S'porean found with drugs in Australia
Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) issued a joint statement to the media on November 25 regarding the...
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Dec 5, 20221 min read
'New variants of covid' a concern for S'pore
As winter approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, according to Ong, people should be on the lookout for a potential new variant...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Property tax to rise in 2023
In 2023, property taxes will increase due to an annual reassessment of the annual property values used to calculate the tax. Both Housing...
Dec 1, 20222 min read
China's Jiang Zhemin dies. Sino-S'pore economic relations flourished during his time as president
Singapore and China established diplomatic ties in 1990, one year after Jiang Zemin assumed control of the Chinese Communist Party....
Dec 1, 20222 min read
DPM Lawrence Wong defends Temasek over FTX loss, hopes to improve
Lawrence Wong, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, described Temasek's $275 million investment loss resulting from...
Nov 30, 20221 min read
E-sports Alliance owner gets probed for staging protest outside Chinese Embassy in S'pore
A 32-year-old woman is being investigated for partaking in a public assembly without a permission, according to a statement released by...
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Singapore repeals 377A
Singapore's parliament decriminalized sex between men on Tuesday, but in a blow to the LGBT community, it also amended the constitution...
Nov 29, 20222 min read
RSAF LTC accused of molesting women in NTU dorms gets bail
A lieutenant-colonel of the Republic of Singapore Air Force accused of trespassing into a Nanyang Technological University (NTU)...
Nov 29, 20221 min read
WP lifts whip on voting on 377A repeal
The Workers' Party (WP) would lift the party whip for its Members of Parliament (MPs) during the debate over the repeal of Section 377A,...
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Singapore parliament gets grilled over FTX
The fallout from the collapse of Sam Bankman-FTX Fried's crypto enterprise has raised focus on the Singaporean government. This week,...
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Time is now to repeal 377A: Shanmugam
K Shanmugam, Minister of Law, stated that repealing Section 377A of the Penal Code is the correct thing to do now that society is more...
Nov 25, 20221 min read
PM Lee invites Anwar to visit Singapore
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has invited his newly appointed counterpart in Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, to visit the country soon. “I...
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Civil servants in S'pore to get 1.1 month year-end bonus
This year, Singaporean civil workers will get a 1.1-month year-end Annual Variable Component, and those in grades comparable to MX15 and...
Nov 25, 20221 min read
PM Lee congratulates Anwar in becoming M'sia PM
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated Mr. Anwar Ibrahim on his appointment as Malaysia's tenth prime minister on Thursday,...
Nov 24, 20222 min read
President Halimah briefed on S'pore investments
On Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong and other officials briefed President Halimah Yacob on the...
Nov 23, 20221 min read
Corrupted popo charged over $32,500 in bribes
On Tuesday, a police officer was accused with receiving bribes in the form of loans and cash. 45-year-old Poo Tze Chiang was charged with...
Nov 23, 20221 min read
S'pore core inflation finally slows down after 8 months
In October, Singapore's core inflation rate fell for the first time in eight months, providing policymakers justification not to tighten...
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Buskers not allowed to busk at 8 locations, unhappiness guaranteed
In December 2022, buskers in Singapore will not be permitted to perform at eight sites on Orchard Road between 7pm and 10pm on Fridays...
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Prioritizing BTOs for those who need them more: Desmond Lee
The allocation of new Build-To-Order (BTO) flats to individuals who have the most urgent housing needs is being explored by the...
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Singapore to host first ever Olympic E-Sports Week
In collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Sport Singapore, and the Singapore National Olympic Committee (SNOC),...
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