Tosh Zhang’s homophobic tweets resurface, netizens divided on his role as one of Pink Dot 11’s Ambassadors

Just hours after homegrown pro-LGBTQ movement Pink Dot SG had announced its…

Singapore Airlines profit drops by 47.5% despite recording highest annual revenue to date

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reported a 47.5% decline in profit for the…

Taiwan becomes the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage through groundbreaking Bill

This year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia witnessed a significant…

What is making the 4G PAP politicians so nervous?

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Netizens question Singapore’s safety after foreign worker charged for raping student near Kranji War Memorial

Indian national Chinnaiah Karthik will be seen in court in June to…

New Naratif’s Kirsten Han wins Human Rights Press Awards 2019 for article on fake news bill

Editor-in-chief of Southeast Asian affairs platform New Naratif Kirsten Han has won…

Fire breaks out at Dickson Road shophouse in Little India

A fire broke out at a two-storey shophouse along 14 Dickson Road…

涉Sparkletots幼园食物中毒事件 Kate’s Catering解除吊销执照获准营业

在三月底,人民行动党社区基金会(PCF)旗下的Sparkletots幼儿园,出现集体食物中毒事件,累计病例多达259起,其中33人入院。 但据新加坡食品局和卫生部声明,有关涉事的餐饮供应商Kate’s Catering,已获准重新营业。 部门声明表示,对于Kate’s Catering采取纠正疏漏的措施感到满意,才解除吊销执照。 交叉处理生肉和即食事物 卫生部和食品局在3月22日至26日展开联合稽查,发现该供应商出现数项卫生疏漏,包括冷冻肉不当解冻,此外,即处理生肉,又同时交叉处理即食食品。 该供应商也缺乏有效措施,来确保食物是否有妥当煮熟‘烹煮时间也不一致,员工对处理生肉和即食食物刀具的区分也缺乏一致。 食品局称,Kate’s Catering在稽查期间已遵守该局指定的措施,包括处理掉所有即食食品、解冻食品和易腐食品。 供应商也清理和为所有设备和厨具消毒,提呈加强食品安全的企划书,包括确保职员始终保持良好的食品卫生。 食品局指出,该供应商职员出席并通过了基本食品卫生课程,负责卫生的员工也接受了再培训,通过了WSQ如何审计食品和饮料卫生的课程。…

PUB rejects Hyflux potential white knight investor Utico’s bid to delay Tuaspring desalination plant takeover

Singapore’s national water agency Public Utilities Board (PUB) has rejected Emirati utilities…

POFMA: More harm than good? – A discussion on fake news laws hosted by Function 8 on 18 May

Function 8 is holding a discussion, “POFMA: More Harm than Good?” on…