China blasts US blacklist over Xinjiang as ‘groundless’
by Poornima Weerasekara and Pak Yiu China hit back at the United States on Tuesday over the blacklisting of 28 ...
Day: 8 October 2019
Hong Kong ‘won’t rule out’ Chinese help over protests if situation becomes ‘so bad’: Chief Executive Carrie Lam
by Jasmine LEUNG and James EDGAR Hong Kong's under-fire leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said China intervening to end months ...
Yale-NUS criticised for allegedly scapegoating playwright Alfian Sa’at over programme cancellation
Yale-NUS College’s cancellation of the “Dissent and Resistance in Singapore” programme has attracted much controversy and criticism from academicians, as ...
Worker’s Party MPs raise questions on separation of religion and politics as religious harmony act is updated
The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act (MHRA) was updated in Parliament on Monday (7 October) after an extensive debate on ...
Chin Swee Road murder: No suspicion that toddler had gone missing for five years by agencies and social workers
Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee revealed that social workers and officers who were in touch with the ...
Breast Cancer Foundation unveils new ‘Breast Self-Examination Nursery Reminder’ campaign and creates new record in the Singapore Book of Records at Pink Ribbon Walk 2019
The Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) kick-started the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) with a nation-wide launch of a new ...
Playwright Alfian Sa’at “a loving critic” of S’pore, freedom of speech includes right to disagree with govt: Veteran diplomat Tommy Koh
Local playwright Alfian Sa'at is "a loving critic of Singapore" and "one of our most talented playwrights", said veteran diplomat ...
UN rights chief urges Australia to overhaul detention policies
The UN's top rights official urged Australia to reform its criminal and refugee detention systems on Tuesday, just days after ...
King Arthur Flour Unbleached All-Purpose Flour recalled due to potential presence of E. coli
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has called for the recall of King Arthur Flour Unbleached All-Purpose Flour due to the ...
Ban on PMDs could take place if riders fail to improve behavior, says Janil Puthucheary
Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary said on Monday (7 October) that the use of personal mobility devices ...
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High Court dismisses all three Section 377A challenges -
57-year old seafood seller identified as first from Huanan Market to test positive for COVID-19 -
Moscow begins lockdown, as Russia regions prepare for confinement -
WHO refused to acknowledge Taiwan, praises Singapore instead -
National Wages Council: 10% cut in basic pay or lower MVC, if wage cuts necessary -
Columbia Sportswear’s CEO takes pay cut on own salary while continuing to pay employees amid COVID-19 crisis -
PM Lee cautions public about fake COVID-19 email allegedly sent by him asking for “contribution” -
Impossible Foods launches Earth Month campaign to highlight Singapore’s environmental impact -
German Finance Minister committed suicide for worrying about the economic fallout caused by COVID-19 pandemic -
Lightning never strikes twice? For Dr Tan Cheng Bock, it could even be thrice -
Bethany Church Singapore: Dog abuse case does not relate to the church or its activities -
Getting to know what is monetary policy in Singapore & the S$NEER -
Govt should “exercise restraint” in deploying “institutional prerogatives” when wanting to call for early general elections, says Prof Donald Low -
Manpower Ministry to consider appeals from self-employed and freelancers who do not qualify for COVID-19 relief scheme -
SIA CEO now says to take 30% pay cut after Temasek’s bailout; his pay was $1.4m with total $5.5m pkg last FY
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Legal brothels in S'pore to close until the end of next month -
This is not a time for the government to be playing Jekyll and Hyde with Singaporeans -
PM Lee goes on walkabout in Ang Mo Kio, distributes bottles of hand sanitiser to patrons at Teck Ghee Court Food Centre -
Ministry of Manpower will not extend temporary housing support to Malaysian workers -
Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem -
Resilience Budget: S'pore to freeze all govt charges and fees for one year until Mar 2021, temporarily suspend student loan repayments, says DPM Heng Swee Keat -
DPM Heng had responded to some requests for private-hire bus drivers facing challenges amid COVID-19 crisis, says WP’s chief -
More Indonesians carrying Covid-19 virus arriving to seek treatments in Singapore hospitals -
What are we to make of an opposition that is reduced to being a mere spectator in a crisis? -
Third death from COVID-19 infection in Singapore, 70-yr-old who had no recent travel history to affected areas and link to previous cases -
Lee Hsien Yang shares photo of late Lee Kuan Yew’s favourite carpet on his father’s fifth death anniversary -
Temasek's largest shareholdings plunged S$34.24 billion in three months -
Closing our borders to short term visitors but still going ahead with general elections, is contradictory -
Netizens condemn Lawrence Wong for delaying ban on foreign visitors and putting economy first before SG lives -
Lawyer Teo Soh Lung criticizes mainstream media for misleading people, calls SM Teo’s explanations on caretaker govt as ‘talking nonsense’
