Current Affairs

A 17-year old student has developed a tool to help people discern if an article they find online is authentic or not. Liu Haohui who does to the Raffles Girls’ School (RGS) told CNA in an interview that she hopes this tool will help addressed the ‘pressing problem’ of fake news. Speaking at the sidelines of the Young Defence Scientists …

Following the story of a National University of Singapore (NUS) student, Monica Baey, calling out the school for not giving out a stronger punishment to the student who has filmed her in the shower, a group of 489 students released a statement of concern regarding sexual harassment at NUS on 21 April. Addressed to the higher management including the President, …

The mother of an undergraduate student of National University of Singapore (NUS) who was filmed in the shower by another male student took to her Facebook account on Saturday (20 April) to speak up about the incident, adding that her trust in the university is now broken. Mary Baey, the mother of third-year communications undergraduate Monica Baey, wrote in the …

The executive-committee of the National University of Singapore Student Union (NUSSU Exco), has issued a statement to express its condemnation of any form of sexual harassment, which is a serious community problem that everyone has a responsibility in handling and its regret that Ms Monica Baey, and other victims of sexual harassment, have had to go through such traumatic experiences …

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has issued a statement on Saturday, saying that it will convene a committee to review the current disciplinary and support frameworks. This is in response to the allegations by an undergraduate student about the inaction of the school regarding the complaint that another student filmed her at the showers. Ms Monica Baey took to …

China held its first high-profile “Belt and Road” Forum in May 2017. Some 29 heads of state as well as representatives of 28 other countries were invited to attend the forum. The “Belt and Road” initiative is China’s attempt to revive ancient Silk Road trade routes and build infrastructure across the region. However, conspicuously, PM Lee was missing among the …

Monica Baey, an undergraduate student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) took to her Instagram account on 18 April to call out the school for trying to protect the man who had filmed her in the shower. According to her posts, Ms Baey had been filmed in the shower by male student. She made a police report immediately following …

Malaysia has decided to keep their plans of a high-speed rail (HSR) service on hold, as reported by The Star Online on Wednesday (17 April). Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the reason for this is so that the government can focus on improving the existing railway system in the country instead. He also explained that there was no …

A member of the public, Calvin Sim Pheng Hoe, wrote to ST Forum today lamenting that the Singapore spirit has gone missing these days in Singapore (‘Singapore spirit has gone missing‘, 19 Apr). “I have been observing that over the past few years, Singaporeans’ pride in the Republic has been diminishing,” he said. He blamed this on the “rise of …

It was reported on Wed (17 Apr) that the Singapore dollar had risen to a 17-month high against the Malaysian ringgit, as demand for the ringgit weakened amid concerns the country’s debt may be removed from a key global bond index. The Singapore dollar (SGD) rose to an intraday high of MYR3.0632 on Wed, the highest since the SGD touched …