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| 20-Jul-2010 11:10 |
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| 20-Jul-2010 11:05 |
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:55 |
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:52 |
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Debris ‘worsened’ flood, but didn’t cause it: PUB After blaming a blocked culvert along Stamford Canal for the flood at Orchard Road on June 16, national water agency PUB now says, after completing investigations, that the debris only “worsened” the flood but did not cause it. Two bursts of rain 30 minutes apart had poured the equivalent of 1.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools of rainfall each minute into the middle section of the canal, between Delfi Orchard and Handy Road, which could only carry 1-1/3 Olympic-sized swimming pools each minute. On Saturday, the canal overflowed again and “an urgent review” is underway. But Member of Parliament Irene Ng (Tampines GRC) wondered if rapid urban development had reduced the island’s ability to handle run-off from strong rainfall. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said PUB would have to check that there is adequate drainage before any development can be approved: “We’ve not come across any incident that, because of an existing development, flooding is a result of that.” When Non-Constituency MP Sylvia Lim asked about the Marina Barrage’s role in alleviating floods, Dr Yaacob said it had operated effectively to avert further flooding in downtown areas such as Chinatown during the three recent floods. “In the case of Orchard Road, the canals are way upstream, and we may not have enough capacity to drain all the water as quickly as possible ... This has to be studied as a system and not just as a barrage, together with all the drains,” he said. Saying the authorities cannot “conclusively link these events to climate change”, he told the House the Government will continue to study this “complex and evolving subject”. For now, a National Environment Agency study projects that by 2100, the average daily temperature could increase by between 2.7°C to 4.2°C; the mean sea level around Singapore could rise by 24 to 65 centimetres.
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:38 |
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parents are wondering if it is legal for parents to use handcuffs on their UNsafe children to ensure SAFETY ? ? ? ? some parents like this SAFETY IDEA for their UNsafe children . . . . Generally, children are more PRONE to be UNsafe than ADULTS. Can parents be ENPOWERED with SAFETY HANDCUFFS ? ? ? ? probably, some teachers like this IDEA too ? ? ? ? |
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:32 |
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There is no policy as far as Mewr or PUB is concerned on taking pictures. From what we understand, the photographer was warned because of safety issues, not because of privacy issues. There’s nothing private about a flood, and I think based upon the (newspaper) report, that’s what we understood to have happened that morning. Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, in response to a query from MP Penny Low who asked if there was a no-picture policy on taking photos during a flood |
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:28 |
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can also CAPITALISE on this WATER SITUATION to START the WORLD FIRST FLOOD FESTIVAL . . . . the One and Only . . . . Ooh, ooh, oh, now i remember something . . . . Vietnam's WATER PUPPETS SHOW was invited to perform in SINGAPORE during JUNE 2010 ? ? ? ? may be these WATER PUPPETS LIKE to have a BiG FLOOD PUPPETS SHOW in SINGAPORE TOO ? ? ? ? |
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:21 |
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Dr Yaacob said quarterly checks prior to the June 16 floods were “adequate”, and the authorities decided to increase checks due to the amount of debris that blocked Stamford Canal. “It’s not an acknowledgement that something has gone wrong but which was something we learned as we go along and maybe these are the ways we could improve the work we do,” he said. The minister also told MPs (Holland- Bukit Timah GRC) Christopher De Souza and Liang Eng Hwa that PUB would expedite works in their wards, where possible. Improvements to Geylang River, Bukit Timah First Diversion Canal and Rochor Canal will begin soon. Meanwhile, more rain is expected this week. Short-duration showers with thunder can be expected mostly in the late morning and afternoon, while showers with thunder and gusty winds can be expected between the pre-dawn hours and morning toward the end of the week. |
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:18 |
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ORCHARD FLOODS were UNbelievable . . . . but are ABSOLUTELY REAL NOW May be GOD wants Singapore to be VENICE of the EAST ? ? ? ? TiME will TELL . . . . Let's SEE |
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| 20-Jul-2010 10:02 |
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Since the WATER has arrived, why not KEEP it ? ? ? ? PUB has been made to be seen as MEDIOCRE ? ? ? ? Minister needs to SPELL OUT a TO-DO LIST for the PUB ? ? ? ? MERITOCRACY seems like passing the BUCKET to Building Management as well ? ? ? ? It is now the Building Managment who are responsible for Drainage System Backflowing ? ? ? ? |
