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IRAS: $50.2 billion in tax revenue collected in Financial Year 17/18
$50.2 billion in tax revenue was collected in Financial Year (FY) 2017/18, marking an increase of 6.8 percent from the previous FY and came on the back of better-than-expected economic expansion of 3.6...
View ArticleOnline applications for qualified driving licences from 1 Oct
Members of the public who have successfully passed the Traffic Police (TP) driving test will be able to apply for new and replacement Qualified Driving Licences (QDLs) online starting from 1 October....
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Viral social media post claims Caucasian man harassed Deliveroo rider and...
Facebook user Jovis Teo shared a disturbing encounter he had recently while working. Mr Teo, who is a Deliveroo Rider was on the job to deliver an order to a customer at Oxley Residences in the evening...
View ArticleSingHealth security officer: Multiple persistent log-in failures over few...
At the Comittee of Inquiry hearing yesterday (26 Sep) on the recent SingHealth cyber attack incident, witnesses said they were apprehensive about raising false alarms of the security incidents....
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3,500 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized at Tuas Checkpoint
In a press release on Thursday (27 September), The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) revealed that 3,500 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed in the consignment were uncovered at...
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Mediacorp star’s husband removed as CEO of POKKA International
The Chinese news media broke the news on Wed (26 Sep) that Mediacorp artist Vivian Lai's husband, Alain Ong, has been removed as CEO of POKKA International. Pokka International is the international...
View ArticleSingapore Red Cross and Health Sciences Authority call for ‘O’ blood donations
The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) are calling for ‘O’ blood donors to come forward to donate blood over the next two weeks. In a press release on Friday (28...
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Widow’s Home Protection Scheme claim rejected; late husband accused of...
While many other families were happily making their preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Madam Li Yue was forced to deal with grave disappointment after receiving a letter from the Central...
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HSA warns public of two fruit juice products, found to contain undeclared...
Members of the public were alerted not to purchase or consume two fruit juice products, ‘Jus Al Sunnah Gold 1001 Khasiat Jus Alternatif’ and ‘Jus Al Sunnah 1001 Khasiat Jus Alternatif’ as both fruit...
View ArticleAction for AIDS President points that 377A is homophobic, dissuades at-risk...
Recently, the non-profit organisation Action for AIDS came out in support of repealing Section 377A of the Penal Code due to the negative impact it says that the law has had on HIV prevention efforts....
View ArticleStraits Times report: More young people feel Singapore benefits from presence...
Quoting a survey from the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Straits Times (ST) said that "more young people in Singapore feel that the country has benefited from the presence of foreign talent". The...
View ArticleUS Deputy Secretary of State: Disputes surrounding the South China Sea ought...
Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America John J. Sullivan has stated that ASEAN countries and the U.S. jointly believe that international law ought to be followed in disputes...
View ArticleReview on cannabis ban in Singapore subject to “scientific evidence”:...
Following Malaysia's hints at legalising marijuana for medical purposes in light of the backlash against the sentencing of death penalty of a man convicted for dealing with cannabis oil, Singapore's...
View ArticleAlleged negligence of management regarding security loophole in SingHealth’s...
In a cross-examination that lasted more than two hours on Friday (28 Sep), deputy director at the Chief Information Officer's Office at SingHealth Clarence Kua was probed by the Committee of Inquiry...
View ArticleWhile saying that Malaysia and Singapore are not the same, Anwar also listed...
At a lecture at the Singapore Management University (SMU), Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim made some rather interesting observations about leadership. When speaking about the qualities of leadership...
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Six applications for dockless bicycle-sharing operators licences receive...
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be granting licences to six dockless bicycle-sharing operators (BSOs) – full licences to Mobike, ofo and SG Bike, and sandbox licences to Anywheel, Grabcycle and...
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Electricity tariff revision to increase by an average of 2.1% for period 1...
The electricity tariffs will increase by an average of 2.1% or 0.48 cent per kWh for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2018 compared to the previous quarter, mainly due to the higher cost of...
View ArticleIPS releases 2-yr-old survey results endorsing Minister Ong’s view 1 week...
In an interview with Bloomberg on 19 Sep, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said Singapore needs to bring in foreign talent in areas including software programming while the country re-balances its...
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Nearly 50 million Facebook accounts hacked due to existing vulnerability on...
Facebook users were shocked as the news spread about how nearly 50 million Facebook accounts were compromised by an attack that gave hackers the ability to take over users’ accounts. Social-media...
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While SG public hospitals take in foreign patients from overseas, our own are...
It was reported in the news today ('MOH puts a stop to foreign patient referral contracts', 30 Sep) that the Health Ministry (MOH) has instructed all public hospitals to terminate their contracts with...
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