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Teacher Loses Job After Telling Kids Santa Claus Isn’t Real

An American teacher will not come back to work this Christmas after telling her class of six- and seven-year-olds that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. According to authorities, the substitute teacher whose identity remains unknown, even disproved other holiday characters, including the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy, last week. Unsurprisingly her teachings upset her Primary one students. Local media reported that Michael Raj, the school’s principal, had sent a letter to parents on Thursday (Dec 6), where he was apologetic for the teacher's misconduct. Furthermore, he says he has discussed with the teacher about her bad reasoning. Being a dad to four children, Mr Raj fully understands the how sensitive the teacher’s actions were. Rene Rovtar, the local town’s superintendent of schools, also recently confirmed to local media reporters that the teacher in question will stop working in the area. The superintendent says she was troubled and disheartened over the incident, saying that the "childhood wonder associated with all holidays and traditions" is special to her. A week ago, one parent told a local news company that her daughter Addirana, aged six, was extremely disappointed upon listening to the teacher. She says that she was “heartbroken” since her daughter “is the hugest believer in the whole Christmas spirit of Santa and giving." It is unknown whether the teacher was sacked or went away from the area voluntarily.

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42 People Sick, 4 Hospitalised After Wedding Banquet Meal

Recently, 42 people became sick with gastroenteritis after going to a wedding banquet at Mandarin Orchard Singapore on Sunday (Dec 2). Many of the affected people, including Counsellor Matthew Tjow’s family, had classic gastroenteritis symptoms, including stomach discomfort, vomiting, fever, dehydration and overall sleeplessness. Four guests have since been hospitalised. The Ministry of Health (MOH), National Environment Agency (NEA) and Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) announced in a joint statement on Wednesday (Dec 5) that investigations regarding the outbreak of gastroenteritis around the hotel’s premises begun on Tuesday (Dec 4). They have tracked the source to be the food prepared at Mandarin Orchard on Sunday, which the patients ate during the banquet. During the investigation, food handlers were told to screen their stools. Food and environmental samples were also obtained for testing. A representative of the hotel further added on Wednesday that hotel staff have contacted ill guests to provide support, assistance and see if they were coping. The hotel has fully cooperated with authorities in their analysis. They say that official findings should be announced soon. According to the representative, hotel staff who were involved in food preparation during the affected banquets were not allowed to return to work until they have finished the required medical tests and given the clear from authorities. This news comes after 131 people got sick with gastroenteritis, including K2 children and teachers, who were attending a learning camp organised by Busy Bees Asia.

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Singapore no longer world’s most powerful passport

We love Singapore for a lot of reasons, one of which is visa-free travel to other nations. However, our passport has dropped from the first to second place in the 2018 Passport Index, replaced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) passport. The Passport Index, created by Global advisory firm Arton Capital, lists the passports of nations in descending order based on how much cross-border access authority they hold. The firm ranks countries by giving them a “visa-free score”, after looking at how many countries a passport gives access to even if they lack a visa (or a visa upon arrival). This year, the UAE scored 167. People with the UAE passport can fly to 113 countries without a visa, and 54 after visa upon arrival. Our island nation scored 166, allowing holders to go to 127 countries without a visa, and 39 for visa upon arrival. Germany tied with Singapore at 166, but was pushed to third place since German passports only let passport holders go to 126 countries without a visa. Another Index, the Henley Passport Index, also put Singapore in second place after it released its analysis on October this year. Based on the Henley Passport Index, the Singapore passport was beaten by the Japanese passport, previously in 13th place based on this Index.

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