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Mobile phone thief identified within an hour of FB video upload
Post by Winnie WinningEleven. Winner, a shop owner at *SCAPE2 in Orchard posted a video on Facebook of a lady taking a mobile phone from a desk in her shop which belongs to her sister. She wrote:...
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Second disruption since fare hike leaves public angry
By Andrew Loh In the second disruption to train service since the announcement of a 3.2 per cent fare hike for public transport on Thursday, some 19,000 commuters were left stranded on Monday. A...
View ArticlePolice powers to be enhanced in new Bill
By Andrew Loh In its latest reaction to the December riot in Little India, the Ministry of Home Affairs today introduced a new Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) Bill in Parliament. The Bill,...
View ArticleThe alternative news in 1 day? (part 33) – Unions to help Five Stars’ workers?
I refer to the article “Unions helping workers affected by closure of Five Stars Tours” (Channel NewsAsia, Jan 18). Unions helping Five Stars Tours’ workers? In a joint statement by Singapore Manual...
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Alleged Little India rioters want to make representations to COI
Lawyer M Ravi, who is representing six Indian nationals who are alleged to have participated in the riot in Little India on 8 December, has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs to inform the...
View ArticleStudent defies and makes teacher apologise
A video of a classroom exchange between a student and his teacher is now doing the rounds on the Internet. It shows what is apparently a classroom with a male teacher telling a student to go back to...
View ArticleThe alternative news in day? (part 36) – “Beds crunch” due to “care model” –...
I refer to the article “Singapore’s care model needs to be changed to resolve hospital bed crunch: Gan Kim Yong” (Channel NewsAsia, Jan 20). Solving “Beds crunch” means have to change “care model”? It...
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Desserts with cats, what’s not to love?
Situated along the Singapore River carefully nestled amongst the countless restaurants and bars, Neko no niwa (Cat Café 猫の庭) is the first of its kind to be in operation in Singapore. Overlooking the...
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Anton Casey’s employer “investigating” his comments
The employer of Mr Anton Casey, whose Facebook postings have caused outrage among Singaporeans (and others), has said that Casey’s comments “were made in poor taste.” Mr Casey’s firm Crossinvest Asia...
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Singapore workers most unhappy in Asia: Randstad
Even as their prime minister posted on Facebook that Singaporeans “can all enjoy and take pride in Marina Bay … [as it] epitomises our progress and growth, and the possibilities for our future,”...
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Chinese couple tried to kidnap child in Chinatown: magazine
Magazine, The Asian Parent (Singapore edition], reported on Thursday an alleged attempt at kidnapping of a child in Chinatown on the same day. The Asian Parent’s report was based on a message on the...
View ArticleAbout respecting people and blending in
Pamela Lim is an entrepreneur and entrepreneurship lecturer. This article first appeared on her Facebook page. We thank Pamela for allowing us to re-publish it in full. He pulled my sleeve and told me...
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Kim Jong-un’s half-brother takes refuge in S’pore and Malaysia
Chosunilbo report Kim Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, is reported to have taken refuge in Singapore and now Malaysia. After the execution last month of his...
View ArticleTransport services: Nationalisation, Reform, Privatisation
By Muhammad Al Hakim After the farce of recent fare hike coinciding with the recent spate of breakdown, it begs the question, why hasn’t the government taken a initiative in solving the problem? It may...
View ArticleContesting in an Uneven Playing Field
Seventeen improvement projects will be underway in Workers’ Party (WP) wards soon, announced the Citizens’ Consultative Committees (CCCs), one of 1,800 grassroots organizations (GROs) under the...
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Sufficient safeguards to keep fares affordable : PTC
Public Transport Council Letter from Alvin Chia, secretary of the Public Transport Council published in the TODAY newspaper on 24 January 2014. I refer to the Voices letters regarding the bus and train...
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A difference between empathy and forgiveness
The following is a Facebook post by Cheryl Marie Tay in response to an article by the general secretary of the Singapore Kindness Movement, William Wan, in the Straits Times on 24 January, with regards...
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Anton Casey and firm part ways
Mr Anton Casey and his firm, wealth management company Crossinvest (Asia) Pte Ltd, have “parted ways”, the company says in a statement on Friday night. “Crossinvest Asia is deeply concerned by the...
View ArticleShould we punish Anton Casey?
By Aloysius Chia Should people demand Anton Casey leave just because he made some rude, condescending remarks about Singaporeans? Here I am going to present a number of points, running against the...
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Protest against public transport fare increase
By Tiffany Gwee A group of approximately 400 enthusiastic protesters gathered in Hong Lim Park yesterday evening to protest against the recent 3.2% public transport fare hike approved by the Public...
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