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Is MOH on-top of its social media game in face of Omicron wave? On 6 February, the Ministry of Health (MOH) published an info graphic on Facebook advising the public about what to do in the face of Omicron wave in the community. The post by MOH went viral with about 7,500 shares and almost […]

Pritam lied under oath and guided Ms Raeesah to continue with her untruths, alleged Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin. “Attempts to politicise the matter even before it has been debated are regrettable,” said Speaker of Parliament in a statement released on Friday evening (11 Feb). The Speaker was responding to the official statement by the […]

Lee Li Lian, ex-WP MP for single member constituency of Punggol East said that she fears that Singapore may end up not having any alternative voices in Parliament. Former Member of Parliament (MP) Lee Li Lian took to Facebook after a long hiatus from the social media platform to express fear that the opposition in […]

Minister Lawrence Wong highlighted in June last year how minorities, like Indians in Singapore, continue to face unfair race-based discrimination by some landlords. In Singapore, some landlords prefer leaving their units empty to renting to certain ethnic groups. Owners of residential properties routinely exclude individuals from tenancy based on ethnicity, even explicitly stating in advertisements […]

People’s Power Party Chairman Chairman, Syafarin Sarif, took to Facebook to say he only got the physiotherapy support he needed 3 months after being discharged from hospital. Syafarin Sarif, the Chairman of People’s Power Party informed his friends and well-wishers in October last year that he was discharged from hospital after getting a stroke. Syafarin, […]

On 5 February, TikTok user Nina Monzolevska said that NTUC FairPrice had mislabeled a piece of chicken breast she bought. The TikTok user, a 23-year-old Ukrainian model currently residing in Singapore, said that as result she was charged a higher price. The label stated that the chicken breast was 0.224kg, but when Nina re-weighed the […]

No kidding. There is a Singapore Olympian at the  Winter Games in Beijing. You may not recognise him so readily because he’s all bundled up. But there he was in the traditional torch relay that leads to the lighting up of the Olympic flame in China’s capital city. And yes, he is very much a […]

The man was seen cooking the pork trotters with a blow torch behind a row of well-known eateries at Blk 82 MacPherson Lane A TikTok video of a man cooking pork trotters with a kitchen blow torch behind a row of eateries at Block 82 MacPherson Lane has gone viral. It is unclear when the […]

Update: In a clarification to TISG on Feb 3, DSTNCT, the agency-of-record for the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) said: “Regarding the specific taboo on married daughters, this taboo has also been removed from the CNY Microsite after monitoring comments from our audiences on social media. We would also like to reassure our stance that […]

The Police said that on May 6, 33-year-old Xu Shaowen and 32-year-old Lim De Xian of 7W Consultancy Pte Ltd (“7W Consultancy”) were charged in court for their suspected involvement in cheating and falsification related offences in respect to grant applications made under the Professional Conversion Programmes (“PCP”). The PCP is offered by Workforce Singapore […]

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on 11 May that it has imposed a civil penalty of $100,000 on Mdm Tan Su Lan for false trading in the shares of Aspial Corporation Limited (ACL) and Far East Orchard Limited (FEOL). MAS said Mdm Tan had pledged ACL and FEOL shares as collateral for share […]

A TikTok video of an Indian man quarrelling with three Chinese men on an MRT has gone viral. It is unclear how the quarrel started or what it is about, but the video has garnered 1.5 million views since yesterday (4 May). @seehaveseedonthave Singapore Gagster. But why the 3 Chinese want disturb 1 Indian. Anyone […]

On 25 April, Facebook user Petrina Ng shared an incident she overheard at a Fairprice supermarket. She said that she overheard an elderly Chinese couple discussing heatedly if a certain brand of chocolate was halal. They were trying to buy the box of chocolates for their neighbour who is Malay. As they could not decide […]

Former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has wished his Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya by sharing a picture of him with a scarecrow dressed in Malay outfit. The post in his Facebook has been shared over 400 times with most commenters puzzled and dismayed as to why Goh would post such a picture to extend […]

Recently, a video of a woman in Punggol lashing out at the bus captain sparked heated debate online. The short 7-second video clip which went viral, showed a woman shouting at a bus captain in front of her children and helper at a bus stop in Punggol. The video was taken by a passenger on board […]