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| 20-Jul-2010 09:52 |
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Whole Parliament did not recognise an Opportunity in a Crisis ? ? ? ? Singapore can be VENICE of the EAST ? ? ? ? How Come ? ? ? ? Deviating from past behaviour ? ? ? ? In the past, Singapore always liked to follow/copy the WEST ? ? ? ? NOTED EMERGING TRENDS: - Marina Bay is compared to SHANGHAI BUND ? ? ? ? - Human Organ Sale legislation is a copy from PHILIPPINES ? ? ? ? |
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| 20-Jul-2010 09:44 |
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A to-do list for PUB Leong Wee Keat weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE This is one of the key measures that will come in the wake of three floods that occurred within a month — including, in the words of Member of Parliament Lee Bee Wah (Ang Mo Kio GRC), the “infamous Orchard Road flood”. There will also be a review of all major drainage systems — in particular, “an urgent review” of the Stamford Canal — in the citystate’s main shopping belt. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Dr Yaacob Ibrahim spelt out this to-do list for national water agency PUB yesterday. But, even as he fielded questions from 11 MPs on the flooding issue in a 30-minute debate in Parliament, he also stressed it is not just the PUB’s job alone to be prepared. PUB stands ready to work with any building and residential management and, where needed, the Land Transport Authority, to implement flood barriers and road humps or to raise road levels. For instance, it is in contact with some Bukit Timah condominiums and will work with managing agents of affected premises along Orchard Road. Businesses are also invited to participate in an SMS alert system, so they can be forewarned of high water levels detected by sensors in Stamford Canal. And around the island, data from water level sensors — which will be increased from 32 to 90 by the end of this year — will be made available to the public on PUB’s website. The message: Flood control measures should not be looked at “purely” from improvements to the drainage system. Said Dr Yaacob: “The idea of protecting yourself, warning yourself early that flood may occur and what you can do, is an important part of the challenge.” But lessons have been learnt on PUB’s part. Asked by Ms Lee about the Orchard Road flooding, Dr Yaacob said: “We must be more prompt in the way we remove the debris, and we’ve installed the gates to catch debris upstream.” Mdm Ho Geok Choo (West Coast GRC) asked if any action had been taken against private contractors in charge of maintenance and if existing fines were a sufficient deterrent. To this, Dr Yaacob said PUB has not seen “any evidence to suggest that fines are inadequate or contractors cutting corners”. Maintenance checks have been stepped up, though, which led Non- Constituency MP Sylvia Lim to ask if that meant “checks were not done frequently up to now”. — The flash floods may come again, but before they hit, warnings should reach the public first once a public alert system is implemented. |
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| 20-Jul-2010 09:34 |
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AN Indian court has ruled that Hindu gods cannot deal in stocks and shares, after an application for trading accounts to be set up in their names. Two judges at the Bombay High Court yesterday rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five deities, including the revered elephant-headed god, Ganesha. "Trading in shares on the stock market requires certain skills and expertise and to expect this from deities would not be proper," judges P.B. Majumdar and Rajendra Sawant said, according to Indian newspapers. The trust, owned by the former royal family of Sangli, in western Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, brought the case after successfully securing income tax cards and savings accounts for the deities. But National Securities Depository Limited rejected the trust's application for permission to open trading accounts, arguing that it would be difficult to take action against the gods in the event of irregularities. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/hindu-gods-cant-trade-in-shares-court/story-e6frfm1i-1225893372030#ixzz0uBL63rZD |
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| 19-Jul-2010 15:03 |
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Comment &analysis today Monday July 19, 2010 12Fasten seatbelts for a double dip The global slowdown will accelerate in the second half — and policymakers are running out of tools Nouriel Roubini T Worse yet, the fundamental excesses that fuelled the crisis — too much debt and leverage in the private sector (households, banks and other financial institutions, and even much of the corporate sector) — have not been addressed. Private-sector deleveraging has barely begun. Moreover, there is now massive releveraging of the public sector in advanced economies, with huge Budget deficits and public-debt accumulation driven by automatic stabilisers, counter-cyclical Keynesian fiscal stimulus, and the immense costs of socialising the financial system’s losses. At best, we face a protracted period of anaemic, below-trend growth in advanced economies as deleveraging by households, financial institutions and governments starts to feed through to consumption and