{
  "id": 9277514,
  "title": "Elderly couple says cockroaches have been crawling out of HDB chute for 6 months, contractor still hesitant to fix it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/elderly-couple-says-cockroaches-have-been-crawling-out-of-hdb-chute",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T04:31:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/elderly-couple-says-cockroaches-have-been-crawling-out-of-hdb-chute-for-6-months-contractor-still-hesitant-to-fix-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An elderly couple says they are willing to pay to replace their faulty HDB garbage chute door, but the contractor they approached has hesitated to begin work over concerns about damaged tiles.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}