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No disciplinary action was meted to a group of Raffles Girls` School (RGS) students who were captured in photos allegedly “dancing, chanting and praying” to a statue of Greek goddess Athena located on the school’s premises. In responding to media queries by Yahoo News Singapore, RGS principal Haslinda Zamani confirmed that an incident involving a […]

The former chief executive of food and beverage firm The Prive Group, Vu Han Jean-Luc Kha, was sentenced to 12 months of mandatory treatment on 29 March. He is convicted for verbally and physically assaulting a 13-year-old boy. A report to see if Kha, 44, would be suitable for a mandatory treatment order (MTO) for […]

During Tuesday`s (March 29) international friendly between Singapore and the Philippines, Filipino defender Diego Bardanca had a cheeky tug at Ikhsan Fandi’s private parts. It happened in the 10th-minute of the game as the Philippines were defending a corner. When Bardanca’s hand swooped down, Ikhsan instinctively reacted by taking a look at the referee. Seconds […]

Two Bangladeshi workers died on Monday night (March 28) after they were thrown off a vessel that was docked at a shipyard in Tuas owned by Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation. In response to media queries, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Tuesday that the workers, aged 30 and 42, fell onto the dock below […]

Singapore’s Education Minister picks the incident of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock as a teachable moment, and in doing so, wins positive reviews from Facebook users. During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, Will Smith walked onstage and slapped presenter and comedian Chris Rock after Rock joked about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s […]

A debt-ridden gambler robbed a “rich girl”, held her in a hotel room at the Sands Hotel for 12 hours, tied her hands and feet with tape, and took nude photos to force her to transfer more than $70,000. The defendant Huang Yang (25) from China pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced to three […]

43-year-old man and his family went to Lazarus Island to play, but he disappeared while swimming, and the search is still in progress. The accident happened at about 1 pm on March 27 in the waters off Lazarus Island. Missing is 43-year-old Kurnia Hardiman Bin Surmadi who works as a cleaner. Kurnia’s stepdaughter Yana (28 years […]

Three new faces have been unveiled by the People`s Action Party (PAP) to chair its party branches in Sengkang GRC, a sign that they could be the ruling party’s candidates there in the next general election. In a party statement issued by chairman of the PAP HQ Executive Committee Chan Chun Sing on Sunday (March […]

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has flagged to TikTok for review multiple accounts that appear to be inauthentic, even as it said it has not detected a coordinated hostile information campaign against Singapore to sway public opinion on Russia`s invasion of Ukraine. Responding to queries from The Straits Times (ST), MHA said on March […]

According to the latest poll by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), incidents of discrimination against employees in the workplace dropped significantly last year compared to 2018. The report also shows that in workplace discrimination, the most people are discriminated because of their age, most of whom are over 40 years old, followed by being discriminated […]

Wear White an anti-LGBT movement in Singapore founded by Islamic religious leader Ustaz Noor Deros in 2014, is promoting a forum targeted at countering LGBT “propaganda”. In its panel of speakers (besides Noor) are Zulfikar Bin Mohamad Shariff, a Singapore-born Australian detained under ISA in 2016, and Mohamed Acharki, an Australia-based Islamic sciences scholar. Noor […]

The U.S. Embassy Singapore reported in its Facebook that a Singaporean, Robin Lee, had graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy. The FBI National Academy is a program of the FBI Academy for active U.S. law enforcement personnel and also for international law enforcement personnel who seek to enhance their credentials in […]

On March 16, Law Society President Adrian Tan spoke about Hartley Muze, who he referred to as “a son of Singapore”. In his post, Tan pointed out that Muze “studied at Jurongville Secondary School. His basketball coach spoke Chinese, so Hartley had to learn it too. He speaks it, together with Swahili and English (in […]

Some Social Workers take offense with Minister’s suggestion to undertake advocacy respectfully. It can be frustrating for social workers to hit a roadblock when appealing to government agencies to extend help to their clients or for certain policy exceptions. But instead of viewing these agencies as adversaries, it is important for social workers to understand […]

The woman, a Chinese National and Singapore Permanent Resident, had known her ‘boyfriend’ for four years at the time of the crime. A married woman who regarded a man as her boyfriend stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife because he talked to other women. They both quarreled loudly with each other before […]