A scandal at the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) involving the procurement of services has been uncovered. An email which has been circulating alleges that a senior staff member of the FAS has been told to leave after it was discovered that he was found guilty of various issues involving the procurement of services through an external service provider. TOC …

The sentencing of Singapore-based British DJ Ye Ming Yuen to 24 strokes of the cane and 20 years of imprisonment has purportedly sparked tensions in diplomatic relations between the Republic and the United Kingdom. 29-year-old Mr Ming’s sentence was determined based on two counts of ‘repeat drug trafficking’ – one of 69g, and the other of 60g of cannabis. Another …

Once again, national examination scripts sent to the UK for grading have gone missing. Barely a year after 238 GCE A-level Chemistry scripts that were sent to Cambridge Assessment to be marked were stolen, the same thing happened again when an examiner’s bag was ‘mistakenly taken’ on a train. In a statement, the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) said …

It was reported today (14 Jan) that GD Group, a food and beverage company operating the restaurant chain Penang Culture, had deceived the Manpower Ministry (MOM) into issuing Employment Pass to 20 of its foreign employees, when they did not meet the requirements. According to MOM’s website, only eligible foreigners will be considered for an Employment Pass to work in …

Following the Singapore High Court’s ruling to allow a gay Singaporean man to adopt his 5-year old biological son who was conceived via in-vitro fertilisation and carried to term by a surrogate in the US, the Ministry for Social and Family Development (MSF) says it will be reviewing adoption laws and practices. The High Court ruled that while Singapore’s legislative …

by Martin Piper I write with regards to the news about the Supreme Court approving the adoption of a gay father’s son. This was despite the Ministry of Social Family Development initially denying the adoption request. I’m lucky, I’m Singaporean, I’ve been able to marry to the person I love, watch my wonderful daughter be born and I’m proud to …

Founder of Makansutra, K F Seetoh posted a note on his Facebook page today (14 Jan) sharing that an auntie hawker actually came up to him to hug and thank him for his untiring efforts helping the hawkers, especially those making their living at hawker centres run by “Social Enterprises” (SEHCs). In the case of the auntie hawker, her cleaning …

Singapore Post (SingPost) is back in the limelight for another bad publicity when its staff was caught red-handed trying to dupe a small business owner, who had paid S$7, 000 for flyer distribution, and was informed that his flyers were distributed, but in reality it wasn’t. Johnson Tan, a massage parlour owner, had engaged a service from SingPost that prints …

A rough start to the year for SingPost as they fail to deliver their end of an agreement to distribute flyers for a local business owner. On 10 Jan, a massage parlour owner said SingPost had failed to fulfil their end of a commercial agreement when they failed to deliver on the promised service of printing and distributing 65,000 flyers …

The second summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to happen soon and Singapore is one of the shortlisted venues, along with Vietnam. On Sunday, Trump revealed that the US is already ‘negotiating a location’ for the summit which he expects will take place early this year. To make things convenient, …