Current Affairs

Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin said that he agrees with the judgment call by Ministry of Health (MOH) to not inform patients and public about the HIV data leak. On Tuesday (12 February), Health Minister Gan Kim Yong defended his ministry in Parliament in the aftermath of the HIV data leak incident and rejected any allegations that the MOH sought …

Veteran journalist and CEO of Rappler Maria Ressa was arrested on Wednesday (13 February) at her office, in connection with a “cyber-libel” case filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng in 2017. Rappler, which has been critical of the government in Philippines, said that the charges were over an article published in 2012, updated in 2014, about Keng’s alleged ties to a …

On Monday (11 Feb), Worker's Party secretary-general Pritam Singh, in proposing the amendment of Section 14 of the Government Proceedings Act (GPA), branded the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)'s "zero-accident mindset" in the wake of reservist Corporal First Class (NS) Aloysius Pang's death at the end of last month as "unrealistic" and "wishful" even in "industries with notoriously strict safety standards". Two years ago, …

It is "unrealistic" and "wishful" for the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) to expect zero fatalities in National Service (NS), given the foreseeable and inherent risks involved in military training in general, said Worker's Party secretary-general Pritam Singh in Parliament on Monday (11 Feb). Mr Singh added that the "zero-accident mindset" adopted by MINDEF following the death of reservist Corporal First …

In a bid to encourage Singaporeans to reduce plastic waste resulting from single-use plastic bottles, four final-year students at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have decided to launch the "Drink Wise, Drink Tap" campaign. Singapore is one of only several Asian countries with safe-to-drink tap water, with a comprehensive regime to ensure quality from source to tap comprising more than …

The DBS-SMU Sustainability Initiative is the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia and includes the introduction of a sustainability major supported by research, scholarships, fellowships and community engagement Singapore Management University (SMU) and DBS have established a partnership on a comprehensive initiative – the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia – that focuses on promoting and growing sustainability. The wide-ranging initiative includes the introduction of …

Personal mobility device (PMD) users and their accident victims can undertake voluntary mediation when they experienced accident at the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) or the Law Society of Singapore, said Senior Minister of State for Transport Dr Lam Pin Min in his parliamentary reply on Tuesday (12 February). This was his response to Member of Parliament for Nee Soon Er Dr …

A total of three cartons, 34 packets, and 21 loose sticks of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found concealed in a bag of a 80-years-old man. In a Facebook post on Wednesday (13 February), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said that its officers at Singapore Cruise Centre detected anomalies in the scanned images of two bags belonging to a Singaporean man on …

Following the recent National Service (NS) training death and subsequent discussions about safety policies in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament on 11 Feb that if a servicemen feels that they or their peers are in an unsafe situation, they should speak out. He said, “If you think it’s unsafe for your buddies, …

Leong Sze Hian, veteran blogger and financial consultant, who is being sued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong over a defamation case received a generous gift from a well-wisher on Tuesday (12 February) at his doorsteps. The gift consisted of red packet, ginseng, birds’ nest, chicken essence as well as abalone, and they are all well-within the expiry date. When …