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Subhas Anandan: A Man of Conviction and Passion and One Who Stood for His...
[photo credit: The Straits Times]Criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan, 67, died this morning in the Singapore General Hospital. But to many, he was a great man who will be greatly missed.Mr Subhas was born...
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HDB: We're Not Responsible for Losses Fernvale Residents Suffered from Not...
Future Fernvale Lea residents are asking for a refund from the Housing & Development Board (HDB) over the sudden appearance of a columbarium that would be built right next to their estate but it...
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SingTel: Our Fibre Outage Last Night was Due to LTA’s Road Widening Works
SingTel’s Fibre Broadband services were disrupted for several hours on Tuesday night but they have pointed their finger at LTA for the disruption.SingTel said that the disruption was due to LTA’s road...
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Vivian Balakrishnan and Lui Tuck Yew have been Sidelined by the PAP
On Monday, the People's Action Party (PAP) Central Executive Committee met and decided to co-opt four more members into its committee.Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan who...
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IDA: M1’s Recent Service Outages Were Not its Fault so we won't Fine Them
Local Telco M1 avoided having to pay any fines for the disruptions which occurred in February 2014 and October 2013 as the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) said that the disruptions were not within...
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Police to Start Pulling Over Good Drivers to Reward them with Petrol Vouchers
The Traffic Police here are starting a new initiative to reward good drivers by pulling them over and giving them complements and petrol vouchers.The initiative is part of the “Spot the Conscientious...
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Man Sentenced to Jail for Having 2 Wives Found Dead in Orchard Apartment
Singaporean businessman Tan Tee Wee, who was supposed to start serving his 2 month jail term shortly was found dead in an apartment in Orchard on Wednesday.Tan, 48, was the CEO of an events company and...
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12 Annoying Attitudes of Filipinos We Need To Get Rid of
[Written by a Filipino and published on filipiknow.net - an educational website made by Filipinos for Filipinos]Let’s admit it; at some point in our lives, we have been guilty of one or two (or more)...
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PM Lee: I Condemn the Islamic Extremists' Attack on Charlie Hebdo
The offices of satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris were attacked by gunmen leaving 12 dead and 11 injured, including 4 who are in critical condition.PM Lee has come out to say that Singapore...
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Survey: Salaries are Likely to Grow Slower this year than Last Year
According to a survey by human resources firm Achieve Group, salaries for workers this year are likely to grow more slowly than before.The poll found that 6 in 10 workers will see their salaries stay...
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Govt Slams Prof Koh's 30% Poverty Revelation but Prof Koh Asks Govt to Stop...
The Ministry of Education has come out to counter Professor Tommy Koh's revelation that 33 percent of Singaporean students live in poverty."We know of no study that substantiates this, nor does our...
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Sengkang Columbarium Saga: Lack of Transparency Breaks Trust between PAP and...
When the Sengkang columbarium saga first broke out, the question was only one of how residents were shocked at not being informed. But as the saga unfolded, it has exposed the government's lack of...
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Education is So Stressful that Even Parents are Taking Up Tuition to Help...
[photo credit: Singapolitics]The stress in the education system in Singapore has now been taking one step higher - to the parents.Even parents are getting into the act of getting tuition for...
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UOB is Suing Buyers of 37 Luxury Condo Units in Sentosa for $181 Million
When the property market tanks and more investors are unable to pay for the property bought, this is where the scandals will finally be revealed, as it has. United Overseas Bank (UOB) is suing a...
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Paradise Group Restaurant Accused of Using $640,000 Worth of Free Gas
[photo credit: The Straits Times]A City Gas technician checked on the "abnormally low" gas consumption at the Taste Paradise restaurant, leading to an investigation which exposed the Paradise group for...
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Letting a Private Company Tender for a Temple Sets a Dangerous Precedence
It is worrying that a private company is allowed to tender for a columbarium as this has long term implications.The current saga unfolded when it was announced that a columbarium would be built next to...
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Returns Claimed by Temasek are Nonsense: Here is Why
As a foreigner in Singapore with an inclination for wealth management, one of the issues that have caught my interest (apart from the Roy Ngerng story) is the curiously high returns reported by...
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SRX Property: Resale Flat Prices Fell 6.1% in 2014
HDB resale flat prices fell by 6.1 percent last year, SRX Property said in flash figures yesterday. Non-mature estates such as Punggol and Sengkang saw fastest drops by 8.3 percent whereas mature...
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URA: Private Home Prices Fell 4% in 2014
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) revealed that private home prices fell for 4 percent for the whole of last year.Private home prices are expected to continue to fall. "Looking at some past...
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Heng Swee Keat: I am Happy S'poreans and Foreigners are Enthusiastic to...
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said that he is glad that Singaporeans and foreigners have been enthusiastic to commemorate SG50."A few weeks back, the Mexican ambassador came to see me, and he...
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