Singapore News

Dr Muhammad Faishal bin Ibrahim Khan Surattee said Madrasah students need to be able to adapt, be flexible and have the resilience to face the turmoil of the uncertain future world. Speaking at the Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah (MAI) Award Presentation Ceremony, said mastery of academic and religious subjects as well as an understanding of socio-religious […]

Gurmit Singh’s household is a Christian one and is also very conservative and this, says his daughter, made it more difficult for them to come out that they are queer. Gurmit Singh’s daughter Gabrielle first made news in 2014 after her open letter to Forever 21 went viral. In the letter, they called out the […]

On 13 March, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing posted a series of pictures of his visit to Jurong Secondary School in Facebook. What’s unusual about the post though was that the guided tour of the school was conducted entirely by students of the school. Guided tour of schools for visiting Ministers are usually done by […]

Police arrest a sword wielding man who attacked passing cars and passersby in the vicinity of Buangkok Square, but some social media users are worried about what happened to the groceries of the people who stopped the attacker.   A man who was swinging a sword at several cars along Buangkok Crescent on Monday (March […]

The driver of the Toyota Altis SKG5628P can be seen suddenly speeding up in close proximity to the cyclists and brake-checking in front of them in a fit of rage. A video which shows a car brake-checking in front of a group of cyclist in a case of road rage has gone viral in social […]

Former Foreign Minister shared, uncritically, debunked Russian claims about biolabs in Ukraine which is pushed by Tucker Carlson of Fox News.   Former Foreign Minister George Yeo’s post of Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News has drawn sharp criticism. Yeo captioned his post of Tucker’s show titled “Why are we funding this”, as “from an […]

Will TraceTogether become ‘TraceForever’?   In March 2020, the government introduced ‘TraceTogether’, a mobile phone app developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) to enhance contract tracing efforts. It used what the government dubbed the ‘bluetrace protocol’ — technology leveraging the Bluetooth feature on mobile phones to track proximity between users and record extended face-to-face […]

Allegations that the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) was set up by two Islamic religious teachers (asatizahs) under the direction/ encouragement of the ISD are baseless claims RRG.   RRG has claimed that several posts in the Facebook page (FB) Fikrah Siyasah have defamed some highly respected local religious scholars in Singapore who specifically provide religious […]

Linked-In user says patrons of hawker centres must not be fooled by the screen and the voice recording of the automated tray return system in hawker centres.   Linked-In user Yee Chin Teo shared two pictures in his social media page showing how the automated tray return system in hawker centres is working. The pictures […]

Chan has the substance but lacks the shine to be the next Prime Minister of Singapore.   Education Minister Chan Chun Sing has won the race to be the next Prime Minister of Singapore sometime in December last year said People’s Action Party’s insiders who spoke to this publication. The insiders who preferred not to […]

The Facebook user said, “rats infestation issue at this market is a ongoing problem, one rat scurried past as we were attending to the kitten.”   A Facebook user Grace Chai shared a video of a kitten stuck in a glue trap that was meant for rats at a wet market at Tampines Street 81. […]

“(A) 25yo NSman died yesterday but yeah I’m glad they’re color coordinating their outfits in parliament”.   Two People’s Action Party Members of Parliament drew the ire of social media users for colour coordinating their dresses to make a point on defence and military training. One Member of Parliament (MP), Don Wee dressed in blue […]

One restaurant closed after their electricity bill shot up from $800 per month to $4,000. Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported six days ago that the December electricity bill of a Jinjja Chicken outlet in Bugis Village had gone up by five times from the bill they received in October. The Korean fast food chain’s managing director […]

The Facebook user in appealing for witnesses or additional in-vehicle footages for her mom’s hit and run car accident on 29 Jan urged the Police to check every CCTV in the Jurong area.   Facebook user Charlotte Lai took to her social media pages appealing to members of the public for more information about the […]

The train commuter can be heard saying he has an agenda when confronted about not masking up properly.   A video by TikTok user shanellegiftshop has gone viral with over 1 million views and 34,000 likes. The video shows a man who is not masked properly threatening to hit another man who told him to do […]