Southern Globe Corporation (SGC) launched the first-ever Smoking Cabin SG in the city-state where it has the ability to convert cigarette smoke into clean air for the public. It is the first facility that has been developed to solve the issue of second-hand cigarette smoke in Singapore. Located outside of Fusionopolis, the air-conditioned cabin can fit up to 10 people, …

A report by Reuters has revealed that Google has stopped its business operations with China’s Huawei with immediate effect. This business suspension include services that involve the transfer of hardware and software as well as technical services except those that are publicly available through open source licensing. This move comes following reports that the US company will suspend business with …

About three weeks ago, on 4 May (Saturday), the Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam appeared in a YouTube video and Facebook video with Ah Lian, a well-known Internet personality and the alter ego of actress Michelle Chong. The video, was seen to tap on the other side of the Minister where he took a light and easy approach …

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Sweet Keat has warned the public on fake reports that have been circulating online misusing his name. In a Facebook post on Friday (17 May), Mr Heng, who is also the Finance Minister, wrote that “many fraudulent reports have been circulating misleading comments attributed to me”. He noted, “One even claimed that I invested in a …

Indian national Chinnaiah Karthik will be seen in court in June to face an aggravated rape charge as he attacked and raped a female university student in Kranji. On 4 May, the 21-year-old foreign worker purportedly approached the 23-year-old student along Turf Club Avenue at around 1.30am, according to Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao. Although it was reported that the student …

Editor-in-chief of Southeast Asian affairs platform New Naratif Kirsten Han has won a Human Rights Press Awards under the Commentary Writing category for her article on fake news bill. Revealing this on her Facebook on Thursday (16 May), Ms Han thanked Human Rights Press Awards for the honour, as well as Media Professor Cherian George for accepting the award on …

Manpower Minister Josephine Teo took to her Facebook on Wednesday (15 May) to warn the public of a fraudulent website that wrongly attributed comments to her in an attempt to mislead readers to sign up for an online platform. The article, titled “Josephine Teo on driving innovation and financial freedom for Singapore”, also urges people to give their credit card …

Changi General Hospital (CGH) has responded to a case raised by a granddaughter who said that her grandmother had to endure horrible care and treatment in the hospital, during her final days. On Monday (13 May), Isabella Alexandria Lim took to her Facebook to pen down the terrible experience that she and her family went through while her grandmother was …

In today’s rapidly growing e-commerce world, mobile applications play an important role. Based on a report by Google and Temasek, there are more than 350 million internet users in Southeast Asian countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesian, Thailand and Vietnam. More importantly, more than 90% of Southeast Asians connect to the internet mainly through their mobile devices, and this figure is …

On Monday (13 May), a netizen by the name Isabella Alexandria Lim took to her Facebook to share the terrible experience that she and her family endured while her grandmother was warded at Changi General Hospital (CGH). In her post, Ms Lim stated that it all started on 19 February when the family had to admit her grandmother at CGH …