ANA offers expanded halal-certified in-flight menu
ANA offers expanded halal-certified in-flight menu to accommodate the airline’s increasingly diverse customer base
View ArticleDirector of property developers on HDB Board?
Mr Heng Swee Keat will lead a task force to look into the complaints of homeowners at Centrale 8, the Design, Build, and Sell Scheme (DBSS) development in Tampines.…
View Article“Residents forced to clean common areas for seven months”?
So, another day, another mountain rises out of a molehill. The earth moved on 28 May when the TODAY newspaper published this shocking headline: “Forced” leh. By whom? Dunno. So…
View ArticleAl Jazeera Plus releases awareness video on Amos Yee
Al Jazeera Plus, or AJ+, has released an awareness video on Singapore vblogger, 16-year old Amos Yee. The 80-seconds video slices together short clips from Amos Yee’s Youtube videos, plus…
View ArticleHDB to raise income ceilings for BTO flats, ECs
By Empower Advisory, Douglas Chow Executive condos (EC) developers struggling to move inventory are set to receive a lifeline as HDB will raise the income ceilings for BTO HDB…
View Article“I will pay” for Amos Yee “to get raped in prison”, says man
Amos Yee has been the target of physical violence and in fact was assaulted in April while on his way to a pre-trial conference at the State Court. The person…
View ArticleWe did not order culling of cats: Gov’t bodies, on dead cats at Pasir Ris
Three government bodies have declared to the media that they did not engage any pest controllers to cull the stray cats in Pasir Ris. The National Parks Board, the Agri-Food…
View ArticleThe Art of Charlie Chan, and the narratives of our lives
By Howard Lee As with all works of art, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew can be interpreted differently by any reader. For me, the single…
View ArticleHazel Poa back as secretary-general of NSP
In view of the pending General Elections, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) has appointed Ms Hazel Poa as acting secretary-general. This follows the departure of former secretary-general Mr Tan Lam...
View ArticleDissatisfied old man makes music video of “SG Buildings Crumbling Down”
With the rise in complaints of flaws and defects in Singapore flats, condominiums and malls recently, an old man who is unhappy with the condition of his own condominium decided…
View ArticleFootage of BMW smashing into Mazda sedan goes viral
A surveillance video of a BMW smashing into a Mazda sedan has gone viral online. The incident, reported by the website Shanghaiist.com, apparently happened last Saturday in Nanjing, China. “Surveillance…
View ArticleBad experience on SIA flight to Germany
By Tan Tiong Ghee In April, I booked a SIA flight through Zuji, I was given a SIA flight number, SQ2008, and a SIA booking reference; I would usually book a…
View ArticleNUS law prof jailed 4 months for assault on cab driver
National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor, Sundram Peter Soosay, 43, has been found guilty of assaulting a taxi driver while drunk. Mr Soosay, who is a Singapore permanent resident…
View ArticleSingapore won’t legalise cannabis, says minister
It is “wrong and dangerous” to view cannabis as a soft drug, said the Second Minister for Home Affairs, Masagos Zulkifli. He said this was despite lobbyists around the world…
View ArticleBMW “curry puff” man charged for rash act
Mr Mohamed Dawood Abdul Sukkur, 47, was arrested on Tuesday (23 June) for failing to stop as instructed at Tuas Checkpoint. Mr Dawood was directed by ICA officers to an…
View ArticleLee Hsien Loong: The government will not allow any cover up for Phey Yew Kok
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has commented on his facebook that the Singapore government will not allow any cover up for Phey Yew Kok, former PAP MP who recently surrendered himself…
View ArticleSingapore reacts to same-sex marriage in the US
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ordered in a 5-4 majority ruling that marriage is a fundamental right that cannot be withheld from same-sex couples, thus legalising same-sex…
View ArticleBCA questioned on narrow corridors at Pasir Ris ONE
“How could the Building and Construction Authority have approved the plans if neighbours cannot open their doors at the same time,” Mr Leong Kok Seng asked in his letter to…
View ArticleFunction 8: Manner in which Amos Yee is treated, regrettable and deplorable
Function 8 regrets and deplores the manner in which Amos Yee, aged 16, is being treated by our judicial system. Amos Yee was arrested on 29 March 2015 and interrogated…
View ArticleThe Phey Yew Kok affair
No cover-up please, however awkward or embarrassing By Tan Wah Piow When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made a statement this week about Phey Yew Kok’s return after 36 years…
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