Leon Perera: Price hikes seem more synchronised to the political cycle than...
Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leon Perera told Parliament yesterday (28 February) that the timing of the price hikes introduced in the recent Budget 2017 seems more synchronised to the...
View ArticleAnimal rights and the Law – Public forum on 5 March
Why are cats not allowed in HDB Flats? Did the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) really had no option but to cull those 'noisy' chickens? Why does the AVA euthanize hundreds of Mongrels that...
View Article21-yr-old man fell off 22nd storey at Marina One construction site
A 21-year-old man was falling to his death at the Marina One construction site on Wednesday (1 March) morning, hitting another worker on the third storey as he landed. Singapore Civil Defence Force...
View ArticleReply to Prof Ng’s response on false justifications for water price increase
By Colin I refer to the 2 Mar 2017 Online Citizen letter “A reply to “False justifications for water price increase”. Bullshit 1: 30% hike cannot even catch up with inflation Prof Ng said that general...
View ArticleNetizens enraged by “light” sentence for 39-yr-old foreigner who sexually...
The Singapore court on Thursday (2 Mar) sentenced 39-year-old Joshua Robinson to four years jail for sexually assaulting two teenage girls and filming the assaults. Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported,...
View ArticleDesmond Lee: Govt not heard of more effective proposal than having foreigners...
Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Lee said the Ministry of Home Affairs has not heard a more effective proposal on hiring foreigners as auxiliary police officers. Speaking in Committee...
View ArticleFormer PAP politician as deputy Attorney General compared with examples from...
I refer to the article “Indranee: ‘Perfectly acceptable’ for Attorney-Generals to be politicians in some countries” (Yahoo News, Mar 3). It states that “Many countries see it as “perfectly proper” to...
View ArticleLAMC Productions on its first attempt in digital payment services and claims...
LAMC production, the production company that brought Singapore concert-goers, the Guns N’ Roses Not in This Lifetime Tour concert (event) at the Changi Exhibition Centre on 25 February 2017, has...
View ArticleCaring hearts who take the burden of social support from the government
By Chris Kuan In the Budget debate, Finance Minister Heng Swee Kiat on social support: “When it comes to customising assistance to the specific needs of certain communities, community action is...
View ArticleNTUC Income should not call itself a cooperative because its main objective...
By Philip Ang Our Singapore government has unique powers to redefine just about everything. Besides pseudo ownership of HDB flats and our CPF, we also have pseudo-cooperatives such as NTUC Income. NTUC...
View ArticleFire at Chinatown Point, witnesses claim fire alarm was not activated and no...
Chinatown Point was filled with smoke on Sunday (3 March) when an electrical wiring at the third-floor escalator landing caught fire. Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) stated that it was alerted to...
View ArticleMPs urged Government to ensure establishments such as coffee shops do not...
Members of Parliament (MP) for Nee Soon GRC urged the Government, especially the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), to bring back a committee against profiteering to ensure that establishments such...
View ArticleBencoolen MRT station flooded as water pipe burst, sending water cascading...
Bencoolen MRT station was flooded as a water pipe had burst at the pipe’s elbow location in what appeared to be a pump room, sending water cascading down to the platform area on Friday (3 March)....
View ArticleMOM: Stop-work Order issued over Braddell Road flyover project due to safety...
Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has issued a stop-work order (SWO) against Singapore firm Feng Ming Construction (FMC), the main contractor of the Braddell Road flyover project, after a random spot check on...
View ArticleOnline petition for harder punishment against sexual predator, reaches more...
An online petition seeking to redress the sentence of an American, Joshua Robinson for his sex crimes against minors, was initiated made by a member of public, Sarah Woon on 5 March. Robinson was...
View ArticleNg Chee Meng: Taxi companies wish to introduce dynamic pricing for taxi fares
Second Minister for Transport Ng Chee Meng has stated that several taxi companies have written to the Public Transport Council (PTC) expressing their wish to introduce dynamic pricing for taxi fares,...
View ArticleVideo demostrating how not to signal when riding bicycles
Many people choose to use a bicycle nowadays when travelling as it saves our environment, reduces traffic and bus fare. However, many still do not practice the proper procedure on how to ride the...
View ArticleJalan Besar Town Council: HDB staircase paved with gold foil unauthorized and...
An art student from Lasalle College of the Arts, Ms Priyageetha Dia, paved a staircase with gold foil at a Housing Board block in Jalan Besar. Many netizens praised the artwork, saying that this is...
View ArticleIndebted family raises close to $45,000 for baby’s medical treatment
Close to $45,000 has been raised for a family with a baby who is born prematurely due to early water bag burst on her mother's womb and has to undergo multiple surgeries to keep his life. The...
View ArticleKhaw Boon Wan: Commuters need to be understanding when fares were to be...
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said during Committee of Supply debate on the Transport Ministry's budget on Wednesday (8 March) that commuters should be ‘understanding’ when fares were to be adjusted...
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