investment. At the global level, the countries that spent too much — the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece and elsewhere — now need to deleverage and are spending, consuming and importing less. But countries that saved too much — China, emerging Asia, Germany and Japan — are not spending more to compensate for the fall in spending by deleveraging countries. Thus, the recovery of global aggregate demand will be weak, pushing global growth much lower. The global slowdown — already evident in second-quarter data for this year — will accelerate in the second half of the year. Fiscal stimulus will disappear as austerity programmes take hold in most countries. Inventory adjustments, which boosted growth for a few quarters, will run their course. The effects of tax policies that stole demand from the future — such as incentives for buyers of cars and homes — will diminish as programmes expire. Labour-market conditions remain weak, with little job creation and a spreading sense of malaise among consumers. he global economy, artificially boosted since the recession of 2008-2009 by massive monetary and fiscal stimulus and financial bailouts, is headed towards a sharp slowdown this year as the effect of these measures wanes.Outlook: US mediocre, euro zone worse The likely scenario for advanced economies is a mediocre U-shaped recovery, even if we avoid a W-shaped double dip. In the US, annual growth was already below trend in the first half of this year (2.7 per cent in the first quarter and estimated at a mediocre 2.2 per cent in April-June). Growth is set to slow further, to 1.5 per cent in the second half of this year and into next year. Whatever letter of the alphabet US economic performance ultimately resembles, what is coming will feel like a recession. Mediocre job creation and a further rise in unemployment, larger cyclical Budget deficits, a fresh fall in home prices, larger losses by banks on mortgages, consumer credit, and other loans, and the risk that Congress will adopt protectionist measures against China will see to that. In the euro zone, the outlook is worse. Growth may be close to zero by the end of this year, as fiscal austerity kicks in and stock markets fall. Sharp rises in sovereign, corporate and interbank liquidity spreads will increase the cost of capital and increases in risk aversion, volatility and sovereign risk will undermine business, investor and consumer confidence further. The weakening of the euro will help Europe’s external balance but the benefits will be more than offset by the damage to export and growth prospects in the US, China and emerging Asia. Even China is showing signs of a slowdown, owing to the government’s attempts to control economic overheating. The slowdown in advanced economies, together with a weaker euro, will further dent Chinese growth, bringing its 11-per-cent-plus growth rate towards 7 per cent by the end of this year. This is bad news for export growth in the rest of Asia and among commodity–rich countries, which increasingly rely on Chinese imports. An important victim will be Japan, where anaemic real income growth is depressing domestic demand and exports to China sustain what little growth there is. Japan also suffers from low potential growth, owing to a lack of structural reforms and weak and ineffective governments (four prime ministers in four years), a large stock of public debt, unfavourable demographic trends and a strong yen that gets stronger during bouts of global risk aversion. Any number of shocksA scenario in which US growth slumps to 1.5 per cent, the euro zone and Japan stagnate and China’s growth slows below 8 per cent may not imply a global contraction but, as in the US, it will feel like one. And any additional shock could tip this unstable global economy back into fullfledged recession. The potential sources of such a shock are legion. The euro zone’s sovereign-risk problems could worsen, leading to another round of asset-price corrections, global risk aversion, volatility and financial contagion. A vicious cycle of asset-price correction and weaker growth, together with downside surprises that are not currently priced by markets, could lead to further asset price declines and even weaker growth — a dynamic that drove the global economy into recession in the first place. And one cannot exclude the possibility of an Israeli military strike on Iran in the next 12 months. If that happens, oil prices could rapidly spike and, as in the summer of 2008, trigger a global recession. Finally, policymakers are running out of tools. Additional monetary quantitative easing will make little difference, there is little room for further fiscal stimulus in most advanced economies and the ability to bail out financial institutions that are too big to fail — but also too big to be saved — will be sharply constrained. So, as the optimists’ delusional hopes for a rapid V-shaped recovery evaporate, the advanced world will be at best in a long U-shaped recovery, which in some cases — the euro zone and Japan — may be long enough to stretch into an L-shaped neardepression. Avoiding double-dip recession will be difficult. In such a world, recovery in the stronger emerging markets — the great hope for the global economy — will suffer, because no country is an island economically. Indeed, growth in many emerging-market economies — starting with China — is highly dependent on retrenching advanced economies. Fasten your seat belts for a very bumpy ride. Project SyndicateNouriel Roubini is Chairman of Roubini Global Economics (www.roubini.com), Professor at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and co-author of the book Crisis Economics. This commentary is exclusive to Today in Singapore. |
