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4 Yishun hawkers down with dengue

May 2, 2013 - 12:26am

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Theodora D’Cruz

TAKING PRECAUTIONS: After her dengue scare, Madam Rahmah Bakar isn’t taking any more chances. She and her sister now take turns to burn mosquito coils at their food stall every day. TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

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Where kampung spirit comes alive

May 2, 2013 - 12:21am

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Linette Heng

TNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR

Families rebuilding their lives get a leg up with new homes - all refurbished and brightly painted - on Spooner Road, just 15 minutes from town.

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Wanderer who came home

May 2, 2013 - 12:02am

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Jennifer Dhanaraj

TNP PICTURE: JENNIFER DHANARAJ

After spending 10 years away from Singapore, he returned from Australia in the mid-70s with long, unkempt hair.

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Going beyond the call of duty

May 1, 2013 - 1:12am

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Audrey Tan

TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO

Yesterday, 54 healthcare workers received the Healthcare Humanity Awards (HHA).

Among the winners were clinical instructor Singaravelan Pavadai and palliative-care nurse Ng Wan Ru.

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Devoted to her family

May 1, 2013 - 1:11am

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Kerri Heng

TNP PHOTO: KERRI HENG

Peranakan-born Shelley Tan Quee Sim (above), 84, devoted her life to work and looking after her family.

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Tampines resident annoys some neighbours with personal dengue crusade

May 1, 2013 - 1:04am

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Audrey Tan
Celine Chen

TNP PHOTO: Celine Chen

Ms Fionna Zhang, a resident at Tampines Street 21, is playing an active role in the fight against dengue.

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Man falls 12 storeys and lives

May 1, 2013 - 1:02am

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Chai Hung Yin

PHOTO: Ministry of Manpower

He plunged 52 metres - the height of 12 storeys - with the work platform he was on and miraculously survived. Luckily for him, he landed on a rubbish bin, which was crushed by the impact, and that could have saved his life.

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Brazil's Miss Bumbum claims Ronaldo scored with her

May 1, 2013 - 1:00am

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The New Paper

For the last three years, things have been quiet on the Cristiano Ronaldo front, seemingly because he had eyes - and hands - only for Russian lingerie model Irina Shayk.

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Secretary slips and her leg gets stuck in MRT platform gap

May 1, 2013 - 12:58am

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Andre Joseph Theng

PHOTO: Shin Min Daily News

Last Wednesday was supposed to be a usual work day for secretary Joanne Ong.

Until she lost her balance on the MRT and fell into the gap between the train carriage and the platform.

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Workers try to fight fire, which engulfed three warehouse units, with two garden hoses

May 1, 2013 - 12:55am

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Eunice Toh

TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar

When someone shouted "fire", Mr Nick Kuah, 40, ran out of his office at 7 Link Road in Jurong and was shocked by what he saw.

Thick, black smoke billowed from one warehouse as flames spread to another.

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