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LTA: LTA and SMRT not responsible for train collision

In their closing report released yesterday (Dec 19), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) concluded that SMRT and the government is not responsible for the train collision incident that injured 38...

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AGC defend convicted couple who abused mentally disabled to death

In a press release on Monday (Dec 18), the Singapore Attorney General Chambers (AGC) have spoken up defending the convicted couple who abused a mentally disabled lady to her death, claiming that there...

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The New Paper to terminate weekend circulation

After being banished to a free paper following it’s merger with MyPaper in 2016, state media Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) today (Dec 19) announced that The New Paper will terminate it’s weekend...

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LTA to stop live experiments with commuters and conduct offsite testing

Only after a train collision that saw 38 injured with some broken bones and teeth, the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) will no longer be  continuing live human experiments where commuters are...

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Law Minister K Shanmugam: I am troubled by the “uncivilised” views on internet

After seeing criticisms against the judges over a high profile murder case, Law Minister K Shanmugam slammed Singaporeans for expressing opposing views saying he is “troubled” over what he read. The...

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Juying Secondary refuse to issue N-Level certificates over unpaid school fees

According to reporters from Chinese papers Lian He Zao Bao, two N-level students from Juying Secondary School were not allowed to receive their official certificates because they owed school fees. The...

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Tan Chuan-Jin: I get scolded in MPS when I can’t help

Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin posted on Facebook  complaining that he had been scolded by his residents whenever he told them he was unable to help. The former army general gave no information...

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Sunshine Empire founder arrested a day in Malaysia right after released from...

The founder of now-defunct multi-level marketing (MLM) company, Sunshine Empire, James Phang Wah was arrested in Malaysia a day right after he was released from serving a 9-year jail sentence in...

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Apple: iOS software updates slow older iPhones over time

In a media release yesterday (Dec 21), Apple confirmed that every iOS software update slow older versions of iPhone down over time. The Apple spokesperson justified the move calling it “prolonging...

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New restrictions set up on Speakers’ Corner

Uncomfortable with more Singaporeans voicing out their complaints, the Singapore government have implemented new restrictions on the dictatorship’s only protest site, the Speakers’ Corner, with new...

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Traffic summon excused because offender is President

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) issued a press release yesterday (Dec 22) acknowledging that a S$70 traffic summon was not issued despite confirming a parking offense because the offender is...

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Reporters Across Borders: 60% maid exploitation is true

After releasing an international independent survey by  Research Across Borders which found 60% of the maids in Singapore are being exploited, Sydney-based researcher Anja Wessels told Singapore state...

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Singapore state-owned company fined S$567m for corruption

In a press release by the Singapore authorities on Saturday (Dec 23), Singapore’s state-owned company Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M) was fined S$567 million (US$422 million) for bribery...

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Singapore gov keep confiscated Sunshine Empire’s S$21 million for more than...

After confiscating more than S$21 million from MLM company Sunshine Empire’s various bank accounts in 2007, the Singapore government is still “safekeeping” and “deciding” what to do with the money....

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3 Filipino women arrested for stealing at Orchard Road

Three Filipino women were arrested on Thursday (Dec 21) for making several coordinated theft at Orchard Road. The three unnamed foreigners whose visa status were not revealed by state media, were...

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More than 430,000 Malaysians and ex-Malaysians returning to Malaysia

More than 430,000 Malaysians and ex-Malaysians holding Singaporean citizenship will be returning to their homeland for the long year end break. At the Woodlands Checkpoint, the queues to cross the 1km...

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Li Shengwu: Singapore should not have another Lee in power

According to an interview with Hongkong media The Initium on 5 Dec, the self-exiled nephew of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Singapore should not have another relative of his grandfather Lee...

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100 HDB households at new BTO HDB flat to share only one lift

According to a resident complaint to the media, 100 HDB households who just moved in to the newly-built BTO HDB flat Keat Hong Close Blk 805D will have to share only one lift until February next year....

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Singapore government buy illegal sand for 6.9 million population

In an independent news report by Aljazeera, the Singapore government has been illegally sourcing black market sand from sand poachers from Cambodia and Indonesia. (Video at 11.30): “The Singapore...

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Singapore publishes new propaganda website Rice Media

After the failure and closure of The Middle Ground and Singapolitics, the Singapore government has published a new tabloid-style propaganda website for Singaporeans. Named “Rice Media”, the...

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