Defects liability clauses in building contracts do not generally affect employer’s right to sue for damages: Apex court
The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment on Friday (28th August) ruling that defect liability clauses in building ...
Day: 28 August 2020
China arrests 12 fleeing Hong Kong by speedboat: city police
A dozen people fleeing Hong Kong on a speedboat, including an activist arrested under the draconian new national security law, ...
GE2020 outcome signals S’pore electorate’s demand for PAP’s ‘democratisation’: Professor Lily Zubaidah Rahim
The results of this year's general election (GE) -- which saw The Workers' Party (WP) winning over the newly-carved Sengkang ...
AHTC case: High Court partially disallows AHTC’s new claims made seven months after judgement
On 20 August, the High Court ruled to partially allow the amendments to the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council’s Statement of Claim ...
Netizens complain Telco TPG for not responding to requests on termination and duplicate charge; TPG apologises and assures to hire more manpower
Singapore telecommunications company TPG Telecom has apologised to the customers for its “unresponsive service” and assured to hire more manpower ...
Netizens remain sceptical over Government’s clarification that CECA doesn’t allow Indian nationals to become citizens of Singapore
The controversial India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) has once again received negative publicity among Singaporeans, and this time the ...
Gov’t announces compulsory CareShield Life scheme, S’poreans think that it is unwanted and “no backing out”
Earlier today (28 August), the Ministry of Health (MOH) had announced the launching of CareShield Life and MediSave Care on ...
What do the alternative parties propose to tackle Singapore’s migrant labour issue?
Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Wednesday (26 August) announced that there will be a hike in the minimum salary criteria ...
Japan’s PM Abe resigning for health reasons
by Hiroshi Hiyama/Miwa Suzuki Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday he will resign, ending his record-breaking tenure in a ...
What has Shinzo Abe’s signature ‘Abenomics’ achieved?
by Etienne BALMER When Japan's Shinzo Abe took office in 2012, he vowed to reinvigorate the country's economy with a ...