Review cleaning accreditation scheme to include migrant cleaners
By Jolovan Wham, Executive Director, Humanitarian organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) While the cleaning accreditation scheme’s S$1,000 basic salary requirement will increase the incomes of...
View ArticleEscaping ISIS massacre – Iraqi soldier lives to tell
Ali Hussein Kadhim is the only known survivor of the mass executions by the Islamic State (IS), a jihadist terror group operating in Iraq and Syria. Kadhim, a Shiite,
View ArticleProject 50/100 seeking interns for event management
Project 50/100, the alternative celebration for Singapore’s 50th anniversary next year, is looking for interns to help the project manager and the steering committee put together and manage Project...
View ArticleHonour in Singapore Q&A – A little more about “honour”
As TOC’s “Honour in Singapore” series drew to a close, we sent a number of queries to Honour (Singapore)’s chairman Lim Siong Guan and executive director Jason Wong to clarify
View ArticleYang Yin “does not hold position” in grassroots: MP
“The grassroots leaders… a lot of them are doing very good work but they don’t get time in the media,” Ang Mo Kio GRC MP, Intan Azura Mokhtar, said
View ArticleSingapore’s tax on race
By Masked Crusader Most Singaporeans, like me, have been making monthly contributions to the so-called self-help organizations Yayasan Mendaki, Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA), Chinese...
View ArticleObama to address nation, as NATO & Arab League pledge support to defeat IS
Obama to address nation on action against Islamic State United States president, Barack Obama, has made his most detailed comments on the threats posed by the Islamic State (IS),
View ArticleTaxis disappearing again – a 4-decade old problem
It is one of those seemingly intractable problems which Singapore has faced for many years – with no perfect solution in sight. It frustrates both the commuter and the transport
View ArticleWoman defecating outside Holland MRT identified by NEA
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has identified the person who was photographed defecating outside Holland Village MRT station last month as a 34-year old Singaporean female with a long history
View ArticleHonour in Singapore Q&A – Religious issues
As TOC’s “Honour in Singapore” series drew to a close, we sent a number of queries to Honour (Singapore)’s chairman Lim Siong Guan and executive director Jason Wong to clarify
View ArticleI’d hate to see Supertrees in Mandai: Bernard Harrison
Bernard Harrison, former chief executive officer of Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), says he is “concerned about the fundamental premise” of the plan to relocate Jurong Bird Park to the Mandai
View ArticleYang Yin resigns from grassroots, police report filed by SCCCI against him
The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI) has made a police report against Mr Yang Yin, the 40-year old Chinese national and Singapore permanent resident who is
View ArticleHow does the changes in TOTO affects your winnings?
By Marcus Chua, Dollars and Sense Singapore Pools has recently altered the structure of our local lottery system, widely known as “Toto”. How does that affect your chances of winning?
View ArticleS’pore-India economic pact stalled because of 2 issues
Singapore and India have stalled in negotiations to allow Indian banks and the free movement of Indian professionals into Singapore under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). India...
View ArticleDeveloper invited you to play “Project Discount”
By Property Soul To survive the cooling measures, property developers have no choice but to constantly come up with creative ways to move their units from the shelves. Buyers are
View ArticlePolicy shift necessary for PAP’s flawed immigration policy
By Philip Ang While our ‘unionists’ fear the proposed CPF lump sum withdrawal “will bring grief” to low-wage workers, they have somehow overlooked local workers’ grief resulting from the ruling
View ArticleWhat exactly does Honour Singapore do?
By Ghui I believe that everyone in Singapore has the freedom to believe in whatever religion they want to and partake in any activity of that religion as long as
View ArticleGov’t not dissuading S’poreans from getting degrees: Heng
In Parliament on Tuesday, some Members of Parliament (MP) raised concerns that there is a “misperception” among Singaporeans that the Government is saying a university degree no longer matters.
View ArticleThe little India riot and the spatiality of migrant labor in Singapore
By Daniel Goh, article first published on Society and Space (Image by Terry Xu) Migrant Labor Flows and the Asian Global City Migrant labor flows from poorer to richer countries have
View ArticleLocal film about political exiles banned by MDA
Award winning film, “To Singapore, with Love” by Singaporean film maker, Tan Pin Pin which depicts stories of Singapore political exiles has been classified by the Media Development Authority (MDA) as
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