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Netizens voice disagreement with court sentence of SCDF officer caught taking...

An ex-Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer was sentenced to five weeks’ jail last Wednesday (17 May) for his indecent behaviour of taking upskirt videos of a female colleague. Poh Siok Peng,...

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TV personality Nick Mikhail on Ridzuan’s execution: We elected the govt, we...

"If there is an opinion that we must make this as an example, that people who carry this amount of drugs will be hanged - you already hung 400 people. Its enough example. We get it," TV personality...

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SOTA student defends art students’ choice of dropping art

A former SOTA student, Gabbi Wenyi Ayane Virk, spoke out against the assumptions that has been made since the report of School Of The Arts (SOTA) students going on to pursue non-arts related fields...

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Daughter seeking assistance for info on assault of her father at Hougang

A Facebook user is using her social media platform to find an alleged attacker who assaulted her father last night along Hougang Avenue 7. Hui Ying posted on her Facebook wall on Friday evening and...

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Tan Cheng Bock’s legal challenge on Govt legislation to be held late June

Deputy Attorney-General Hri Kumar Nair said that the High Court could hear former presidential candidate,Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s legal challenge regarding the upcoming Malay-only presidential election in...

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M Ravi launches constitutional challenge on Elected Presidency Scheme

Human rights lawyer, M Ravi has just filed a constitutional challenge in the High Court against the Elected Presidency Scheme ( "EPS") on Monday morning. Mr Ravi wrote on his Facebook page that the...

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AVA investigating alleged case of cat killing at Bukit Batok

Graphical photos of a cat killed at Bukit Batok West Avenue 7 went viral as its owner, Adlin, posted them on her Twitter account, claiming that the cat was murdered. On her post, she wrote that her...

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Police report had almost been filed against Sportshub CEO for abuse of staff

by Kannan Raj Less than two years in the job, and it looks like the reign of Mr Manu Sawhney as Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Sports Hub is set to come to an end. Today, the Straits Times...

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Taiwan set to become first country in Asia to legalise same-sex unions after...

A top Taiwan court ruled in favour of gay marriage on Wednesday (24 May 2017), establishing a landmark decision that will set the path for the island to become the first place in Asia to legalise same...

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COC permanently disqualifies 6 convicted City Harvest Church leaders from...

The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) has just announced that the Commissioner of Charities (COC) has permanently disqualified the six individuals who have been convicted for criminal...

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EZ-Link partners FWD Insurance to enhance free coverage for ez-link cards...

EZ-Link Pte. Ltd., Singapore’s largest issuer of CEPAS-compliant cards, has today announced a new partnership with FWD Insurance, a fully digital life and general insurer, to enhance coverage for...

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Brother seeks eyewitness to shed light on fatal accident along Upper Jurong Road

The elder brother of Mr Oh Wei Loong, a 27-year-old who died after his car rammed into an excavator in Upper Jurong Road on Tuesday (23 May), is looking for eyewitnesses to shed more light into the...

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SPH appoints former NOL CEO as its new Chief Executive Officer

Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) announced today that it will be appointing former NOL Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ng Yat Chung as its Executive Director with effect from 1 July 2017 and...

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Commuters advised to cater for additional travelling time on NSL as checks...

In a statement issued yesterday, local transport operator, SMRT cautioned commuters that they may experience inconvenience as its engineers resolve teething issues on the new signalling system for the...

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How and when is travel advisory warranted to be issued by MFA?

In a public announcement by the Sri Lanka government made on 29 May, it is said that around 557,505 People belonging to 151,392 families were affected in 15 districts in the country due to the flood...

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Founder and CEO of Second Chance Properties expresses interest in standing...

According a report by Straits Times last night, there might not be a walkover in the upcoming Presidential Election after all. The newspaper reported that Mr Mohamed Salleh Marican, the founder and...

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Actor called in for police investigation after police reports lodged against...

Singapore Police Force calls in local actor for investigations after police reports were lodged against him over viral Facebook post on audition experience for a local film, Ah Boys To Men 4 (ABTM4)....

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Actor Shrey Bhargava pleads for release of audition tape by JTeam to show the...

Local actor, Shrey Bhargava who caused a resurgence of discussion on racial stereotyping in Singapore via his viral Facebook post on Saturday is contesting the statement issued to dispute his...

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Court hearing to determine on the specification of first Elected Presidency...

Dr Tan Cheng Bock announces that the High Court hearing to determine whether the legislation that specified President Wee Kim Wee’s term of office as the first term to be counted was unconstitutional,...

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Chaos ensues after evening service disruption along North-South Line due to...

A massive service disruption hit the North South Line (NSL) last evening as a result of checks carried out on the new signalling system, causing huge inconvenience to commuters as it took place during...

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