Web of businesses for company in Sengkang columbarium project
By Gangasudhan Most of us would have heard of Life Corp, the company embroiled in the construction of the columbarium in Sengkang. Some have judged its competency with the project.…
View ArticleCOE announcement for January 1st bidding exercise
By COE SG Charts The price of Cat C, Commercial vehicles COEs have risen by about three thousand dollars to $55,011, which stands at 73% of the COE price of Cat…
View ArticleNTU – university or censorship watchdog?
“Only political and no academic grounds were ever cited by the university leadership for this 2009 decision,” academic and professor, Cherian George, wrote on his website on 24 December 2014.…
View ArticleFirst world nation, here we are!
In December 2014, the secretary general of the People’s Action Party (PAP) took a dig at the opposition. “When other people say First World Parliament, you don’t know what it…
View ArticleExtremists won’t silence voices on Facebook: Zuckerberg
Following the murder of 12 people at French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, believed to have been carried out by extremists, the founder and CEO of social networking giant Facebook…
View ArticleTan Tock Seng hospital dismiss staff over offensive comments made on social...
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has announced on Friday evening, that it has dismissed one of the nurse over insensitive comments made by the staff after concluding partial of its…
View ArticleHuman Rights Lawyer M. Ravi fined $7,000 for professional misconduct
For “misconduct unbefitting an advocate and solicitor,” human rights Lawyer M. Ravi was fined $7,000 by the Council of the Law Society of Singapore. This penalty, which comes under the…
View ArticleFiring Edz Ello now the way to go for TTSH?
By Howard Lee So Tan Tock Seng Hospital has fired staffer Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, better known as the Edz Ello who made disparaging remarks online against Singaporeans by calling…
View ArticleRestaurant with rat in one of its dishes, to suspend its operations immediately
Spot anything special in the dish above? Well, Caron Chan posted the images on her facebook account of what seems to be a rat carcass in a dish at Hotpot Culture, Marine…
View ArticleSix qualities that make women great property investors
By Property Soul I was looking through the member list of Property Club Singapore when I noticed that only one-fifth of the members are ladies. It shouldn’t be surprising, given…
View ArticleSDP will focus on alternative policies for next general elections
By Howard Lee The Singapore Democratic Party had an early launch in its campaign for the next general elections, as it announced a slew of activities that it plans to…
View ArticleRats nest found in Clementi hawker centre
The New Paper reported on Monday that a nest of 10 baby rats “was discovered on top of an exhaust pipe located above a stall at a Clementi hawker centre…
View ArticlePublic servants in political parties – politically neutral?
Chew Thiam Kwee and Victor Lye are both public servants. One is a senior manager with the National Parks Board (Nparks), the other the chairman of a Citizens Consultative Committee…
View ArticleRoy Ngerng to pay $29,000 in costs to lawyers of PM Lee
The court has ruled that Roy Ngerng to pay S$29,000 in total for legal fees and filing cost to PM Lee’s lawyer for summary judgment ruling on the defamation suit between…
View ArticleLawyer M Ravi takes issue with statement released by the PM’s Press Secretary
Human Rights Lawyer, M Ravi takes issues with press statement released by the press secretary of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in relation to the on-going defamation suit between PM…
View ArticleUnited: LIVE in Jakarta
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM – 13 January, 2015 - Manchester United has today announced the second leg of its United: LIVE fan party, taking place on Saturday 31stJanuary 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The...
View ArticleSingaporean to win Nobel Peace Prize?
One Billion Acts of Peace, a global campaign co-chaired by Singaporean and former Google engineer Tan Chade-Meng, was nominated for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, marking what could be the first…
View ArticlePay more premium for lower coverage policy?
By Ms Ella Tan I came across JS Lu’s My Insurance Nightmare (9 July 2014) and would like to share my experience on the same insurance company, ACE I came to know and…
View ArticleSports Hub vows to fix pitch by March
The leaky roof of the National Stadium at the Sports Hub will be fixed by 11 March, say officials. Last month, rain leaked through the roof during the Jay Chou…
View ArticleFree speech – fostering understanding between the religious and the “Charlies”
By Howard Lee I started writing this piece not knowing if I would ever complete it. Part of it had to do with ignorance, and I’m sure I am not…
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