PSP’s Harish Pillay points how giving police access to TraceTogether data may not be helpful in criminal investigations
The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) member Harish Pillay has weighed in on the recent revelation of police being given access ...
Day: January 7, 2021
Sudden change in the use of TraceTogether data erodes S’poreans’ trust in Govt
TraceTogether data use has become a talking point lately after it was revealed in Parliament this week that the Singapore ...
WHO calls for intensified measures over ‘alarming’ virus variant
The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on ...
Japan declares virus state of emergency in Tokyo region
by Hiroshi Hiyama/ Shingo Ito Japan's government declared a month-long coronavirus state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area on ...
Govt need not even change the law if they are serious about keeping their word on TraceTogether data use, says PV chief Lim Tean
The Government need not even change the law if they are serious about keeping their word to Singaporeans that TraceTogether ...
MOH confirms 33 new cases of COVID-19 infection; Total tally at 58,813
As of Thursday noon (7 Jan), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed an additional 33 cases of COVID-19 infection ...
MSM relayed Ministers’ message to public about TraceTogether data being solely for contract tracing purposes
The question of authorities accessing and using data from the TraceTogether programme for purposes other than contact tracing has been ...
Netizens baffled that a man was convicted of “cheating” a loan shark who himself was not caught
34-year-old Muhammad Khairul Ismail on Wednesday (7 January) plead guilty to one count of cheating and an unrelated charge of ...
Electoral vote objections delay Biden certification in Congress
Republican lawmakers early Thursday objected to counting Pennsylvania's electors, further delaying the certification of Joe Biden's election victory after the ...
Ministers now claim having said TraceTogether data can be used beyond contact tracing purposes — but past records show otherwise
Singapore’s Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan revealed in Parliament on Monday (4 January) that the police can ...