Singaporeans rally behind Facebook against K Shanmugam
Yesterday, social media platforms Facebook, Google and Twitter were invited to give their opinions in person on new censorship laws, only to get a lashing from the Law Minister. What I find puzzling...
View ArticlePAP: Human Rights Watch is fake news
Unhappy with a report criticising Singapore’s poor records in freedom of speech, the ruling party PAP slammed the international human rights organisation as “fake news”. The Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
View Article151st ranking state media: We are independent of PAP
Openly lying at the Select Committee’s hearing, Singapore’s state media claimed that they are “serious journalism” and independent from the ruling party’s influence. Singapore’s state media,...
View ArticleASEAN MPs: Singapore government should never shoot protesters
In a press release by the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) yesterday (Mar 23), the ASEAN group condemned the Singapore government’s latest law allowing the police to shoot Singaporean...
View ArticleSingapore’s real Prime Minister is K Shanmugam, not Lee Hsien Loong
Like the Chinese dynasty history where rouge Prime Ministers controlled their puppet emperors, Singapore’s Law Minister K Shanmugam has a similar rein over the weak Prime Minister. It certainly...
View ArticleTop 10 news Singaporeans wish were fake
There have been a number of headlines many Singaporeans wish were fake news, here is a list of the top 10 most commented on: 1) GST increase, Carbon Tax, 30% water price increase and fare hike 2)...
View ArticleSTR to ban pro-government comments and users
In-line with the Singapore government’s effort to fake news, States Times Review will now ban pro-government comments and users. Links to fake news sites like Straits Times, CNA or Mothership will be...
View ArticleSg government cry foul: Uber cannot sell to Grab
After Temasek Holdings’ S$642 million vanished into thin air following the sale of Uber to Grab, the government’s Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) said that it is “illegal” under Singapore...
View ArticleUber employees fired on the spot
At least 100 employees of Singapore’s Uber operations were fired on the spot yesterday (Mar 26), right after the news of Grab’s takeover was announced. Employees were given only 2 hours to leave the...
View ArticleGrab pull emergency U-turn: Nobody is fired
After a public relations disaster of a viral video showing Uber employees packing up their offices, Grab made an emergency U-turn declaring that nobody is fired and “all of Uber’s 500-plus employees”...
View ArticleLee Hsien Loong determined to jail his nephew Li Shengwu
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s nephew Li Shengwu has been ordered to pay costs of an undisclosed amount after his application to the court was dismissed. The application was to contest the AGC’s...
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ComfortDelgro: Delete your S$652 million Uber app
Temasek Holdings-owned ComfortDelgro today (Mar 27) told taxi drivers to delete their Uber application despite having paid S$652 million for it. The Uber app will officially stop operating on 8 April...
View ArticleSMRT CEO Desmond Kuek: Low fares affecting my profits
Blaming “lower average fare”, Temasek Holdings-owned SMRT posted a S$26 million profit in 2017, significantly lower than 2016’s S$81 million. SMRT wrote in it’s annual report that it’s profits are...
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Mothership issue fake news: Temasek Holdings don’t own ComfortDelgro
Following the bad press on the Prime Minister’s wife Ho Ching over the S$642 million losses, Temasek Holdings announced through government-owned state media mothership that it does not hold any...
View ArticleState media CNA bans negative feedback on government policies
Bad news is fake news, according to the motto of the PAP government. A teacher’s spouse’s frank comment criticising the Ministry of Education’s charging teachers up to S$100 for parking in school...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch: Law Minister K Shanmugam’s argument is irrelevant and...
International human rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has responded to Law Minister K Shanmugam’s taunt, slamming him of making “irrelevant and ridiculous” arguments in the public hearing: “It is...
View ArticleReporters Without Borders: Waste of time over consultation since Parliament...
In what seems like too good a deal to be true, the Singapore Select Committee yesterday (Mar 27) announced that their invite to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) “still...
View ArticleStates Times Review express wishes to attend Public Hearing
Dear Select Committee, It is with regret that our submission has been deemed unworthy of the fake public hearing you have conducted. States Times Review would hereby, for the second time, express our...
View ArticleSMRT: Project-related disruptions not considered breakdown
According to SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek in a press conference today (Mar 28), train delays during operation hours resulted from software glitches in the new signalling system are not considered as a...
View ArticleSingapore’s media laws are already third world, why make it worse?
S$50,000 bond for anyone who writes a blog on current affairs, Cooling Off day, communication stop order, 24-hour take-down notice. Singapore’s existing media censorship is already considered third...
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