he had scammed his victims a total of $5,400.

If convicted, the teen faces a jail time of up to 10 years and a fine. Looks like the teen faces a not so bright future immediately ahead of him.