47-year-old Sarojini Jayapal, who has been battling late-stage ovarian cancer since three years ago, is currently in “critical condition”, according to her lawyer M Ravi. “Just received the heartbreaking news from Suriia that Sarojini is in critical condition. Please join me in prayer for this brave lady and her supremely devoted husband,” M Ravi wrote in a Facebook post today …

Government initiatives with a focus on social spending and infrastructure projects may not have “a strong impact” on Singapore’s economic growth unless global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth exhibits “sustained recovery” from the effect of the Sino-US trade war, according to Swiss multinational investment bank Credit Suisse AG. The prediction was made in reference to Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee …

Ex-presidential candidate and former CEO of NTUC Income Tan Kin Lian took to his Facebook today (8 August) to mock Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh Chok Tong for not attending the Raffles Institution’s gathering. In his post, Mr Tan posted a picture of a group of people and said that “this is a gathering of Old Rafflesians”. He added that …

Singtel reported today (8 Aug) a 35 per cent drop in its first-quarter net profit largely dragged down by losses in its investment in India’s Bharti Airtel. Singtel posted a net profit of S$541 million for the three months ended in June, compared with S$832 million a year ago. Revenue rose 2 per cent to S$4.11 billion due to consumer …

by Simon Lim I refer to the news about Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, calling on Singaporeans to integrate with foreigners. Meaningful and truly successful integration of different people is much more than a few noisy and visible ministerial exhortations. What Grace Fu did was the easiest part. It is a very long journey that must …

To celebrate the nation’s 54th birthday and the long weekend, GoJek Singapore has launched a series of initiatives to spread the holiday cheer to its driver-partners and customers. In a press release that was sent out earlier today (8 Aug) by GoJek, the multi-service platform technology company announced new partnerships as it aims to improve the welfare of its employees …

Following a series of fire incidents involving personal mobility devices (PMDs) that occurred in Singapore, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is all set to bring forward the UL2272 safety certification for all PMD vehicles by six months. This was announced by Senior Minister of State for Transport Lam Pin Min in Parliament. He said that the LTA will need all …

In the most recent development of the conflict between Singaporean long distance runner Soh Rui Yong and national sports authorities, it appears Mr Soh has sent letters to the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) and Singapore Athletics (SA). In a blog post on his website RunSohFast and on Facebook yesterday (7 August), Mr Soh explained that while he would not be …

On Wednesday (7 August), author and freelance writer at The Economic Intelligence Unit Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh took to his Facebook to slam individuals who said that the concept of “brownface” originated in the West. His post was referring to the recent racial saga that has been making headlines in the country for a while now. In July, an advertisement created …

After 50 years, PIONEER, a magazine published by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), just released its final print copy this month. Starting from next month, the magazine will go fully online. This news was made public in their August edition’s print version, which said “Our Final Print Issue – See you online!”. The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) also took to …