Road closures for SEA Games
The Singapore Police Force has announced road closures for the South-East Asian Games, which will happen from 6 June to 7 June for the marathon and triathlon events. For the…
View ArticleBest of You movement: Slow down and acknowledge the people and experiences...
The Best of You movement invites people in Singapore to slow down and acknowledge the people and experiences that bring out the best in them In the wee hours of…
View ArticleAHPETC to cover maintenence cost for Parkland Residences from handover dispute
Aljunied Hougang Punggol East Town Council will use funds collected from Parkland Residences for service and conservancy charges (S&CC) to reimburse the developer, who had earlier paid for the...
View ArticleFemale Singaporean heads for Everest on bike
Singapore biker Vaune Phan set off for Mt Everest today morning at 5pm on a solo bike trip that will span a month and bring her through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, China and…
View ArticleGeorge Yeo on Amos Yee saga: Don’t overreact
In what seems to be a word of caution against going to extremes, former Cabinet minister, George Yeo, says that the public should not “overreact” to blogger Amos Yee’s behaviour…
View ArticleMND misrepresented us on government grants issue: AHPETC
The Ministry of National Development has grossly misrepresented the Aljunied Hougang Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) in saying that it wanted government grants “without conditions and...
View Article300˚ ping-pong table at SEA Games Carnival bears resemblance to work by...
A round ping-pong table featured at Sports Hub Singapore as part of the SEA Games revelry has been criticised for its resemblance to a piece of artwork produced by Singaporean…
View ArticleMyanmar continues its ban on domestic workers leaving to work in Singapore
About 500 women from Myanmar have reportedly been barred in the past three weeks from leaving their country to work in Singapore as foreign domestic workers (FDWs), said local employment…
View ArticlePM Lee Hsien Loong: Singapore not ready for same-sex marriage due to...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Singapore is not ready for same-sex marriage as the society is still “basically a conservative one”. This in response to a question posed…
View ArticleMP clarifies that she did not send out bottles of soy sauce to residents
Just last evening, a Facebook page, “Talk Cock Singapore” posted an image of a comment by a person named Rachel Juliana Elias, and in the comment, she claimed that Member of…
View ArticleMisconceptions in Lawrence Wong’s accusations: AHPETC
The Aljunied Hougang Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) said that Minister of Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong’s accusations of the town council was “surprising and puzzling”, which led to...
View ArticleTotal death toll of 19 from earthquake at Mount Kinabalu
Malaysian news has reported that the search and rescue officials have concluded that the death toll from Friday’s earthquake at Mount Kinabalu to be a total of 19. This come…
View ArticleBodies of 7 more Singaporeans identified, said MOE
Ministry of Education (MOE) in its latest update has confirmed that bodies of 7 more Singaporeans have been identified as part of the death toll due to the earthquake on…
View Article8 June, a Day of National Remembrance for those who perished in Sabah quake
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong declared last night that 8 June will be set as a day of National Remembrance. State flags on all Government buildings will be flown…
View ArticleSIX-SIX.com: Singapore’s new “viewspaper”
Singapore saw a new addition to its online community over the weekend as “e-viewspaper” SIX-SIX.com launched on Saturday. “Be it business, politics, current affairs, sports or lifestyle issues,...
View ArticleAnguish in lack of help as Sabah quake confirms victims
Updates from the Ministry of Education at on 8 June, 12.20pm: A Tanjong Katong Primary School student, who was hospitalised in Kota Kinabalu, has returned to Singapore today, and has…
View ArticleRespect for Sabahan mountain guides
Mhd Rizuan Kauhinin, a Sabahan mountain guide, made social media headlines when he braved falling rocks and rough terrain to carry a Singaporean student to safety following the Mt Kinabalu…
View ArticleAsian Regional Congress to focus on death penalty for drug offences
More than 300 lawyers, magistrates, parliamentarians, sociologists, theologians, journalists, NGO members and activists will be attending the Asian Regional Congress on the death penalty, which will be...
View ArticleMissing student and teacher from Sabah quake, confirmed dead by Malaysian...
Ministry of Education has just announced that the Malaysian authorities have confirmed the missing student, Navdeep Singh Jaryal S/O Raj Kumar, and teacher Mohammad Ghazi Bin Mohamed, are amongst the…
View ArticleSINGSOC: No to gender test for masculine-looking women’s volleyball player
She has apparently been cleared by a world governing body for volleyball to play in the women’s volleyball match between Indonesia and the Philippines, but the opposing team has requested for…
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