All posts tagged "singapore"
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3.4KHeadlinesLETTERS: System Leading Up to Calling of Elections is Flawed and Open to Potential Abuse
GILLIAN PEREIRA: It’s very frightening to look at the way the system works, and to hear political analysts talk about how the...
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2.2KHeadlinesHot Bets on General Election to be Held in Nov 2019 or May 2020
ELSON: Leading the “Most likely GE will be held this month” race are November 2019 and May 2020. In top spot –...
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1.4KHeadlinesSingaporeans with Foreign Spouses Question “Selective” Awarding of New Citizenships
They’ve families and children born and raised in Singapore, so why aren’t their spouses granted citizenship, or even permanent residency status? That’s...
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2.2KHeadlinesAng Moh Bouncer-Turned-Schoolteacher almost Beats Man to Death over Racist Comments
Even after becoming a schoolteacher in Singapore, this ang moh clearly hadn’t left behind his US bouncer roots behind. So much so,...
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2.6KCow Beh Cow BuPolice Remain Mum on Splashing the Cash for S$171 Tap
ELSON: A petty theft led to the public discovery that a toilet tap in a police station costs S$171 – close to...
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3.9KHeadlinesReform Party Chief: Prime Minister’s Wife Should Resign or Stay Out of Politics
Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam has slammed CEO Ho Ching, also the wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, for a Facebook...
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2.4KHeadlinesBun-Hungry Customer Issued Receipt with Racist Comments; Eatery Apologises
All she wanted was fried buns – but she got more than what she bargained for. Sabira Ariffin and an Indian friend...
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1.9KHeadlinesNS-Defaulter Ben Davis Makes First-Team Debut for Fulham Football Club
Ben Davis, the first Singaporean to sign a professional contract with a top-tier English football club, has made his first team debut....
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2.2KHeadlinesGE Insider: Hani Mohamed expected to Contest for “Cheng Bock’s Angels”, aka Progress Singapore Party
The opposition seems to be attracting more and more top-notch candidates into the fray. While the SDP has attracted the likes of...
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11.4KHeadlinesMore Earnings to be Locked in CPF as Government Announces Plans for People to Work Longer
Older workers will have to contribute more of their earnings to their CPF accounts from 2021. This was announced by Prime Minister...
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5.4K1HeadlinesNTUC Fairprice Staff Accused of Stealing Insecticide and Feeding it to Colleague
Probably finding his colleague a pest who wouldn’t bugger off, this NTUC Fairprice staff is accused of spiking his drink with insecticide!...
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3.5KCow Beh Cow BuWhy Should Civil Servants be Given More Leave than Private Sector Workers?
WONG YK: The minimum statutory annual leave entitlement for workers is 7 days for the first year of work, with one additional...
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2.7K1HeadlinesSame Price, but Now “Ownself Toast Own Bread” at NTUC Foodfare Kopitiam
NTUC Foodfare is feeling the heat after complaints from consumers about its “ownself toast own bread” practice at a kopitiam at Block...
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4.1K1HeadlinesHigher Taxes Likely to Come to Fund Government’s Climate Change Initiatives
In a climate change survey conducted by Mediacorp, a majority of Singaporeans and PRs (53 percent) called for the use of current...
