There are still 350 companies on the government watch list of entities that unfairly hire foreigners over Singaporeans, said Minister of Manpower Josephine Teo during the debate in parliament on MOM’s budget on 5 March. Of the 610 companies that were on the list, 260 have been taken off. The firms that remain on the list of the Fair Consideration …

The American man behind the HIV data leak in Singapore has been ordered by a United States court in Kentucky to immediately hand over all copies of confidential data from the Singapore government. Mikhy Farrera Brochez has until 29 March to permanently delete all private and sensitive data he has which was obtained from Singaporean authorities including data saved on …

The Alexcier’s secret and illegal ninth floor will have to be demolished by early April as ordered by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). The illicitly constructed floor made news last weekend when the BCA received an anonymous tip that the 8-level Alexcier building in Alexandra had a secret 9th floor spanning about 5,000 sq ft that was built without …

On 18th February 2019, MINDEF celebrated the launch of the Singapore Navy’s First Type 218SG Submarine. A video of the launch event shows Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen’s wife Ivy Ng having the honour of pushing the button to break the bottle against the submarine, a old navy tradition to christen a new vessel. It was a symbolic gesture. However, …

Facebook user Vegnesh Jodimani shared a shocking discovery on Saturday, 2 March after returning from the supermarket. He had bought a packet of House Brand basmati rice and discovered a dead rat inside which left his entire home smelling of decay. He had bought the House Brand rice from a Sheng Siong Supermarket at Block 739, Bedok Reservoir Road and …

Lee Wen, beloved pioneer of performance art in Singapore, has died at 61 years old of a lung infection on Sunday, 3rd March 2019. The Cultural Medallion recipient best known for his Yellow Man series also suffered from Parkinson’s disease. He is survived by his wife, Japanese artist Satoko Lee and his 19-year old son, Lee Masatoshi. Before pursuing art …

Activist Jolovan Wham is being investigated for taking a picture outside the State Court in support of TOC Editor Terry Xu and Daniel Augustin De Costa who had been charged with criminal defamation last year. Their cases are currently ongoing. A photo which was shared on Mr Wham’s Instagram on 13 December 2018 shows the act of him holding up …

At the launch of Liquidator: The Chernobyl Story on 28 February 2019 (Thursday) at Bookhaven, National University of Singapore (NUS), author Dr. Sergei Belyakov provided food for thought on the future of nuclear energy in his lecture “Chernobyl and Fukushima: Lessons to Remember”.  In comparing and contrasting the Chernobyl and Fukushima incidents, Dr Belyakov highlighted the features that led to the accidents being …

A letter to parents about the Ministry of Education’s The Growing Years Programme, a sexuality education programme in schools, dated 13th Feb 2019 was shared on r/singapore. The user who shared a photograph of the letter indicated that it was part of a sex ed consent form sent to parents of secondary school children. The letter explained that the sex …

During the Budget debate in Parliament on Wednesday (27 Feb), Associate Professor Walter Theseira, a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP), said that Singapore needs to build a strong core of academics to keep the country in the right path and serve as a check and balance for the integrity and ability of the government. To do this, Assoc. Prof Theseira …