Generous, kind, and the life of the party. This was how Audrey Fang's brother and cousin described her in an interview on Apr. 22, according to CNA. The 39-year-old architect had been on a solo trip to Spain when she went missing. Her body was later discovered, allegedly with 30 stab wounds, and another Singaporean — Mitchell Ong — would subsequently be arrested on suspicion of murder. "She was taken in such a horrible way" Even when Fang's brother and cousin were travelling to Spain to look for her, they never imagined that she could have been killed. Rather, they had expected to be drivi ..read more

Ma Liqian, the wife of Sea co-founder and billionaire Forrest Li, is buying a S$42.5 million mansion at Gallop Road, reported Bloomberg on Apr. 22. The good class bungalow (GCB) sits on a 1,552 sq m plot of land and is adjacent to a 1,403 sq m bungalow that Li bought in 2018. Li paid S$26 million for the bungalow. It has since been redeveloped into a two-storey detached house with a swimming pool, according to The Business Times. Both plots are located on prime real estate near the Botanic Gardens. Who's who Both Ma and Li are Singapore citizens. Li is the chairman and CEO of internet comp ..read more

Dubai is a hot desert city which rarely sees rain. The country receives only around 200mm of rain per year, as compared to Singapore's 3,000mm per year. However, on Apr. 15, 2024, 142mm of rain pelted the city in a sudden downpour. To put this into perspective, the amount of rain that would typically fall in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 18 months flooded Dubai within just 24 hours. And the city was not prepared for the deluge.  Apocalyptic images of cars submerged in water, people stuck in their houses, and even stray cats drowning in the floods spread across social media and the ..read more

Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Jakarta, Indonesia, from Apr. 23 to Apr. 26, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on Monday (Apr. 22). Vivian's visit highlights the "close friendship and cooperation" between Singapore and Indonesia over the years and reflects the shared desire to strengthen bilateral cooperation further. To meet Jokowi & Prabowo During the visit, Vivian will call on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and be hosted by Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi. Vivian last called on Jokowi in 2019, where bot ..read more

Tributes and condolences have poured in for the Year 1 Temasek Junior College student killed in the Apr. 22 accident at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and 4. Afifah Munirah Muhammad Azril, a former Cedar Girls’ Secondary School student, was one of two killed in a six-vehicle accident at 7:07am on Monday morning while making her way to Temasek Polytechnic for her college's running event. She was in her father’s car. Afifah’s uncle, Firdaus, told The Straits Times that the family members were trying to cope with their loss. The late teen's father, Azril, who was driving, sustained kidney ..read more

Parts of Telok Blangah Hill Park's trails will be closed until July 2026, where repair works will take place due to slope failure. The expected completion date is reported by the National Parks Board (NParks) to be Jul. 31, 2026. An alternative route along Telok Blangah Heights has been given to park visitors who wish to continue exploring the Southern Ridges. Slope failure resulted from heavy and prolonged rain on Feb. 28, 2023 Responding to Mothership queries, NParks said heavy and prolonged rain on Feb. 28, 2023, resulted in a slope failure at Telok Blangah Hill Park’s elevated Fo ..read more

Remember when Taylor Swift spent a little under a fortnight in Singapore, back in March 2024 for her six sold-out "The Eras Tour" shows? On Apr. 20, the U.S. singer shared a few clips of her time here, including a romantic trip to the iconic Gardens by the Bay and a dinner at Japanese restaurant Koma. Fortnight challenge Swift dropped her 11th studio album "The Tortured Poets Department" on Apr. 19, with the opening track "Fortnight" as the lead single. To promote the single, she launched the "For A Fortnight Challenge" on YouTube Shorts. To kickstart the challenge, Swift herself shared s ..read more

South Korean singer-songwriter IU has wrapped up her "H.E.R. World Tour" concerts in Singapore on Apr. 20 and 21, 2024. In the midst of her performance, she took a moment to show off some of the Singlish words and phrases she's picked up. One of those words is shiok (very pleasing). @mothership.nova IU’s concert also damn shiok ?? #tiktoksg #singapore #iu #concert #her #whattoplay #whattowatch #kpop #music #IU #love_wins_all #콘서트 #ㅊㅊ #fyp ♬ 좋은 날 - IU "I also learnt one more thing," IU declared, before a brief pause. "Shiok? Is it correct?" she asked the audience and her interpreter as she ..read more

Six people were taken to hospital after an accident involving multiple vehicles along the Pan Island Expressway on Apr. 22 evening. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told Mothership that the accident took place along PIE towards Tuas, before the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) exit at around 9:40pm. PIE accident on same evening The aftermath of the PIE accident was caught on video and shared to the SGRoad Block/Traffic News Telegram group. The clip showed that six cars, including a red Trans-Cab taxi, were involved in a chain collision on the second left-most lane of the expressw ..read more

Local artist Yip Yew Chong has done it again. This time he painted a 10m by 3m mural depicting the Singapore icon's rich history to commemorate Lau Pa Sat's 130th anniversary. Titled "From Shoreline to Skyline", Yip told Mothership that he did the artwork over six days in "very hot and wet weather". He added that the mural marks the history of Lau Pa Sat — first as the "Old Market", established in 1824 at Telok Ayer as a fish market, then its subsequent reconstruction in 1894 as Lau Pa Sat proper. View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Yip Yew Chong (@yipyewchong) Has do ..read more