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Cases of problem gambling doubled in 2015

Volunteer organisations in Singapore are seeing cases of problem gambling rising rapidly, with one of them seeing new cases doubled. Blessed Grace Gamblers Recovery Centre posted on its website...

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Singapore buying Australia’s S$2.3 billion military training ground to test...

Singapore is paying S$2.34 billion to Australia to rent over 200,000 hectares – the size of 4 Singapore land mass – in Townsville North Queensland for 25 years to test long-range missiles. The...

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Singapore to hire 120 Taiwanese with salaries 30% higher than Singaporeans

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings-owned security firm, Certis Cisco, will conduct a recruitment drive in Taiwan for Auxiliary Police Officers (APO) in an aim to hire 120 Taiwanese with salaries higher than...

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SMRT CEO Desmond Kwek nominated the notable person of the year by Straits Times

Singapore state media Straits Times nominated the failed SMRT CEO whose train business ended up getting a bailout from the government, Desmond Kwek, as “notable person of the year”. According to...

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Singapore taxi industry in crisis, TransCab cut rental by 34%,

Singapore’s taxi industry is in a crisis with more Singaporean taxi drivers leaving the taxi companies to drive Uber and Grabtaxi. Major taxi companies like ComfortDelgro and TransCab have been hit by...

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PAP MP Patrick Tay plagiarise Workers’ Party idea, propose unemployment benefits

Writing on the NTUC blog yesterday (Dec 28), PAP MP and also Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC Patrick Tay openly plagiarised the Workers’ Party idea calling for unemployment benefits.Two weeks ago,...

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Video: Ang Moh gets violent at GrabCar driver

A caucasian man was captured by the car’s in-vehicle recording unit slamming the window of a GrabCar driver. According to the driver’s account, he picked up the caucasian’s family at 296 Beach Road...

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Former army general teach teachers how to teach: Students should learn from...

Former Chief of Defence Force-turned-Education Minister Ng Chee Meng talked down on more than 500 principals and teachers at the Appointment and Appreciation Ceremony for Principals today (Dec 29)....

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Lee Hsien Loong’s Ang Mo Kio GRC Town Council under investigation for corruption

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Ang Mo Kio GRC Town Council is now under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), with the General Manager of the town council now removed...

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More employers retrenching employees without compensation

According to the latest survey released by the Ministry of Manpower yesterday (Dec 29), only 90.6% of the employers surveyed are paying retrenchment payouts in 2015, fewer than the 94.3% in 2012. The...

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Certis Cisco claim Singaporeans have higher salaries, figures shows otherwise

Responding to public discontentment over its unfair wages, Certis Cisco insisted that it pays Singaporeans higher salaries than it’s Taiwanese recruitment hires: “Certis Cisco would like to state...

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Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen taunt China: Singapore is not threatened by...

Posting on his Facebook page, Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen deepened his rhetoric against China after his diplomatic fiasco claiming Taiwan as a country a month ago. This time, Minister Ng Eng...

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PAP MPs: No conflict of interests, it is called “Double-Hatting”

Four PAP MPs – Zaqy Mohamad, Baey Yam Keng, Lim Biow Chuan and Ang Wei Neng – denounced that the PAP town council’s practice of having contractor’s employees appointed council management positions is...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Economy not bad, everything in good progress

In his New Year day message, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the economy is “not bad” and that everything in good progress: “Overall, we are not doing badly, considering the global economic...

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Lee Hsien Loong took strategic annual leave before revealing town council...

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took a strategic 10-day annual leave, before his corruption bureau (Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau) revealed a high-level corruption case in his town council,...

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Lee Hsien Loong: “Singapore spirit” will overcome challenging times

In his New Year Day message on Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong went full retard waxing lyrical about “Singapore spirit”, “one united people” and “happier home”: “The Singapore story is the...

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Lucrative salaries keep MPs and Ministers from retiring

Despite it’s first world facade and numerous self-claims of incorruptibility, Singapore’s leadership remained stuck in a cronyism deadlock. The current administration is unable to renew itself due to...

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Corrupted Singapore academics call for voters to vote PAP-endorsed candidate

Singapore government-owned universities are fronting the propaganda drive again, this time, with the usual apple polishers calling for voters to vote ruling party-endorsed candidate. According to the...

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Hong Kong: Singapore Terrex vehicles relocated indoor

As Singapore refuse to comply with the One-China policy, Hong Kong Customs have moved the 9 Singapore armoured vehicles indoor in a warehouse. Responding to media reports that the vehicles have...

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ESM Goh Chok Tong: Young people’s bond with PAP less instinctive and more...

Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong lamented about his party’s declining popularity saying that younger Singaporeans are not like the older generation, and that their bond with the ruling party PAP...

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