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ICA arrested seven men for unlawful entry to Singapore

Seven men were arrested for illegal entry into Singapore by the Police Coast Guard yesterday. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Coast Guard took notice on five swimmers in the sea off...

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Governments state number of Zika-infected citizens in Singapore

The Ministry of Health (MOH) in its press release on Wednesday (31 August) had announced that another 33 people were diagnosed with Zika virus infection as of today (31 August) making the total number...

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“IKO Oats Cracker with Muesli” recalled due to small piece of plastic wire found

The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) has announced a recall of “IKO Oats Cracker with Muesli” and advises consumers who have purchased the product not to consume it. AVA issued a press...

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Mobile network to be shut down at four stations for CCL testing

Mobile networks for Circle Line (CCL) will be momentarily shut down for the investigation of the intermittent signalling issues that have plagued the line for the entire week. At around 6.45 pm, SMRT...

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Another 38 cases of Zika virus infection confirmed, total confirmed cases now...

Ministry of Health (MOH) has just issued a press release which states that as of 12 pm of 2 September, another 38 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection found in Singapore, bringing the...

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Concerns on Zika virus infection for pregnant women voiced at PM Lee’s Facebook

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had earlier wrote on his Facebook page on Friday that many of people are closely following the news on the local Zika cases. He said that the government had been tracking...

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Two men suspected of robbing S$10,000 in Hougang arrested

The Police has arrested two men for suspected robbery at Hougang and charged in court today. On Tuesday (30 August), a 62-year-old man reported that he was robbed of a S$10,000 cash, a gold chain, and...

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Netizens question govt’s actions on the control of Zika virus infection

As of 12 pm on 2 September, as much as 189 cases were reported by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA), two of the confirmed cases were pregnant women. Prime Minister Lee...

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NTUC FairPrice launches “‘The Trolley Enforcement Project’” to solve its...

Supermart chain, NTUC FairPrice launches new initiative in attempt to resolve its long-standing problem of trolleys being removed by customers without returning by placing enforcement officers at the...

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EU Lawmakers is trying (again) to make Google Pay for Google News

The European Commission (EU) is proposing a law that would let news publishers across the EU charge companies like Google for reproducing parts of their articles. Fortune News reported on 31 August,...

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PAP Chairman rejects idea that PAP’s selection process for Prime Minister is...

Chairman of People's Action Party (PAP), Khaw Boon Wan wrote that the next Prime Minister, if it is from the PAP, will be chosen by its next generation of leaders from among themselves. This was...

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NUS #11 among Asia’s most innovative universities

In its press release on 31 August, the National University of Singapore (NUS) announced that NUS had been placed 11th in the inaugural Reuters Top 75 – the Asia’s Most Innovative Universities ranking....

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SCDF deployed in response to gas leak at 3 Jalan Samulun

Singapore Civil Defence Force(SCDF) had earlier announced on its Facebook page that it was called for assistance to a gas leak incident at 9.20 am today (4 September). It deployed 3 fire engines, 4...

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27 new cases of Zika virus infection, with Joo Seng Road as potential new...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that as of 12 pm, 4 September, it had confirmed another 27 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, bringing the number to 242 cases. The statement...

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PM Lee Hsien Loong drops strong hints that Govt will ensure next President to...

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shared his thoughts about the proposed changes in the Elected Presidency in a Mediacorp broadcast on Sunday (4 September), citing heavily on the joint survey conducted by...

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Only silent majority agrees with PM Lee on due changes to elected presidency

Hardly anyone online seems to agree with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's view that there is a need to ensure a minority President is to be elected in the upcoming or future Presidential Election. PM...

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MOH announced 16 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) stated that they had found another 16 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection as of 12 pm on 5 September, bringing...

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Dr Tan Cheng Bock agrees with PM Lee about the ideal Presidential Candidate

Dr Tan Cheng Bock wrote on his Facebook page on Monday (5 September) that he is in a full agreement with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's point about ideal President candidate. During the interview...

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Oops but Sports Hub does it again

By Kannan Raj These days, it has become unthinkable for the Singapore Sports Hub to get past an event without facing an online assault the day after for one failure or another. On Saturday 3 September,...

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Dengue cases hiked to 311 cases during the past week

The National Environment Agency (NEA) reported that the cases of Dengue had hiked between 28 August to 3 September 2016, with 311 cases of dengue being diagnosed, bringing the total number of the cases...

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