Current Affairs

On 28 April (Sunday), Channel NewsAsia (CNA) published an article titled “An AI-driven online news site? Observer+ taps automation to serve up fast food news” which talked about Observer+, a news site, that is looking to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to pick out major news of the day, its most important points and re-package coverage based on what the online …

After the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill (POFMA) was proposed in Parliament on 1 April, it instantly became the talk of the town and received a high volume of criticism and concerns from various parties across Singapore and around the world. One of the first few groups to raise its worries were The Asian Forum for Human Rights …

You might remember the tragic story from 2016 of 14-year old Benjamin Lim Jun Hui who had apparently committed suicide a few hours after being interrogated by the police for an outrage of modesty case. The horrific incident was first reported by TOC. Back in 2016, young Benjamin Lim was picked up at school by several police officers after a …

Johor prince Tunku Idris Iskandar Sultan Ibrahim made waves across the Internet yesterday (29 Apr) as he posted Instagram Stories hinting at his intention to contest in the next Malaysian General Election (GE). A report by Sin Chew Daily stated that the second son of Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, who is the ruler of the southernmost state in Peninsular Malaysia, …

When debate around the proposed fake news bill was starting to gain more and more traction with various experts and members of the public loudly voicing their concerns over the overarching powers that the bill would afford to ministers, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugan gave an interview with Channel NewsAsia (CNA) to clarify certain points of concerns. He …

In January this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the Singapore Bicentennial celebration as it marks 200 years since Sir Stamford Raffles set foot here. During the launching event, PM Lee said that the year 1819 was the beginning of a modern, outward-looking and multicultural Singapore. In celebration of this historic year, a group of six patriotic men in …

Singapore’s low-cost airline Scoot will be suspending its flights to four cities in Asia “due to a combination of weak demand and a shortage of aircraft resources”, it announced on Monday (29 April). The cities that the airline mentioned are Lucknow in the north of India; Kalibo, the main airport to the popular Philippine island Boracay; Quanzhou in China’s Fujian …

Dr Lee Weiling has come out with yet another explosive evidence supporting the allegations made by her and her brother Mr Lee Hsien Yang regarding their elder brother Mr Lee Hsien Loong’s purported deception in the drafting of their father Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s final will of 17 Dec 2013. In a Facebook post on Tue (30 Apr), Dr Lee …

After a successful inaugural start-up in 2018, the Legion of Racers (LOR) are now in the hunt for a pack of drivers who could represent Singapore in major events like the F1 Esports Championship and the Gran Turismo Championship, if they qualify. The top three drivers from the 2019 Legion of Racers SIM Racing League hunt will be signed up …

Brad Bowyer, a recently-well-known political activist, took to his Facebook on Monday (29 April) to question Education Minister Ong Ye Kung on a number of different concerns he has about the newly proposed Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). It was reported by The Straits Times that the Minister said that the proposed fake news bill is only …