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Mastercard Love Index: You can’t hurry love… especially when it comes to Valentine’s Day shopping!
Love can be defined and expressed in a variety of ways – be it a beautiful bouquet of flowers or a romantic getaway! The Mastercard Love Index, released today, shows that consumers in Singapore are waiting till the last minute to buy that special gift – with the majority (30%) of Valentine’s Day purchases happening on 14th February itself. This …
Read More »“Tan-Chuan Jin has tainted the high office of the Speaker of Parliament” – M Ravi
By International Human Rights Lawyer M Ravi On Wednesday (12 February), Speaker of Parliament Tan-Chuan Jin said that he agrees with the judgment call by the Ministry of Health (MOH) not to inform patients and the public about the HIV data leak. Mr Tan listened ‘closely’ to what the Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said, and in the end turned …
Read More »Dr Tan Cheng Bock: I’m entering Parliament to hold PAP Govt accountable
A recent video of a short speech by Dr Tan Cheng Bock has been circulating on social media. In the video, he had expressed his wish to re-enter parliament because he wants to seek accountability and transparency over the reserves and the Central Provident Fund (CPF) from the government. “I go in because I want accountability. I want transparency. What’s …
Read More »Supply vessel Ocean Copper 2 sinks in Singapore waters
A Dominica-flagged supply vessel, Ocean Cooper 2, had capsized and sunk in the westbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme, about 3 nautical miles from Pedra Branca within Singapore Territorial Waters in the Singapore Strait. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a press release that it received the report regarding the incident at about 7.15 am on …
Read More »Drag queen Becca D’Bus slams young boys’ behaviour after they questioned his sexuality in public
Drag queen Becca D’Bus recently got a rude shock when a group of boys went up to him and questioned his sexuality. Revealing this news on his Facebook page, he said that he was dining at Swee Choon Tim Sum Restaurant when a boy from the group thought it will be acceptable to police D’Bus gender by walking up to …
Read More »Two elderly deaths at Bedok Reservoir Rd and Hougang due to dengue, first two reported dengue-related deaths in 2019
Two elderly men who lived in Bedok Reservoir Road and Hougang passed away from dengue, announced the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Saturday (9 February). The 74-year-old man, who stayed at Bedok Reservoir Road, passed away on 3 February. While, the 77-year-old man, who stayed at Hougang Avenue 3, passed away on Thursday. The two …
Read More »If the government is puzzled why the public is distrustful, they should take a look at their past actions
by Prof Donald Low I think we can accept the Minister for Health’s explanation that his ministry made an honest “judgement call” not to inform the affected patients of the data breach back in 2016, and that it was not unreasonable for them to assess then that putting out the information would have caused more harm than good. So there …
Read More »Speaker of Parliament agrees with judgment call by MOH not to inform patients and public about HIV data leak
Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin said that he agrees with the judgment call by Ministry of Health (MOH) to not inform patients and public about the HIV data leak. On Tuesday (12 February), Health Minister Gan Kim Yong defended his ministry in Parliament in the aftermath of the HIV data leak incident and rejected any allegations that the MOH sought …
Read More »“Worrisome” delisting trend on SGX as companies gravitate towards Chinese markets: Bloomberg Markets
The delisting of companies from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in recent years in favour of Chinese markets has been a cause for concern among financial experts. While Singapore is known to be one of the world’s top financial hubs, Bloomberg Markets wrote that the upward trend of delistings in SGX appears to be a result of “a smaller pool of …
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