At the recent British High Commission Awards Evening, Anthony Yee from the Royal Commonwealth Society of Singapore presented some interesting and disturbing facts about plastic pollution, particularly in oceans and seas. Mr Anthony spoke about the three inconvenient truths about plastic. The first is that a staggering 35% of all manufactured plastics end up in our oceans and seas. Consequently, …

Just recently, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded Singaporean Dr William Tan the Commonwealth Points of Light Award for his outstanding contribution to the community. Dr William Tan's story is really quite outstanding. He was born in 1957 and contracted polio at aged 2 which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Immediately, Dr Tan was dealt quite a difficult …

Leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Dr Chee Soon Juan posted a video on his Facebook page just 2 hours ago and it's starting to garner a lot of attention on social media. The video is a cut of a speech being made by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spliced with statistical data and anecdotes that essentially contradict or …

Singapore’s well-known para-athlete, medical doctor and charity fundraiser, Dr William Tan, was presented with the Commonwealth Points of Light Award from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II today for his long history of charitable achievements. The award was presented by the British High Commissioner to Singapore, His Excellency Scott Wightman, during an awards evening held at his residence, Eden Hall, on …

By now you've heard about the man who was filmed walking away from a taxi driver after vomiting in the cab. In the video, the taxi driver can be heard taunting the man and demanding to be paid only to eventually have S$10 thrown at him by the drunk passenger. This incident which took place in the early morning of …

Former elite STAR Team officer from the Singapore Police, Sashi Cheliah was recently crowned winner of the global-phenomenon that is MasterChef Australia! Sashi is the first Singaporean-born to ever win the title, which is a moment of pride for all Singaporeans. The 39-year old prison officer scored a history-making 93 out of 100 to beat Queensland builder Ben Borsht who …

Malaysia Prime Minister and cabinet members dropped into a hospital in Singapore to visit Malaysian Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin over the weekend where he is recovering from surgery to remove a pancreatic tumor. The Home Minister, who is 71, posted photos of the visit by Tun Dr Mahathir and his wife Tun Siti Hasman, Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan …

Singaporean Kenneth Kee played his way to US$2.86 million (S$3.9 million) at the Triton Hold'em Event at Jeju South Korea. The poker tournament is the first one that Kenneth has played in the last six years and he impressed the crowd with his 'impressive playing' in the newly emerging game of short deck poker. The Singaporean took down 60 poker …

The Durian Festival organised by the Sengkang Community Club and endorsed by MP Teo Ser Luck took a sour turn on Sunday (29th July) as they realised they didn't have enough durians for the amount of tickets that were sold. According to the promotion posters, one S$5 ticket would entitle the ticket holder to 2 delicious durians - however, after …

A long time customer wrote on the Facebook page of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) to express his disappointment as to how the largest mobile network operators in Singapore handled a dispute caused by a hidden charge not revealed by a sales person who had persuaded him to subscribe to a 'free' MIO TV. Sogon Leong, the customer, had been told …