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Trial to improve bus service reliability by penalise and reward system for PTOs
Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew announced the two-year trial to improve en-route bus reliability by Land Transport Authority (LTA) this morning at the launch of the Ang Mo Kio Direct Bus Service...
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120 dogs and the Straits Times
By Andrew Loh Barely a month after its mistake in reporting that a Bangladeshi had been killed in the Little India riot on 8 December 2013, the Straits Times seems to have once again got its facts...
View ArticlePrison death – court asked to compel AG to handover documents, CCTV footage
By Andrew Loh The mother of deceased inmate, Dinesh Raman, filed an application with the courts on Monday afternoon to compel the Attorney General (AG) to provide prison documents in relation to DInesh...
View ArticleSDP sends healthcare plan to Medishield Life Review Committee
Secretary General Chee Soon Juan announced via the party’s press release that the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has sent its alternative healthcare plan to the Medishield Life Review Committee...
View ArticleThe alternative news in 1 day? (part 18) – Fine transport operators
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Bus operators could be fined S$4,000 for every 6-sec-delay” (Today, Jan 6). Fine per 0.1 min late? It states that “PTOs can be fined between S$1,300 to S$4,000...
View ArticleMiddlemen should be removed from foreign labour system
By Ang Chuan Heng This first appeared as a comment in response to the article, “No agent fees, no job for you“ The government adopts a laissez-faire approach to bring in the foreign workers (FWs). It...
View ArticleCartoon Press – Supersonic Bus Service
Post by Cartoon Press. Trial to improve bus service reliability by penalise and reward system for Public Transport Operators.
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Launch of Singapore Advocacy Awards for civil society
Post by Singapore Advocacy Awards. By Terry Xu The Singapore Advocacy Awards (SAA) was launched by an activist group, The Working Committee 3 (TWC3). The aim of the awards is to celebrate the...
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Research highlights leadership gap in Singapore
Singapore – 7 JANUARY, 2014 – Global talent solutions company, Hudson today announced the findings of their annual Singapore remuneration report Salary & Employment Insights 2014.1. The report...
View ArticleFine and reward bus operators – too much privatisation in a public service
By Howard Lee The latest announcement by the Land Transport Authority to penalise and reward public transport operators (PTOs) based on the frequency of delays in buses might have raised a few...
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Local fighter desperate to land a MMA fight before his NS enlistment
By Hazwady, The Fight Scene I caught up with Tiger Muay Thai MMA fighter, Nicholas Lee while he was waiting for his flight to return to Phuket, a place he called home for the past seven months. I...
View ArticleSingapore must ease ‘bandwidth tax’ on the poor
By Donald Low and Alisha Gill This article was first published on Today The debate on poverty in Singapore has tended to focus on how much help the Government —and society at large — should extend to...
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MediaCorp’s Statement on Celebrate TV50 Countdown show
By Masked Crusader MediaCorp made a statement on the Celebrate TV50 Countdown show, which had generated much controversy following Ivan Heng’s Facebook complaint about the significant use of Mandarin...
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Flagday Pertapis’s Children Home
Pertapis held its flagday for its Pertapis’s Children Home on last Saturday to raise funds for its annual operating expenses. The Pertapis Children’s Home was established in 1991 as a gazetted home and...
View ArticleSPF Internal Affairs Office initiated investigation on allegation of police...
Three men, all Indian Nationals in Singapore, have filed a formal complaint of police abuse subsequent to mass arrests following the riots in Singapore’s Little India district which took place on 8...
View ArticleThe alternative news in 1 day? (part 21) – “Minimum wage” for cleaners
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “New licensing scheme for cleaning companies from September” (Straits Times, Jan 8). Oh no – not another scheme to increase cleaners’ pay? It states that “The...
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Hospital Overcrowding due to Holiday Season? What About the Diversion of...
By Jeremy Chen Today’s report of a nation-wide bed crunch at public hospitals is a damning indictment of the Singapore healthcare system. A PAP MP has noted that spikes in admissions correlate with the...
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Hands Off Cockburn! – What Singaporeans can Learn from the Aussies
By Nix I work in the south-western region of metropolitian Perth. So it is an everyday thing to drive past through the City of Cockburn. Lately I spotted some curious signage all over the city that...
View ArticleCartoon Press: Hospital Bed Crunch
Post by Cartoon Press. The ST report, titled “Hospitals facing severe bed crunch take unusual steps”, said the hospitals were housing patients in “tents and corridors” or were sending them to other...
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Liquidation of local travel company, Five Stars Tours
Image by Wanbao / Photographer Zhou Hai Li From the website of Five Stars Tours Pte Ltd, “Over the last two decades, Five Stars Tours has expanded across the island with 8 branches, more than 200...
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