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LTA to Finally Install Clearer Signboards on Expressways to Warn you about Jams
Land Transport Authority (LTA) has finally installed better signboards on expressways to give clearer information.LTA said the enhancements are meant to “improve the readability of traffic messages” to...
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S’porean Billionaire and new owner of Valencia, Peter Lim, Welcomed like a...
Last Saturday, local billionaire, Peter Lim, was welcomed like a super star at the Mestalla Stadium by the home crowd fans of Valencia, the football club that he had just bought and saved from...
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Another Train Delay Strikes NSL This Morning, Causing Packed Crowds
Another train delay struck the North-South Line this morning as passengers were rushing to get to work.The train delays at 7am in the morning today caused passengers to stand on crowded platforms while...
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Government to Raise Security Guards' Salaries to Only $1,100 by 2016
Security guards will see their monthly basic wage increase to $1,100. But this will only take effect after two years, in September 2016.The new basic wage was announced today by the Security Tripartite...
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Malaysia: We might miss the 2020 Deadline for the Singapore-KL High Speed Link
The Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail may take longer than 2020 to finish.Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission Chairman Syed Hamid Albar estimated that even if construction were to...
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Singapore Ranked as World's Best Place to do Business for 9th Year in a Row
The World Bank has ranked Singapore as the world’s most business-friendly country in the world.This is the 9th year in a row that Singapore has been ranked #1 and we have received this ranking thanks...
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Joseph Schooling and Two others warned for Getting Drunk after the Asian Games
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has issued a warning to swimmers Mr Joseph Schooling, Mr Teo Zhen Ren and Ms Roanne Ho for breaching the Code of Conduct for Athletes at Official and Major...
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Exclusive Interview with 3 Singaporeans Charged for Speaking Up on the CPF
[photo credit: Tan Yunyou]Last week, there was a flurry of activity amidst the protest scene in Singapore. Fourteen Singaporeans were questioned by the Police for “unlawful assembly” for their...
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Hwa Chong EtonHouse Institution to start teaching Science and Maths in Mandarin
EtonHouse Group and Singapore Chinese High School will open a new preschool and primary school called the Hwa Chong EtonHouse Institution in Singapore, which will specialise in the teaching on Math and...
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Coroner: Death of 4yr old that ate Tainted Food from Foodcourt was just a...
The coroner’s court has decided that the death of a 4 year old boy who ate tainted food from a food stall at a food court was the result of a “misadventure”.Shyane Sujith Balasubraamaniam, had been...
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Court: s377A is Constitutional as Constitution Doesn’t Protect LGBT People...
The Court of Appeal has said that 377A is constitutional even though it criminalises a minority population.Partners Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, and another person Tan Eng Hong had challenged the law...
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ST Aerospace Plane that illegally entered Indonesian Airspace fined S$6,300
Background story: Indonesian Fighter Jets intercept a Singapore Plane flying illegally in their AirspaceA plane belonging to ST Aerospace was fined Rp60 million (S$6,300) on Wednesday for illegally...
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Singapore LGBT Groups Express Disappointment at Courts for Keeping...
Fourteen organisations sent out a joint media release to express their great shock and disappointment with the Singapore courts on their ruling against the rights of same-sex couples.On Thursday, the...
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Some Suzuki Cup Matches to be held at Jalan Besar due to Problems with...
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has inspected the pitch of the National Staidum and decided that they will go ahead and hold the Suzuki cup in Singapore.However, half of the games will be moved to...
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This is How "Upset" Singaporeans are with Tony Tan being called 'Miniature'
Local media AsiaOne reported that Singaporeans were upset that a British media gave President Tony Tan the moniker “Prime Miniature” in their humour piece.In a picture published in the British...
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The PAP Loses Nothing by Retaining s377A
There is no incentive for the PAP to repeal Section 377A. There is simply no political cost.Apart from dealing with criticisms from human rights groups, PAP leaders will lose no sleep. Not only does...
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Govt is Only Willing to Spend 3% of Total Medifund to Help Singaporeans
[photo crdit: The Straits Times]The Ministry of Health (MOH) said that it has given out more Medifund funds to more needy Singaporeans last year.In a media statement released yesterday, MOH said that,...
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Six S'poreans Charged for Speaking up on CPF Raised $8,000 over 6 Days
[photo credit: Tan Yunyou]The six Singaporeans who were charged in court earlier this week have raised more than $8,000 so far.As of yesterday, $8203.10 was raised via the POSB Savings Account...
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PRC Cheat Yang Yin Charged in Court with Falsification of Accounts
Former tour guide from China, Yang Yin, has been charged in court with 11 charges related to falsifying the accounts of his company which he used to get an employment pass and eventually PR in...
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HDB: 800 More Flats for Couples to Rent before BTO Flats are Ready
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) will increase the number of transitional housing for rent, while couples wait for their Build-To-Order (BTO) flats.National Development Khaw Boon Wan on the blog...
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