In response to media queries, the Elections Department (ELD) has said that the message that has been circulating on WhatsApp which offers temporary work in a “general election project” is not an official notice. “The public is advised to exercise caution and not to provide their personal data without verification,” said ELD. The WhatsApp message that has been circulated around, …

On Thursday (11 April), Kristen Han, the Editor of New Naratif, a regional-focused news site, took to her Facebook account to highlight a rather concerning issue as she mentioned that her friends have seen pro fake-news bill sponsored ads pushed into their Facebook feeds. In her post, she accompanied a picture of the sponsored ad by online community page called …

Intent matters, says Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam when it comes to spreading false news. Speaking to The Straits Times, Mr Shanmugam said that only those who deliberately fabricated news and spread falsehoods are liable to face criminal charges under the proposed Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). He added that those who spread fake news …

Last month, Chili’s Singapore announced the closure of its restaurant chain. Chili’s Singapore was run by Belgarath Investments through GDA Restaurants, which was Chili’s franchisee. It had 3 stores in Singapore at Tanglin Mall, Resorts World Sentosa and Clarke Quay Central mall. Mr Greg Blakney, managing director of Belgarath Investments, blamed the new foreign-worker quota announced by the government in …

The team of lawyers representing Lee Suet Fern, the daughter-in-law of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, has filed a 21-page defence against the Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) allegations of “professional misconduct” in relation to her preparation of the late Mr Lee’s final will. Mrs Lee’s husband, Lee Hsien Yang, revealed the matter in a Facebook post on Fri (12 …

In early hours of the morning (12 April), residents around Pengerang, Johor were awakened by an explosion and fire at the PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project. The explosion, which occurred at about 1:25am resulted in two local workers suffering minor injuries. They were both sent for outpatient treatment at the RAPID Pengerang’s medical emergency centre, said the …

As the debate around the proposed fake news bill continuous, many experts have weighed in on the matter – from lawyers to ministers activists, journalists, and historians. Many critics of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act argue that provisions in the bills are loosely defined and that it gives ministers broad powers to declare what is an isn’t …

Historian Dr Thum Ping Tjin told Yahoo News Singapore in an email interview on Tuesday (9 April) that the impending fake news law is part of the same legislative strategy that the People’s Action Party (PAP) government had used in the past to “selectively and arbitrarily prosecute their critics while pretending to uphold the rule of law”. Having attended the …

By 2020,  the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) will oversee both Early Intervention (EI) services and preschool services, with the transfer of EI from the Disability Office to ECDA beginning July 2019. In a statement, MSF said it will also be setting up a work group to help make sure that pre-schools in Singapore are more inclusive. ,The initiative followers …

Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wed that the once “mighty” Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) continues to lose advertisers and investors and has now got most of its earnings from property (‘Singapore Press Holdings loses advertisers and investors’, 10 Apr). “Once a sought-after stock due to its substantial dividend, SPH has seen its star fade as advertisers and subscribers moved online …