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ComfortDelgro’s taxis fleet reach 7-month low

After decades of profiting from taxi drivers through exorbitant rentals, ComfortDelgro today saw it’s taxis business rapidly declining. According to the latest official statistics on the number of...

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Minister Tharman: Singaporeans are racist and biased against religions when...

Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday (Sep 20) defended Halimah Yacob’s battered reputation claiming that the election has to be reserved because Singaporeans are racist and biased...

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China refuse to let Singapore into OBOR despite Lee Hsien Loong’s visit

Despite having Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong making a personal visit to China, China leaders are reluctant to let Singapore join in the membership of the multi-trillion One Belt One Road (OBOR)...

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Singapore Press Holdings to downsize again due to falling readership

Ranking 154th in credibility due to heavy government influence, propaganda state media Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) is looking to downsize again with more retrenchments according to sources familiar...

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PAP Town Council let HDB lift down for more than 3 months

According to residents living in Jurong West Block 542, a lift has been down for more than three months since July 1. Residents complained to state media CNA after their PAP town council,...

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Lee Hsien Loong continues to depress CPF rate at 2.5%

Dictator Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has just made an announcement to keep CPF interest rate at 2.5% for the Ordinary Account. Only the funds in the Ordinary Account can be withdrawn as a lump sum...

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Singaporean boss activate 13 foreign workers to help push car

A Singaporean boss activated 13 foreign workers to help push his car which was stuck at the staircase of Waterway Point. A spokesperson for the shopping mall told the media that the foreign workers...

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Lee Hsien Loong dare not mention “South China Sea” in front of China

In his 3-day visit to China, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was much tamer and dared not mention “South China Sea” in China. The muzzled tone contrasts with Lee Hsien Loong’s rhetoric last...

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SMRT Advisory Panel: Train fault is not SMRT’s fault

A SMRT-created advisory panel yesterday (Sep 22) told state media reporters that the numerous train faults resulting from glitches in the signalling system is not their fault. According to the SMRT...

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Minister Tharman: Singapore is now more liberal and less fearful

When questioned by a NTU student over the ruling party PAP’s gutter politics of defaming contest opponents during the Bukit Panjang by-election in 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam...

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SGSecure app hugely unpopular, only 50,000 downloads

The emergency notification application introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs has been hugely unpopular with Singaporeans, managing only 50,000 downloads according to Google Play store. The figure...

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Causeway to be congested further following fingerprint scanning

The cross border Causeway traffic is expected to be congested further following the Singapore government’s decision to include fingerprint scanning for car travellers. According to the press release...

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Survey: Most Singaporeans believe Halimah Yacob would lose Presidential Election

According to an independent survey conducted by States Times Review, most Singaporeans believe Halimah Yacob would lose the Presidential Election if she were to run against the two other contestants....

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SCDF and NEA: We don’t know if the smell is harmful

Singapore’s Civil Defense (SCDF) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) are unable to find the source of a pungent smell clocking over all areas of Singapore. Singaporeans reported a “petrol”,...

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Lee Hsien Loong banned Sylvia Lim from questioning Presidency again

Abusing his majority powers in Parliament, dictator Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has again banned opposition MP Sylvia Lim from questioning about the issue of first elected presidency for the second...

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New cashless transaction and tray-return hawker centre in Yishun fail

Patrons at the new Yishun Park hawker centre are seeing severe inconvenience and confusion due to the new cashless payment transaction and tray-return system. According to state media Today, a diner...

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Minister Khaw Boon Wan hire 8 religious leaders to “pray” for new train line

Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan made himself a national joke yesterday (Sep 26) by hiring 8 religious leaders to “pray” for the new Downtown train line. The new train line is due to open next month...

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Filmmaker Amos Yee granted asylum, vowed to continue fighting Lee Hsien Loong

Singapore’s youngest filmmaker talent Amos Yee has been granted asylum by the US Court of Appeal today (Sep 27) and he has been released from the detention centre. The 18-year-old Singaporean was...

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Report: Birth rate continue to fall, world’s lowest for second straight year...

In the latest population population report by the National Talent and Population Division (NTPD), Singapore’s birth rate has continued to fall from 33,725 in 2016 to 33,167 births in 2017. Singapore...

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Two major disruptions after Minister Khaw hired religious leaders to pray

Just barely a day after Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan hired religious leaders to pray for rail reliability, both the East-West Line and North-South Line saw a major disruption each during the peak...

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