Daily Archives: 2018-03-15
NUS decline to comment on claim of Dr Thum being penalised for his critical research on LKY
By Correspondent
2018-03-15 
0Last updated on April 12th, 2018 at 12:42 pmOn 28 Feb last month, international news agency Al Jazeera did a story on Singapore politics. In it, there was a video interview with renowned historian Dr PJ Thum (at 19:00), saying that he was Read More
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Janil Puthucheary: Deal with fake news with same comprehensive approach as it does illicit drugs
By Neyla Zannia 2018-03-15 0In a Today report dated 14 March (Wednesday), Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information Janil Puthucheary is quoted to have said that he favoured an integrated approach similar to the one Singapore uses against drugs the Republic’s intention to treat fake news. Read More
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Alleged victim in violent tussle who is charged with assault, seeks witness to dispute allegations
By Neyla Zannia 2018-03-15 0Mr Loh Boon Kwang was involved in a violent encounter on 2 March after sounding out to a driver that his vehicle should not be taking up two lanes. Mr Loh was earlier waiting at a pick-up location on 2 March 2018, waiting Read More
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EIU: Singapore retains title as world’s most expensive city for fifth consecutive year
By The Online Citizen 2018-03-15 0Last updated on March 20th, 2018 at 06:54 amThe Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) reports Singapore has retained its title as the world’s most expensive city for the fifth consecutive year in its annual Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. Seoul is the only other city Read More
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Amnesty International: Singapore sets second execution in one week
By The Online Citizen 2018-03-15 0The execution of Hishamrudin Bin Mohd has been scheduled for 16 March, a week after Singapore’s first known execution of 2018 took place. The Singaporean man was convicted of, and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for, drug-related offences in 2016. He maintains Read More
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NTUC confirms that survey on taxes was conducted prior to Budget 2018
By The Online Citizen 2018-03-15 0Singapore’s labour union, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has confirmed with local newspaper, Straits Times that it had conducted a poll with its union leaders on issues such as training and taxes, ahead of the annual Budget. According to ST, Ong Teng Cheong Labour Read More
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