Ministry: 28% jump in poverty among Singaporeans over 4 years
According to the latest government public assistance statistic, poverty among Singaporeans have jumped 28% over 4 years from 2012 to 2016. The total number of Singaporeans on Comcare assistance rose...
View ArticleComfortDelgro spent S$642m to access use of Uber
On Friday (Dec 8), Temasek Holdings-owned ComfortDelgro announced that they have poured S$642 million buying over 51% of Lion City Holdings, a car-rental arm in Singapore owning around 14,000 rental...
View ArticleLi Shengwu evaded US lawyers 11 times
After his dictator Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong abused power to charge him for contempt of court, Li Shengwu evaded the US representative of the Singapore Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) 11 times...
View ArticleState media issues fake news of chaos at 19 MRT stations closure
154th-ranking propaganda state media Singapore Press Holdings and Mediacorp have collaborated to present fake news of the first day of the closure of the 19 MRT stations starting today (Dec 10)....
View ArticleLaw Minister K Shanmugam bickers with online critics
Unhappy with what he read on Facebook, Law Minister K Shanmugam took to social media and engaged in a back-and-forth quarrel with online critics. The Law Minister first posted on Saturday (Dec 9) on...
View ArticleGovernment to raise poly school fees despite strong cash balance
Despite sitting on a healthy cash balance of more than S$200 million at each polytechnic, the Singapore government is raising school fees for polytechnic students. According to the Ministry of...
View ArticleMinister Janil Puthucheary: Government survey asked wrong questions
After being told that a majority of 52% of Singaporeans do not support a cashless society, Senior Minister of State for propaganda Janil Puthucheary said that the government Reach survey asked the...
View ArticleLaw Minister K Shanmugam bark to show who’s boss
Picking ‘easy causes’ like supporting police enforcement of police raids on illegal gambling dens and brothels, Law Minister K Shanmugam went around snapping on his critics on the internet knowing...
View ArticleSignalling fault at newly-opened Downtown Line
Singapore’s Downtown Line was hit with a major disruption today (Dec 12) with trains stopping at each station for more than 15 minutes. According to the Land Transport Authority, the fault affecting...
View ArticleECA International: Singapore has become more expensive
A biannual cost of living survey conducted by consultancy firm ECA International revealed that Singapore has become more expensive than ever. Singapore’s rank “improved” three places to 21st most...
View ArticleMOM issues revised employment statistics after STR article
After States Times Review slammed the Singapore government for covering up the unemployment statistic of Singaporean citizens in their earlier employment report two weeks ago, the Ministry of Manpower...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch: Singapore laws are repressive
In a damning 133-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) today (Dec 13), the international non-government group criticised the Singapore laws as repressive and called for the dictatorship to amend or...
View ArticleTan Chuan Jin: There are ghosts in HDB
After suffering a traumatic 50% pay cut, Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin now speculates that there are ghosts in some HDB apartment units. The former Minister who recently got demoted first posted...
View ArticleCensorship Ministry: Grant us with police powers, police not necessary
In the latest proposed amendments by the censorship ministry, Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI), civil servants from the ministry will now be empowered to enter any premises without the...
View ArticleEconomists: Unemployment rate may worsen
According to economists who read the latest employment report published yesterday (Dec 13), Singapore’s unemployment rate is expected to worsen and it is too soon for the government to assume...
View ArticleState media CNA: Carbon tax does not cost much, only S$3.30 a month
Calling the new tax “a leap forward”, Singapore’s propaganda state media ChannelNewsAsia (CNA) expressed support for the incoming 2018’s carbon tax claiming that the new tax will not cost much to most...
View ArticleLTA: Structural cracks found at Sengkang-LRT stations is safe
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) made an announcement yesterday (Dec 15) revealing that they found structural cracks at the “crosshead” structures supporting the Sengkang-Punggol LRT train line...
View ArticleLTA: Rail reliability improved 49%
In their latest report on rail reliability, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) claimed that their measurement has shown a whopping 49% improvement. According to LTA, their statistic shown that the LRT...
View ArticleSingapore is playing Ouusama Gemu
It has been more than 4 months since Halimah Yacob resigned from her MP position at Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, and there has been no by-election. So why? Nobody is asking why because the ruling party...
View Article80% find tray-return refund system a hassle
According to a survey by Chinese papers Shin Ming Ri Bao, 80% of the diners surveyed find the new tray-return refund system at the new Woodlands kopitiam centre a hassle. The cleaners at the kopitiam...
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