Singapore Immigration (ICA) Officer charged with three counts of forging medical certificates

An officer from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) was charged on Tuesday with three counts of forgery.

Mohammad Rahimi Hussain, 24, is believed to have doctored three medical certificates in a flat at Block 750, Woodlands Avenue 4, in August and September last year.

Each of the three documents he allegedly forged originally stated that he had been given a day's leave.

It's believed that Mohammad Rahimi inflated the rest period the doctors had given him to up to four days.

He will be back in court on March 29.

If convicted of forgery, he could be jailed up to four years, fined or both on each charge.

VocaBlends debut performance at Chamber @ The Arts House

VocaBlends will be performing their first debut performance at the Vocal Mania 2011. The venue will be at Chamber @ The Arts House 1, Old Parliament Lane Singapore.

Check the map location.

Date | Time   :     Mar 20 | 7pm
Duration        :     1 hr
Venue           :     Chamber @ The Arts House 1, Old Parliament Lane Singapore
Ticket Price    :    $8.00
Seating type  :    Free Seating
Restrictions    :    No children under 6 years old
                   :    No audio & video recording

VocaBlends, founded last October 2010, is an all Filipino a capella group composed of Filipino professionals who are working and living here in Singapore. All members in the group have passions for music-making and singing and will be presenting their best suite for the concert – come prepared as they’ll infect you with joy and more in song.

Nearest MRT is Clark Quay or City Hall. Beside the Parliament House.

Tickets can be bought online or on site.

Repertoires include:

OPM Love songs ( Minsan Lang Kita IIbigin, Maghihintay sa Iyo)
Popular Pop Songs ( Im Yours, Just the Way You Are)
Classic Love Songs ( The First Time I Loved Forever, Now That I have You)
and others.......

Three woman behind bars for shoplifting in Mustafa Shopping Centre

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Three women were jailed on Tuesday for shoplifting at Mustafa Centre in Little India.

Mustafa Centre is Singapore's only 24-hour shopping mall, which is located on Syed Alwi Road in Little India.

Two of them, 32-year-old Hawa Nachia A Muhammad Yassin and her sister-in-law, 35-year-old Najmudeen Saharjath, will each have to spend 12 weeks behind bars.

The housewives had worked together with an alleged accomplice, Najmudeen's husband Mohammed Riaz, to steal more than $$2,500 worth of clothes, stationery and toiletries from the 24-hour store on Jan 15.

According to court documents, the trio arrived at the store at around 8.45pm that day and stuffed the items into Mustafa Centre shopping bags which they found discarded on the premises.

But they were stopped in their tracks by the store's security as they were heading for the exits.

The two women, who were unrepresented, pleaded for leniency, saying they had to care for their children.

Both of them appeared distraught when District Judge Roy Neighbour handed them their sentence.

Muhammad Riaz, a 40-year-old cab driver, hasn't been dealt with. He will be back in court on Thursday next week.

In another case, a 35-year-old retail assistant, Siti Farah Sheik Zainal Abdin, was sentenced to a day's jail and fined $2,000 after stealing more than $300 worth of items from the store.

She was caught when an anti-theft alarm was triggered.

Cebu Pacific Launches Online Web CHECK-IN

I got this mail from Cebu Pacific which is good news since it will lessen the time spent in preparing and queuing at the counter. Once you are check-in online, you can go straight to one of their web-checkin counter at the airport and have your baggage weigh.

But there’s a catch, it clearly states that “you must also purchase a Seat Selector to be able to check-in online.” That another means it’ll cost for the convenience it brings.

Cebu Pacific has great news for you!

You can do WEB CHECK-IN through the Cebu Pacific Manage Booking tab! You may check-in online for your flight 5J 805 Manila-Singapore under booking reference number XXXQTN 48 hours up to 4 hours before your estimated time of departure.

Once you have checked-in online, you just need to be at the designated counter at least 45 minutes before estimated time of departure. Otherwise, your documents and baggage will no longer be processed. We strictly close the boarding gate 15 minutes before estimated time of departure so allow ample time to clear through Immigration and security checks.

When you check-in online, you can also avail of other Cebu Pacific products that will make your travel cheaper and more convenient. Check out:

TravelSure
Get travel insurance for as low as Php250 premium

Prepaid Excess Baggage
Pre-pay for your excess baggage and get as much as 20% off on standard rates

Sports Equipment Fee
If you’re traveling with your sports gear, avail of additional 15kg for your sports equipment for only Php1,000

You must also purchase a Seat Selector to be able to check-in online. If you have not purchased a seat when you booked your flight, don’t worry, you can choose a seat during the check-in process.q

Remaining suspect in conspiracy to cheat Standard Chartered Bank convicted to 18 months

SINGAPORE - A Filipino service engineer was sentenced yesterday to 18 months' jail for being part of a conspiracy to cheat Standard Chartered Bank of S$317,100.

Mark Robert Fajilan Landicho (picture), 28, had worked with a syndicate that illegally helped foreigners obtain unsecured credit facilities from the bank even though they were not eligible.

The group did so by forging its clients' pay slips, inflating the salaries so that their annual pay would appear to meet the bank's minimum income requirement.

According to court documents, Landicho had worked with two former employees from telemarketing company Touch & Tech to cheat the bank between July and October 2009.

One of them, 26-year-old Charon Legaspi Dimpas, a fellow Filipino, who used to be one of the firm's direct sales agents, was sentenced to 45 months' behind bars after admitting last November that she was part of the scam.

Landicho was first referred to Dimpas in June 2009 as he wanted to apply for credit facilities even though his salary did not meet the minimum requirement.

His application was approved after she doctored his pay slips.

Soon after, Landicho started to help the syndicate by advertising its illicit services on PinoySG. Landicho earned S$75 for each successful application

Singaporean Bride sues Pinoy fiancé for non-appearance for their wedding in the Philippines

A 41-year-old heartbroken Singaporean woman filed last Valentine’s Day charges of violation of the law on violence against women and children against her Filipino boyfriend for failing to fulfill his promise to marry her.

Ho Hwee Fang, single and resident of Saint Michael’s Road, The Richmond, Singapore, filed the complaint at the Basista police station and reported that she is suffering from emotional and mental anguish because of her boyfriend, identified as Michael Valdez.

Investigators said the charges against Valdez were later filed at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in San Carlos City, Pangasinan.  Police investigation showed that last October, Valdez proposed to marry her and they agreed to settle down in Singapore and also in the Philippines.

Ho and Valdez agreed to get married first in the Philippines while she is preparing for their marriage in Singapore. The love struck would-be bride prepared everything for their supposed marriage last Feb. 8. She arrived in the Philippines and found that Valdez had run away and left word that he would not marry her anymore. Valdez is still missing.

As a result, the victim said she was stressed, very upset, and could not eat or sleep and didn’t know what to do. She was ashamed to face her family and friends after her boyfriend dumped her for no apparent reason.

PE Singapore Announcement of Delays in ePassport Release

This came from Philippine Embassy in Singapore:

Due to unforeseen technical problems in the production of ePassports in Manila, there will be delays in the release of the passports scheduled for collection from 1 to 11 March 2011.

Please be informed that the Embassy is closely monitoring the production process and will call the applicants as soon as their passports become available.  Alternatively, applicants may call tel. no. 65.6737.3977 ext. 127 or 111.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate the public’s kind understanding.

Thank you for the kind cooperation.