Who’s in and Who’s out of the CEC? In the biennial PAP conference held at the Singapore Expo on November 11th, approximately 2,000 party cadres gathered to vote for candidate that would form the PAP’s next Central Executive Committee (CEC). The CEC is the…
What happened? The International Justice Mission (IJM) reported that the number of cybersex trade-related rescue and arrest operations in the Philippines went up from 17 in 2015 to 51 in the first nine months of 2018. What’s worse is that the age of the…
Chinese firm Tencent and their Medical AI lab collaborated and used smartphone technology developed by Medopad, a London firm, to diagnose Parkinson’s Disease using AI. A camera is used to capture the movements of the patient’s hands to determine the severity of their symptoms.…
What happened? In efforts to reduce the emphasis on school grades, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced that it will remove mid-year examinations for Primary 3 and 5, as well as Secondary 1 and 3 students over the next three years. Primary 1 and…
What happened? The largest data breach to have occurred on our shores took place between June 27 and July 4. The cyber attack on SingHealth’s database saw personal particulars; like NRIC numbers, names and addresses of 1.5 million patients copied and exported unlawfully (remember…
What happened? On May 13, Corporal (CPL) Kok Yuen Chin drowned in a pump well after being pushed in by his squad mates to celebrate his ORD. CPL Kok was to ORD in three days’ time on May 16. At that time, the 12-metre-deep…
A study reviewing nearly 700 existing studies on global drinking prevalence found that no amount of alcohol consumption is safe for overall health. Literally none. This is contrary to what many public health officials have been saying for years, that moderate drinking won’t really…
In the Asian Games 2018 swimming competition that ended on Friday (August 24), Team Singapore brought home a total of 6 shiny new medals – 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Singaporean swimmer based in the U.S., Joseph Schooling, led the way…
A few hours after the local ride-hailing firm Ryde announced its plans to launch RydeSend, LTA swooped in and issued a warning faster than you can say “What’s the Promo-Code”. In its warning, LTA stated that the peer-to-peer, on demand courier service would contravene…
According to the statement from his family and the Kofi Annan Foundation, Kofi Annan, the first United Nations (UN) secretary general from sub-Saharan Africa passed away on August 18 after an unspecified short illness. The statement called Mr Annan a “global statesman” who “fought…
