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Shut down Straits Times portal petition draws support
(From left) Stomp webknowledgist Kumaresan Sukumar, editor Azhar Kasman and webknowledgist Sarah Chiang. Stomp clinched two awards at the Mob-Ex Awards 2014. “There are many instances online where...
View ArticleCulture is a living entity that evolves
By John Cheo In his letter to the ST Forum on April 1st, Dr Tan Eng Chun wrote that in her “bid to be a top global city,” Singapore should not mindlessly import what he believes are unwholesome...
View ArticleS’pore Medical Council suspends Woffles Wu for 4 months
The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has suspended surgeon Woffles Wu for 4 months for the traffic incident in 2012. Here is the full statement from the SMC: 1. The Singapore Medical Council (“SMC”)’s...
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When ‘Parallel Paths’ Meet
Parallel Paths is a photography exhibition that is perhaps a little less ordinary, featuring works that explore civic life in Singapore, as seen through the cultural lenses of our guest workers as well...
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An Open Letter to Mr Syed Dainal
Dear Mr Syed Danial, Earlier this week, I came across your article on Rilek1Corner, ‘No Muslim Should Join PinkDotSG’. I read about your vision, that one day a giant pro-family event for Muslims would...
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Symptoms seen as problems with adjusting to military life
By Terry Xu Captain (Capt) Jessie Goh of the 24th Battalion Singapore Artillery (24 SA) took the stand last Thursday, to testify at the Coroner’s Inquiry into the causes behind the death of National...
View ArticleTroubling lapses in handing of serviceman at coroner’s hearing
By Terry Xu The second hearing of the coroner’s inquiry for the death of National Serviceman Private (Pte) Ganesh Pillay Magindren took place at the State Court on Thursday last week. Pte Ganesh, 23...
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Fights, affrays, riots, brawls – a hint of lawlessness in S’pore?
By Andrew Loh A video uploaded on 6 April onto social media site Youtube which shows 2 men arguing and then coming to blows is making the rounds online. It is unclear what the men were arguing and...
View ArticleRapid Rise in Online Scam Cases
By Tiffany Gwee Thinking of doing online shopping from a dubious or questionable online source? You might want to think again before purchasing. Rapid rise in cases In January and February earlier this...
View ArticleWell, this is definitely not Your (average) Singapore
By Howard Lee So many bad things can be said about the recent Singapore Tourism Board promotional video, that it was probably in good taste that STB took it down. If it was for any other reason, then...
View Article“They killed him and left me alone”– father of NSman
By Terry Xu State coroner Imran Abdul Hamid delivered his findings on the Coroner’s Inquiry into the death of Private (Pte) Ganesh Pillay Magindren on Tuesday afternoon. Ganesh was found dead at the...
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Officers can’t recognise man they arrested in Little India
DSP N. Subramaniam (left) and SOC officer Lim Ke Wei. [Pic: ST]“I’m not able to recognise the accused now, as my encounter with him then was brief.” Those were the words of Deputy Superintendent of...
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Singapore’s Kafala System
By Masked Crusader Qatar is facing intense heat from FIFA, the UK as well as several international human rights’ organizations for the widespread reports of migrant worker abuses by contractors working...
View ArticleFive reasons not to shut down Stomp
By Andy Wong I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Stomp, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever read it. But calls to close it down are troubling, and miss the bigger picture. Although it is probably too late...
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Biggest Pre-school Campus to Open in Singapore
By Tiffany Gwee EtonHouse International is set to operate in a new pre-school campus being built in Thomson. This is no ordinary pre-school campus – it will consist of an outdoor playing area of a...
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Don’t blindly trumpet achievements in standardised tests
The following is the original letter of the one published in the TODAY newspaper on Wednesday, 9 April. Pic: CNA By Perry Tan Singapore students recently came up tops in a PISA problem solving test...
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A petition to rewrite our media environment
Editor of STOMP, Azhar Kasman, in the middle By Howard Lee Someone suggested that Robin Li was a pseudonym of mine. The name is now synonymous with the online petition to shut down Stomp, a website...
View ArticleLetter by a British born PR – My time in Singapore
By Derek John Potter I feel qualified to make some comments, albeit subjective, being a sixty four year old English-born permanent resident, who has enjoyed spending half his life, living and working...
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PM Lee says “we succeeded more than we expected” but public disagrees
“We succeeded more than we expected,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a group of newspaper editors at the Istana on Tuesday. Mr Lee was asked if Singapore’s performance, under his leadership, had...
View Article“They don’t even apologise… nobody”
By Yasmeen Banu / Andrew Loh On a fateful day in March 2011, Lian Huizuan collapsed in Changi Women’s Prison. She was pronounced dead shortly after. Huizuan was 27-years old. She has two young...
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