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Can someone come outright and say why these new entries can afford to offer cheaper prices? Will we pay the price further down the road, as this is just an entry gimmick? Or have we really been overcharged by Singapore Power all these while?

A car dealer is asking for help after his supplier disappeared with his customers' money. He is now sued for bankruptcy and doesn't know what to do.

3 cars were damaged in a fire this morning at a Toa Payoh carpark as a man was trying to charge his car batteries with jumper cables. Thankfully, nobody was injured.

A Grab passenger deliberately made her driver wait an hour as she did not want to pay for ERP charges. She said she should not be paying for ERP charges incurred before he picked her up. The driver cancelled the ride after getting sick of waiting.

Our reader was unhappy that SIA insisted to charge him US$50 for his Baptism name to be inserted into his ticket details. He also claimed double standards in not doing the same for Caucasian clients.

A Singaporean man decided that it was time to pay the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) back for the trouble they caused his family by engaging in some light hearted trolling.

Boat captain Mr Shoo Chiau Huat has finally returned to Singapore after being detained in Indonesia for illegal fishing. He experienced jail, paying fines and "house arrest" before the court dismissed his illegal sailing charge in May. Altogether, he spent close to 1.5 years away from home and is happy to be reunited with his family once more.

Our reader went for a diabetes checkup following PM Lee's rally only to find that he had to pay extra even though he wanted the hospital to charge it to his Medisave account. When asked for a reason, the hospital staff simply said "I don't know". What kind of service is this?

Our reader felt cheated by Expedia as he was charged USD instead of SGD although he was certain the price in his booking was stated in SGD. He tried contacting the staff but they did not help him at all. He wants to tell other people to be careful of being "cheated" this way.

Do you think high bank charges are indeed obstacles to going cashless in Singapore? Now that the PM is encouraging us to do so, do we have to pay more again if the banks want to continue earning high margins? Can the MAS do something about this?