Driver forced to pay for repairs after Malaysian driver delays compensation
Mrs June Tan shares with TOC on how her vehicle was damaged by a Malaysian registered vehicle and the driver got off without paying for the damages after giving excuses upon excuses.…
View ArticleService standards – a 15-year battle to be among the best
When it comes to service, Singapore is still not quite where it wants to be yet. That was what Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday in his speech…
View ArticlePoor living conditions for animals in pet shops and farms: ACRES investigation
By Howard Lee An undercover investigation conducted by the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) from March to May this year found that pet shops and farms in Singapore,…
View ArticleMalaysia and Indonesia to take in Bangladeshi and Rohingya boat migrants
Responding to international pressure, Malaysia and Indonesia have pledged on Wednesday, 20 May, to provide temporary shelter for the thousands of Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants stranded in the...
View ArticleNew one-stop weather information website
The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) today launched a new one-stop website to provide “authoritative weather forecasts, warnings and advisories of heavy rain, smoke haze and geological hazards,...
View ArticleWork discrimination in teaching service
Letter by a teacher who wish to be anonymous I am finally writing this – regarding my own traumatic experience of work discrimination due to pregnancy. In 2002, I joined the…
View ArticleNo more beer promotion at hawker centres as NEA enforces ban
In January, Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) rolled out its Alcohol Sales/Service Educational Tools (ASSET) programme across the island “to help coffee shops and hawker centres serve alcohol more...
View ArticleIs ACRES asserting its independence from the Government?
By Gunther Wong In news reports today, the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (more commonly known as ACRES) released findings from a two month long undercover investigation by ACRES’...
View ArticlePoliticising students the SG50 way
By Will I’m worried that tax monies are being used by the People’s Association (PA) in a thinly veiled attempt to politicise tertiary students. “To celebrate the nation’s 50th birthday,…
View ArticleToday in history – remembering Operation Spectrum
Operation Spectrum, also known as the 1987 “Marxist Conspiracy”, was the code name for a covert security operation that took place in Singapore on 21 May 1987. 16 people were…
View ArticleSOPA 2015 awards finalists announced
The shortlisted finalists for SOPA 2015 Awards for Editorial Excellence were announced today. The SOPA Awards attracted a record number of entries region-wide, which were rigorously assessed by a panel…
View ArticleGrabtaxi: New regulatory policy will not affect its operations
The Third-Party Taxi Booking Service Providers Bill was passed in parliament on 11 May 2015 to allow Land Transport Authority (LTA) powers to regulate taxi booking service provided by third-party...
View ArticleYeo “prepared for Aljunied loss”, but kept it from teammates
30 minutes into the vote counting process for Aljunied GRC at the 2011 general election, former minister George Yeo said he knew his team had lost the contest because “the…
View ArticleSchool rankings make way for crowd-sourced school reviews?
Just when you were about to bid farewell to the school ranking system, which Education Minister Heng Swee Keat had announced in 2012 would no longer be published by the…
View ArticleIskandar Malaysia property investments – 5 reasons why they are a bad idea
Image Source: http://www.iskandarmalaysia.com.my/our-development-plan By Aaron Loy A few months back, I entertained the thought of buying a property in Iskandar Malaysia, either as a home for myself or...
View ArticleEarly elections would reveal PAP’s lack of self-confidence in future performance
By Carlton Tan When Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested in a radio interview that, unlike a pregnancy, there is no way to predict when the ruling People’s Action…
View ArticleCollaboration between Visterra, Inc and A*STAR to further development of...
Visterra, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company that uses its proprietary technology platform to identify unique disease targets and design novel therapeutics for infectious diseases, and the...
View ArticleSex workers cheated with fake $50 notes for their services
Vanessa Ho, a coordinator with Project X shared that a Singaporean male cheated three sex workers by paying them with fake currency last Friday. She wrote that $25 was cheated out of one…
View ArticleSingapore bans lesbian-themed hit, “We’re All Different, Yet The Same”
Singapore has banned the song We’re All Different, Yet The Same by Jolin Tsai for local broadcasting, purportedly due to its promotion of gay marriage. According to Mingpao News, the…
View ArticleWhy Singaporeans cannot never compete with “Foreign Talents”
By Peter Lim Singaporeans need to spend at least $20,000 and study hard for 3-4 years to earn a Bachelor Degree, but some foreign talents only need $800 and 30…
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