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| 19-Jul-2010 14:48 |
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Animal cruelty has no parallel Letter from Derrick Tan I REFER to the letter, “Animal cruelty in its various guises” (July 16), by Daryl Yong. He suggested the recent uproar over the act of animal cruelty by an anonymous woman is “the height of hypocrisy”, as many of us eat meat and legitimise the shooting of crows and the poisoning of mice as “pest control”. His argument is flawed. Pest control is vital to health and hygiene, while slaughtering animals is sanctioned to support lives and done professionally to minimise hurting the animal. Animal cruelty has no parallel — it is the abuse and physical torture of a pet one has committed to look after, and an inhumane act that disgraces mankind. |
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| 19-Jul-2010 14:42 |
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Restructuring S’pore a work in progress Making economic growth more broad-based a key challenge Letter from Chong Lee Ming THE Singapore economy grew by more than 25 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the second half of last year. An ordinary person would notice a profound change if his income grew at this rate over such a short time. But it appears many Singaporeans have not felt the impact of such heady growth. The answer probably lies in the structure of the Singapore economy, whose economic statistics are compiled mainly based on output-ased indicators. In this regard, the strong growth in output levels could be largely driven by a small group of electronics and pharmaceutical multinationals, as well as international financial institutions. Beyond a certain level, these companies’ increase in output could have little impact on the rest of the economy. For example, a pharmaceutical company could run its production line 24 hours a day today as compared to 18 hours previously without increasing headcount, yet register a 33-per-cent increase in output. Similarly, a financial institution could double the value of its portfolio under management with little increase in headcount. Nevertheless, this does not mean that Singapore’s economic statistics are not sound, or any less indicative of the economic realities than the demand-based approach used by countries such as the United States. There are still substantial economic benefits when multinationals invest in new capacities; and strong headline numbers trigger optimism and drive consumer demand, which affects the wider economy. Even so, there are two key challenges facing Singapore today. Firstly, how to restructure the economy so that growth is more broad-based and less likely to be skewed by a small group of companies? Secondly, how to help low-income workers so that they will not feel increasingly out-of-sync with the headline economic numbers that are reported? The restructuring of Singapore, in short, is a work in progress. |
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| 19-Jul-2010 14:29 |
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More haste, less speed In our rush to fill positions, firms must ensure new foreign hires are properly trained Letter from Yee Jenn Jong THE death and injuries caused by the crane that smashed into the upper deck of a bus along Chai Chee Road (“One killed as bus, lorry collide in Bedok”, July 17-18) is tragic. I was driving past and saw the wreckage. I wonder how a crane arm can smash into a bus that had already overtaken it on a lane meant for vehicle passage. It looks suspiciously like someone’s negligence or poor understanding of crane operations. It brought to my mind another dangerous incident I encountered last month while on a family day trip to Sentosa organised by my university alumni. The bus arrived late and the driver did not know how to turn on the air-conditioning (he only managed to figure it out midway through the journey). He asked if anyone knew how to get to Sentosa. The driver spoke only Mandarin, with a mainland Chinese accent. He said he has only just started driving bus. Once on Sentosa, while he was going around a sloped bend, the bus stalled. He could not control the clutch. We had to direct cars behind the bus to move away as it slid several times and got dangerously close to hitting them. Finally a passenger showed him how to handle the clutch and he moved off. We alighted at a bus stop that was on a slope. The driver again tried for five minutes before he could finally move off. There were many people at the bus stop and I told them to move away just in case. I have never seen such poor handling of a bus. There had been some 50 people on board, including young children. In our haste to fill positions with foreign workers, companies must ensure they are properly trained, especially when handling vehicles and equipment. I hope all companies take such matters seriously to avoid tragedies from happening. |
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| 19-Jul-2010 14:19 |
