MDA clampdown on TRS – observers express support and concerns
“I am confident that MDA has done the right thing,” the Minister of Communications and Information (MCI), Yaacob Ibrahim, told the media on Sunday. Dr Yaacob was referring to the…
View ArticleAmos Yee’s assailant pleads guilty, asks for leniency
Neo Gim Huah, the man who slapped teenage blogger Amos Yee outside the state courts on 30 April, has pleaded guilty today morning and asked the courts for leniency for…
View ArticleJudge hands out deterrent sentence to Amos Yee’s assailant
Neo Gim Huah, the man who slapped teenage blogger Amos Yee outside the state courts on 30 April, has been found guilty by the court of one count of voluntarily…
View ArticleAuthenticity of academic degrees – onus on employers: Lim Swee Say
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) treats the various types of academic qualifications differently, according to an infographic explaining this released by the ministry on Monday. In Parliament yesterday,...
View ArticleAmos Yee convicted on two charges, acquitted on third
16-year old blogger, Amos Yee, has been found guilty of the two charges brought against him by the Attorney General’s Chambers. District Judge Jasvendar Kaur delivered her much anticipated verdict…
View ArticleLKY & MT image would have “corrupting effect on young minds”: Judge
Read the full decision by Judge Jasvendar here.
View ArticleWhy Amos Yee was convicted: Court judgment on obscenity law explained
By Carlton Tan Amos Yee Pang Sang was found guilty on 12 May of two offences: IOne for putting up an obscene image on his blog and another for attempting…
View ArticleReporter omitted parts of my conversation: Grace Fu
Minister the Prime Minister’s Office, Grace Fu, has clarified a comment she had made to the media about 16-year old blogger, Amos Yee, and his family. Her truncated comments had…
View ArticleAmos Yee’s former bailor clarifies molest allegation
16-year old blogger, Amos Yee, who was found guilty of the two charges brought against him by the Attorney General’s Chambers on Tuesday, 12 May has made an allegation of molest…
View ArticleAmos Yee: Allegation of molest is to manipulate press
Amos Yee has just clarified on his facebook fanpage that his allegation of molest by his former bailor today was to manipulate the press into waiting for him at the Pasir…
View Article500 new DBSS flat buyers upset over poor quality of flats
In the latest incident of defects in public housing flats, owners of the new Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) flats in Clementi are up in arms over the poor…
View ArticleGetting leg caught in MRT platform gap – a cause for concern?
In yet another incident within weeks, a commuter had her legs caught in the platform gap at the Boon Keng train station along the North-east Line on Thursday morning. The…
View ArticleAmos Yee’s former bailor demands unreserved apology for molest allegation
Mr Vincent Law, 51, family and youth counsellor, has told TOC that he is demanding Amos Yee to make an unreserved apology and a full retraction of the molest allegation…
View ArticlePAP in “box seat to improve on their 2011 election result”: research firm
The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is “now in the box seat to improve on their 2011 election result,” says research firm, Blackbox Research. In a report released on Thursday,…
View ArticleAmos Yee apologises for molest allegation against former bailor
16-year old blogger, Amos Yee has apologised for his molest allegation made on Wednesday afternoon, against Mr Vincent Law, a family and youth counsellor. At 1.30am on Friday, Amos published an…
View ArticleMND should stop misrepresenting AHPETC’s position
By Carlton Tan Late yesterday, March 14, the Ministry of National Development (MND) accused Sylvia Lim of politicising the ongoing dispute between MND and the opposition-held Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol...
View ArticleMore challenging projects to build, need to innovate: MND Minister
Singapore needs “to innovate and push the frontier of construction”, the Minister of National Development, Khaw Boon Wan, said on Thursday. This was because the city-state faces new challenges in…
View ArticleHorrible prank by Cambodian variety show on little girl
As everyone celebrated Mothers’ Day last week, one little girl in Cambodia yearned for what everyone had – a mother. Autumn Allen is a 13-year old pop star in Cambodia.…
View ArticleICA makes it easier for PRC travellers to visit S’pore
Travellers from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will no longer need to apply for a visa each time they visit Singapore. From June, their Multiple Journey Visas can be…
View ArticleMindef successfully applies under Protection From Harassment Act against Dr...
District Judge Bala Reddy today granted the application by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) under the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA) against Dr Ting Choon Ming and The Online Citizen.…
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