Singapore

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Linked-In user says patrons of hawker centres must not be fooled by the screen and the voice recording of the automated tray return system in hawker centres.   Linked-In user Yee Chin Teo shared two pictures in his social media page showing how the automated tray return system in hawker centres is working. The pictures […]

Chan has the substance but lacks the shine to be the next Prime Minister of Singapore.   Education Minister Chan Chun Sing has won the race to be the next Prime Minister of Singapore sometime in December last year said People’s Action Party’s insiders who spoke to this publication. The insiders who preferred not to […]

The Facebook user said, “rats infestation issue at this market is a ongoing problem, one rat scurried past as we were attending to the kitten.”   A Facebook user Grace Chai shared a video of a kitten stuck in a glue trap that was meant for rats at a wet market at Tampines Street 81. […]

“(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 […]

The National Heart Centre Singapore has since fired the Senior Research Fellow.   A Senior Research Fellow with the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) has pleaded guilty in the United States of America (USA) for spying on USA under the direction of a Russian government official. The Senior Research Fellow, Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, is […]

One restaurant closed after their electricity bill shot up from $800 per month to $4,000. Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported six days ago that the December electricity bill of a Jinjja Chicken outlet in Bugis Village had gone up by five times from the bill they received in October. The Korean fast food chain’s managing director […]

The Facebook user in appealing for witnesses or additional in-vehicle footages for her mom’s hit and run car accident on 29 Jan urged the Police to check every CCTV in the Jurong area.   Facebook user Charlotte Lai took to her social media pages appealing to members of the public for more information about the […]

The train commuter can be heard saying he has an agenda when confronted about not masking up properly.   A video by TikTok user shanellegiftshop has gone viral with over 1 million views and 34,000 likes. The video shows a man who is not masked properly threatening to hit another man who told him to do […]

Singapore’s top court will Tuesday hear the last-ditch appeal of a Malaysian man facing execution despite concerns he is mentally disabled, a case that has triggered an international outcry. Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state, which has some of the world’s toughest drugs laws, and […]

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 […]

Grab later clarified in a post by the Police and to a query by one of its customers that the QR code is not sent by them.   The police on 23 February confirmed that a printed flyer featuring a Grab food voucher giveaway and a QR code that leads to requesting of your personal details […]

This is the second time Richard Branson is speaking up for Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, a Malaysian Indian who was convicted of trafficking 42.72 grams of heroin in April 2009. Richard Branson has joined a growing chorus of voices calling on Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob to use her pardon powers and spare Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s life. Nagaenthran […]