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Singapore Mar 14, 2022

Ex-Foreign Minister George Yeo’s post on Tucker Carlson’s debunked Russian claims about biolabs in Ukraine draws strong reactions

Former Foreign Minister shared, uncritically, debunked Russian claims about biolabs in Ukraine which is pushed by Tucker Carlson of Fox News.   Former Foreign Minister George Yeo’s post of Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News has drawn sharp criticism. Yeo captioned his post of Tucker’s show titled “Why are we funding this”, as “from an […]
By Veronica Lee
Singapore Mar 11, 2022

“TraceForever”? Suspicions arise that TraceTogether is here for the long haul after GovTech job ad

Will TraceTogether become ‘TraceForever’?   In March 2020, the government introduced ‘TraceTogether’, a mobile phone app developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) to enhance contract tracing efforts. It used what the government dubbed the ‘bluetrace protocol’ — technology leveraging the Bluetooth feature on mobile phones to track proximity between users and record extended face-to-face […]
By Veronica Lee
Singapore Mar 11, 2022

Religious Rehabilitation Group counters ‘baseless allegations’ by ex-Singaporean that it is an ISD set-up

Allegations that the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) was set up by two Islamic religious teachers (asatizahs) under the direction/ encouragement of the ISD are baseless claims RRG.   RRG has claimed that several posts in the Facebook page (FB) Fikrah Siyasah have defamed some highly respected local religious scholars in Singapore who specifically provide religious […]
By Veronica Lee
Singapore Mar 4, 2022

MPs draw flak online for colour coordinating their outfits in Parliament to talk about defence matters after NSman dies

“(A) 25yo NSman died yesterday but yeah I’m glad they’re color coordinating their outfits in parliament”.   Two People’s Action Party Members of Parliament drew the ire of social media users for colour coordinating their dresses to make a point on defence and military training. One Member of Parliament (MP), Don Wee dressed in blue […]
By Veronica Lee
Singapore Feb 28, 2022

Mildly ill patients with cough and sore throat clog up 995 – MOH urges public to use hotline only for life threatening emergencies

With patients with mild illness like cough and sore throat calling the 995, the emergency hotline almost bucked with about 1,000 calls on Valentine’s Day – nearly double the pre-epidemic average of 550 calls per day. More mildly ill COVID-19 patients made calls to the 995 emergency medical service, which soared to about 1,000 calls on […]
By Veronica Lee
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