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A debt-ridden gambler robbed a “rich girl”, held her in a hotel room at the Sands Hotel for 12 hours, tied her hands and feet with tape, and took nude photos to force her to transfer more than $70,000. The defendant Huang Yang (25) from China pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced to three […]

43-year-old man and his family went to Lazarus Island to play, but he disappeared while swimming, and the search is still in progress. The accident happened at about 1 pm on March 27 in the waters off Lazarus Island. Missing is 43-year-old Kurnia Hardiman Bin Surmadi who works as a cleaner. Kurnia’s stepdaughter Yana (28 years […]

Three new faces have been unveiled by the People`s Action Party (PAP) to chair its party branches in Sengkang GRC, a sign that they could be the ruling party’s candidates there in the next general election. In a party statement issued by chairman of the PAP HQ Executive Committee Chan Chun Sing on Sunday (March […]

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has flagged to TikTok for review multiple accounts that appear to be inauthentic, even as it said it has not detected a coordinated hostile information campaign against Singapore to sway public opinion on Russia`s invasion of Ukraine. Responding to queries from The Straits Times (ST), MHA said on March […]

According to the latest poll by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), incidents of discrimination against employees in the workplace dropped significantly last year compared to 2018. The report also shows that in workplace discrimination, the most people are discriminated because of their age, most of whom are over 40 years old, followed by being discriminated […]

Wear White an anti-LGBT movement in Singapore founded by Islamic religious leader Ustaz Noor Deros in 2014, is promoting a forum targeted at countering LGBT “propaganda”. In its panel of speakers (besides Noor) are Zulfikar Bin Mohamad Shariff, a Singapore-born Australian detained under ISA in 2016, and Mohamed Acharki, an Australia-based Islamic sciences scholar. Noor […]

The U.S. Embassy Singapore reported in its Facebook that a Singaporean, Robin Lee, had graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy. The FBI National Academy is a program of the FBI Academy for active U.S. law enforcement personnel and also for international law enforcement personnel who seek to enhance their credentials in […]

On March 16, Law Society President Adrian Tan spoke about Hartley Muze, who he referred to as “a son of Singapore”. In his post, Tan pointed out that Muze “studied at Jurongville Secondary School. His basketball coach spoke Chinese, so Hartley had to learn it too. He speaks it, together with Swahili and English (in […]

Recently, a video of a woman in Punggol lashing out at the bus captain sparked heated debate online. The short 7-second video clip which went viral, showed a woman shouting at a bus captain in front of her children and helper at a bus stop in Punggol. The video was taken by a passenger on board […]

Some Social Workers take offense with Minister’s suggestion to undertake advocacy respectfully. It can be frustrating for social workers to hit a roadblock when appealing to government agencies to extend help to their clients or for certain policy exceptions. But instead of viewing these agencies as adversaries, it is important for social workers to understand […]

The woman, a Chinese National and Singapore Permanent Resident, had known her ‘boyfriend’ for four years at the time of the crime. A married woman who regarded a man as her boyfriend stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife because he talked to other women. They both quarreled loudly with each other before […]

Home renovations are stressful and consuming endeavors, doubly so if you’re not the one handling the responsibilities of the project manager. In order to make sure they’re not ripped off, many homeowners are hypercritical of their contractors and go to great pains to verify the contractors’ honesty. Remember to ask many questions of your interior […]

Dr Muhammad Faishal bin Ibrahim Khan Surattee said Madrasah students need to be able to adapt, be flexible and have the resilience to face the turmoil of the uncertain future world. Speaking at the Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah (MAI) Award Presentation Ceremony, said mastery of academic and religious subjects as well as an understanding of socio-religious […]

Gurmit Singh’s household is a Christian one and is also very conservative and this, says his daughter, made it more difficult for them to come out that they are queer. Gurmit Singh’s daughter Gabrielle first made news in 2014 after her open letter to Forever 21 went viral. In the letter, they called out the […]

On 13 March, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing posted a series of pictures of his visit to Jurong Secondary School in Facebook. What’s unusual about the post though was that the guided tour of the school was conducted entirely by students of the school. Guided tour of schools for visiting Ministers are usually done by […]