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Monday: 19th JULY 2010 TV Channel 8 Good Morning How Are You ? Cycling Association Representative and a Lawyer whose customer making a Civil Claim for her broken arm against Cyclist who caused her to fall in the Pedestrian path. During the interview, Lawyer advised that according to The Road Traffice Act, it is illegal and an offence to cyle along the pedestrian path. Bicycle is defined as a transport vehicle for the road and cycling should only done on the road. Cycling Association Representative told the audience that Tampines Constituency is exempted from this law. Cycling on the pedistrian path in Tampines in legalised. This is a very confusing situation ? ? ? ? Legalising the illegal cycling on pedistrian path ? ? ? ? During the interview, it was reviewed that many pedestrians, young and old, have been hurt by cycles all over. Remember, cyclig is iLLeGAL and an Offence outside Tampines constituency. Studio Directors asked the Cycling Association Representative: " Why nOt issue summons to offenders? " The reply was that it is difficult. A BiG Question Mark ? WHY is it not difficult to summon car owners ? WHY is it difficult o summon bicycle owners ? Lawyer emphasised that pedestrians are open to risks and subject to disadvantage. Bicycles are has no insurance to cover accidents and damages. Bicycles are not registered and owners cannot be identified and traced in a Hit-And-Run accident. One lady called in to share that a Cyclist attempted to snatch her handbag but did not succeed and fled. Is this a CONFUSION ? ? ? ? Should Bicycle be REGISTERED to protect the innocent pedestrians ? ? ? ? Should Bicycle 3rd Party Insurance be mandated ? ? ? ? Should the initiatives be considered only when there is a TRAGEDY ? ? ? ? |
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| 19-Jul-2010 13:54 |
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$1-million push for safe cycling SINGAPORE Opening the Tampines cycling path yesterday, Mr Teo urged both pedestrians and cyclists to continue to be considerate and gracious to each other when they had to share common spaces. “The Government can implement all these tracks, but it’s important that the community can accept and accommodate cycling as part of their transportation culture,” said Mr Teo, who is also Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport. One of the things that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is doing is to design a brochure to highlight the key designs of the cycling paths. Mr Teo said the LTA is also working with agencies like the Traffic Police, as well as the local community to promote safe cycling. Cycling clinics, volunteer patrols, talks in schools and workers’ dormitories, will be carried out to promote safe cycling, he said. In all, $1 million will be pumped into the national drive to promote safe cycling and help cyclists share roads with pedestrians and motorists. Last Thursday, the Government announced that seven towns will have a network of cycling paths to help residents commute via bicycles. Residents of Tampines — one of the towns marked for the cycling network — welcomed the dedicated off-road cycling path. And even though only one-fifth of the cycling path has been completed, it was enough to make some pedestrians and cyclists happy. “People used to park, cycle here and there. It was not convenient for the pedestrians. But now it’s really good,” said one resident. The town is the first of seven to have this dedicated path under the National Cycling Plan. By 2012, it will be a common sight in Tampines, with the entire stretch spanning 9.2 kilometres.
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| 19-Jul-2010 13:40 |
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Flash Flood Frustration Yesterday morning, workers were still busy clearing water from the basement car park at Cluny Court along Bukit Timah Road. There was intermittent rain late afternoon yesterday, but no flooding was reported. On Saturday, close to 180mm of rain fell in the central and eastern areas of Singapore in just two hours. This is more than the average total monthly rainfall of 158.3mm for July. Areas hit by floods included Telok Kurau and Opera Estate. Lucky Plaza was hit again, only a month after the Orchard Road flood, soaking the mall’s basement outlets. Ms Christina Lim, who owns the Singapore Gift Centre, said: “This is very bad. I feel that the management should do something about it because it has been happening too often.” It was a similar story nearby at Liat Towers. Wendy’s restaurant, whose interior was damaged by last month’s flood, was swamped again even before it had reopened. Over at Newton Circus, police were busy directing traffic while the Singapore Civil Defence Force rescued those trapped in stalled vehicles. There was also drama of another kind when a A police statement later said he had not heeded the policeman’s advice to move to a safer area, and was handcuffed as he endangered his and others’ safety. The photographer, Mr Goh Keng Soon, said he had asked the officer to let him take photos and denied what the statement said of him. Lianhe Wanbao photographer, taking pictures of the flood in Bukit Timah on Saturday, was handcuffed by a policeman for an hour.Additional reporting by Alicia Wong and Dylan Loh |
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Litter Bugs are actually native bush cockroaches but are unlike any household cocky. They have NO wings and like other bush cockroaches, Litter Bugs are totally clean and disease free. | First < Newer 9421-9440 of 13894 Older> Last |