Following investigations into the case of a severely disabled elderly man called Mr K that was raised by Workers’ Party Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim in Parliament during a debate on CareShield Life in July, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that family members and caregivers of severely disabled Singaporeans will go through a “simpler claims process which will …

by Guo Rendi The recent case of Gobi a/l Avedian on Thursday (25 Oct), was the second time I heard a death sentence pronounced in open court, within a span of four months. The first was the case of Chia Kee Chen; coincidentally, both death sentences were pronounced in the Court of Appeal, both involved the same coram of judges, and …

by iPrice.sg Every 3 in 5 Singaporeans are online shoppers, according to a study done last year. In fact, Go-globe found 26 per cent of Singaporeans shop online at least once a week and 58 per cent purchase online at least once per month. The rise in online shopping trends is expected as Singaporeans are known to love shopping and …

Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced that Singapore’s rail network has achieved a new level of reliability. Speaking at the Joint Forum on Infrastructure Maintenance on 2nd November, Mr Khaw said that the system recorded an overall 660,000 train-km between delays between January and September of this year, surpassing last year’s distance of 180,000 train-km. This, Mr Khaw said, was …

A recent “News Consumption Survey” commissioned by the Ministry of Communication and Information (MCI) was found to contain questions with possible political nuances such as “Is Singapore headed in the right direction?” and “Is the Prime Minister doing a good job?”. Ervin Tan, who formerly represented Amos Yee as the latter’s defence lawyer, revealed in his Facebook post on Thursday (1 Nov) …

by Lau It is not something that we should be bragging about – having worse income inequality than almost all OECD countries, other than the US and Mexico. In the first place, the below table on the left on income inequality before taxes and transfers is irrelevant.  (They might as well put a ranking of UFO sightings by country instead).  …

The conversation about press freedom is not a new one – not in the West nor in Singapore. On the one hand, there are media platforms from newspapers to digital newsrooms that are in a constant struggle to maintain press freedom while others are happy to serve as mouthpieces for their ruling government. In a post on his blog at Air …

An open letter written anonymously was posted by Facebook user Brittanie Bartlett on behalf of her ‘really good friend’. The letter is an appeal to President Halimah Yacob to grant clemency to those facing the death penalty, specifically drug traffickers. The letter opens with the writer drawing a comparison between President Halimah and former President Wee Kim Wee, calling them …

by BankBazaar.sg Congratulations on putting a ring on your relationship! After the proposal, you and your partner may be having romantic dreams about the glitz and glam of a wedding party to celebrate and commemorate your love made legal at the Registry of Marriages. But is the ideal wedding really financially feasible? So before you and your partner shock yourselves …

by BankBazaar.sg Every quarter, couples will face the headache of deciding which BTO plot to apply for with the hope of landing their dream home. But understanding what are the consequences that come with your choice of BTO plot can be difficult. This is especially when HDB only provides a map screenshot with barely 3 lines of details. Thus, to …