Clik here to view.
Singapore Customs arrests 12 men and seizes over 11,900 cartons of...
12 men were arrested and over 11,900 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized in three separate operations conducted in industrial premises in Tuas in November 2018. The Singapore Customs (SC) reveals...
View Article29 smokers at Yew Tee and Jurong Point, caught with duty-unpaid cigarettes
29 smokers were caught with duty-unpaid cigarettes during operation in the vicinity of Yew Tee Point and Jurong Point on 26 November 2018, announced Singapore Customs (SC) in a Facebook post on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Singapore’s Miss Universe 2018 national costume bears striking similarities...
A sleuthing netizen uncovered a curious coincidence relating to Singapore’s Miss Universe costume – you know…the one referencing the US-North Korea Summit held in Singapore. Facebook user Ah Sen Hok...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six months wait time for subsidised patients is more common that some...
A TODAY reader wrote in to the website to shared her experience with terribly long wait times at a public hospital as a subsidised patient. Senior Minister of State for Health Dr Lam Pin Min told...
View ArticleFormer GIC Chief-economist questions Chan Chun Sing’s apparent downplaying of...
Former Chief Economist at GIC and former adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Yeoh Lam Keong has criticised Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing's statement regarding...
View ArticleSingaporean e-racers earn chance to become race drivers
Three young Singaporean simulator racers have earned Legion of Racers (LOR) Esports contracts to undergo a combination of Motorsport training in Karting, Sim racing and Fitness. The best among the...
View ArticleCNB arrested 107 suspected drug offenders over course of four-day island-wide...
A total of 107 suspected drug offenders were arrested in the latest island-wide operation from the morning of 26 November to the morning of 30 November 2018, which saw the seizure of about 91g of...
View ArticleMPs to pay $250 a year for permit to park at Parliament House
All Members of Parliament (MPs), including Non-Constituency and Nominated MPs will have to pay $250 a year for a permit to park at Parliament House for official business. This was announced by the...
View ArticleReporters Without Borders issues statement to condemn actions of Singapore...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued a statement to condemn the actions of Singapore’s police in seizing electronic devices from this news website, The Online Citizen (TOC), and interrogating its...
View ArticleMore than 1 million applications for MediFund approved for needy S’porean...
On Thursday (29 Nov), the Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a press release saying that the government provided a total of $149.8 million to the needy Singaporeans from MediFund last year (FY17)....
View ArticleMost fake accounts on Facebook set up “not with political intent,” but “with...
Noting that most fake accounts are created "not with political intent," but "with commercial intent," which entail creating fake accounts to sell such accounts and even followers of such accounts,...
View ArticleWhat happens when academic achievement is valued more than anything else?
A 16-year old student decides to spend her holidays working to earn a little extra pocket money by working as a salesperson. She comes from a good school and post of her encounters with parents that...
View ArticleS’porean boss arrested in Thailand for recklessly driving his Porsche...
Thai media The Nation reported that a Singaporean businessman, Simon Ong Chin Sim, 65, was arrested and charged after his speeding Porsche lost control and hit a Thai police officer at a speed...
View ArticlePM Lee says technological advances a threat to accountants but avoids...
Speaking at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Argentina on Fri (30 Nov), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that with technological advances in the world, countries must ease workers’ anxieties by supporting...
View ArticleCOI conclusions have completely missed addressing the culture of fear
The high profile committee of inquiry (COI) for the biggest hack to ever hit Singapore in the form of the widely publicised SingHealth data breach is finally wrapped up with a summary of...
View ArticleProf Tommy Koh: Govt resistance towards implementing minimum wage rooted in...
Highlighting that schemes such as the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) and the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) are not the equivalent of a minimum wage, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign...
View ArticleLim Boon Heng asks Singaporeans to pay more for hawker centre cleaning to...
At at roundtable discussion on wages organized by ST on Friday (30 Nov), former labour chief Lim Boon Heng said that low-wage workers are underpaid and Singaporeans should be prepared to pay more for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MP Zainal: $700 a month enough for a Bangla worker to buy land back home
At a roundtable on wages organised by ST on Friday (30 Nov), five panellists were invited to talk about Singapore's wage model. The five, former labour chief Lim Boon Heng, Ambassador-at-Large Tommy...
View ArticlePotential issues in a Heng succession
The murky waters in and around political succession in Singapore seems to have cleared up somewhat. Speculation on whether former army man Mr Chan Chun Sing (Chan) would take top spot has cooled with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six-month trial for on-demand public buses to start on 17 December 2018
A six-month On-Demand Public Bus (ODPB) trial will be started on 17 December 2018, which will enable commuters to book an ODPB ride using their mobile application by requesting to be picked up and...
View Article