The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced that Anywheel Pte Ltd and Moov Technology Pte Ltd were given in-principle approval to operate dockless bicycle-sharing services in public places. LTA said earlier in a press release on Wednesday (3 March) that a total of three bicycle-sharing operators (BSO) licences applications were received during the last application cycle which closed on 11 …

Multiple debates and criticisms have sprung regarding the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill following its introduction in Parliament on Monday (1 Apr), including those concerning the legal costs that will possibly be incurred by parties who have been issued Part 3 Directions under Section 17 of the proposed Act. Speaking at a forum held at the Singapore Management …

The tables have turned on the Salim-Medco Group as debt-laden water treatment firm and genco Hyflux decides to call off its rescue plan with the Indonesian conglomerate. In an announcement on Thursday (4 Apr), Hyflux had also stated that it has cancelled the scheme meetings originally scheduled to take place tomorrow (5 Apr) and next Monday (8 Apr). SM Investments …

Back in July 2015, TOC published a letter written by a ‘concerned Singaporean’ titled “Severe consequences for a PAP majority with its underground city for 10m population”. The letter addressed concerns over the administration’s plan to build an underground city to accommodate Singapore’s ever growing population. But shortly after publishing the article, TOC received a letter from the Attorney General’s …

In December 2017, six-year-old Sherlyn Ler, who did not know how to float or swim independently without support, died after a near-drowning at Kallang Basin Swimming Complex. It all started on 20 December 2017 when the little girl was left to fend on her own for at least four minutes as she swam using a swimming board. Her instructor, Yeo …

Close to 13 tonnes of pangolins scales along with nearly 180 kg of ivory pieces discovered in a 40-footer container at the Pasir Panjang Export Inspection Station. In a joint press release on Wednesday (3 April), the National Parks Board (NParks) and Singapore Customs inspected the container on 3 April 2019, which was declared to contain “frozen beef” and was …

Last Month, a federal jury ordered Monsanto, subsidiary of Bayer, to pay US$80 million to a 70-year-old Californian man with cancer, who had used its weed killer product Roundup for three decades on his land. The jury found that Roundup was a “substantial factor” in causing the man’s cancer. This was the second case Monsanto lost. The first court case …

On Monday (1 April), 16 Members of Parliament (MPs), including political office holders and Nominated MPs debated Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam’s ministerial statement on hate speech in Parliament.   The debate lasted for four hours, with many of the MPs in support of prevailing laws regarding offensive speech while making suggestions to strengthen these laws in order …

A 31-year-old man was convicted in Court on Wednesday (3 April) for nine charges of holding himself out to the public as being a property agent without being registered as such with the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA). According to the agency, Lim Ruiwen had posted nine advertisements for the rental of HDB and private properties on publicly accessible online …

In a statement published by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) today (4 Apr), SPH said it welcomes the Government’s draft legislation to “deal decisively with the challenge of deliberate online falsehoods”. “Given the vulnerabilities that exist in society, the measures proposed will help address a clear and present danger posed by those who seek to use new media platforms to …