More foreigners to be police officers?
By Andrew Loh, Image credit - TODAY / Don Wong Whether Singapore can accept foreigners as police officers is “for society to decide”, the Singapore Police Force’s (SPF) manpower director, Tan
View ArticleNewsbites – of mother tongue, waste and crime
Mother tongue languages will evolve over time: PM Lee While the government will try to keep mother tongue languages alive, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong acknowledged that such live languages will
View ArticleNewsbites – CHC still in hot seat, industry do their bit, gambling gets...
City Harvest Church leaders still not in the clear The Court has rejected the bid by the City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders which contended that prosecutors had not done enough to
View ArticleNewsbites – Red Dot gets a stopper, cleaning firms get the books, telcos get...
Authorities say “no” to pro-family event at Padang The Ministry of Social and Family Development rejected an application by TOUCH Family Services, an affiliate of TOUCH Community Services founded by Faith
View ArticleNewsbites – of workplace safety, retirement and education rankings
Government tightens grip on workplace safety The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is reviewing the penalties and the legislative framework under the Workplace Safety and Health infringements, as Singapore...
View ArticleCPF Minimum Sum to be increased to $155,000 from July 2014
Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has just announced that the minimum sum that will apply to CPF members who turn 55 between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 will be
View ArticleToa Payoh HDB Graffiti: Intriguing questions of how it happened
By Tiffany Gwee A red spray-paint graffiti with profanities targeted towards the People’s Action Party (PAP) was found on the rooftop of a 22-storey Housing Development Board (HDB) flat located
View ArticleCPF MS hike meets with swift criticism from public
On Thursday, the government announced that the Minimum Sum (MS) which Singaporeans need to set aside in their Central Provident Fund accounts will be raised to S$155,000 from 1 July.
View ArticleNewsbites – AGC vs Alex Au part two, and money matters
AGC can take another shot at Alex Au: Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal yesterday granted permission for the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to appeal against the High Court’s ruling
View ArticleCourt maintains the position of “no rights to legal counsel within 48 hours”
By Terry Xu The Court of Appeal has clarified that there is no legal requirement that a person be granted access to legal counsel within 48 hours and the access
View Article5 youths arrested for graffiti directed at PAP
Statement from the Singapore Police Force: BREAKING NEWS: 5 Youths Arrested for Vandalism at Blk 85A Lorong 4 Toa Payoh #sgpolicearrest Police have arrested five 17-year old youths for suspected...
View ArticleMay 13 Student Movement … 60 Years On
By Function 8 and MARUAH More than 700 people will commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the May 13, 1954 Incident with a special lunch on Tuesday, 13 May 2014. They
View ArticleNewsbites – special birth cert for SG50 babies, vandalism and animal abuse
Special birth cert for SG50 babies Babies born next year will be given a special birth certificate, among other things, as part of the SDG50 celebration of Singapore’s 50 years
View ArticleNew textbook tells of earlier history of Singapore
Singapore has rewritten the history taught in secondary school to expand the story of the island state’s birth. While earlier generations learned a narrative that essentially started in 1819 with
View ArticleHigh cost of living because of S’poreans’“higher aspirations”: Ng Eng Hen
“Having higher aspirations in life is a reason why Singaporeans find the cost of living here expensive, despite real wages having gone up,” the TODAY newspaper reported Minister of Defence,
View ArticleMeeting between ASEAN leaders and Civil Society organizations cancelled after...
By Terry Xu The meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and representatives of civil society organizations was cancelled after the regional steering committee and interface...
View ArticleNewsbites – F1 supremo accused of bribery, and other news
F1 supremo accused of bribery deal in Singapore Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been accused of bribery by German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky. Gribkowsky was convicted of taking US$44 million to...
View ArticleUncovering stories of good in Asia
Over 130 diverse mix of stories submitted at the inaugural video storytelling competition by Our Better World SINGAPORE, 14 MAY 2014 – Our Better World, an online storytelling initiative powered by
View ArticleNewsbites – NDP2014 for Singaporeans, Yale-NUS launchs NGO bootcamp, and...
NDP2014 to focus on Singaporeans This year’s national Day Parade will centre on getting Singaporeans actively involved in the celebrations. Themed “Our People, Our Home”, NDP2014 will include run-up...
View ArticleST report on Bukit Brown “concessions” erroneous: SHS
The following is from the Singapore Heritage Society’s Facebook page: On 12 May 2014, Straits Times Assistant Political Editor Leonard Lim wrote that civil society groups “extracted concessions on Bukit
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