Police Investigation On Friday (Mar 20), the Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed that it received numerous complaints regarding an offensive post on NUS Atheist Society Facebook page. The police were informed and are investigating the case. The Post The post featured a photo…
JC STUDENT PEEPING TOM TARGETED UTOWN
Sentencing Last year, Zachary Lim Yong Hao, 18, was caught trespassing into NUS Utown women’s toilets to peep at women. He had pleaded guilty last Thursday to one charge of criminal trespass to commit an offence and another of insulting a woman’s modesty. Two…
THE BABY WHO WAS THROWN AWAY
What Happened? Last Friday, the police arrested a 26-year-old woman whom they believe was the mother of the baby boy abandoned in a rubbish chute last month. The identity of the suspect cannot be revealed as a gag order to protect the baby’s identity. …
CORONA HAS COMPANY – THE OTHER WORLD EPIDEMICS
The Bird Influenza While trying to combat the 2019-nCoV virus in the past few weeks, China has been hit by another virus – and this time, it’s attacking poultry. The H5N1 bird flu outbreak was first reported in the central Hunan province. It was…
WE RESIGN FOR PUTIN TO GROW
The Proposal and The Exodus Last Wednesday, in a complete surprise to the ministers, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that the entire Russian government, including himself, was resigning. This comes hours after Putin’s proposal on the constitutional amendment which transfers power from the President…
LAST WEEK IN HONG KONG – A WITHDRAWN BILL, A DISGRACED PROFESSOR AND A RECESSION
Extradition bill withdrawn 21 weeks into the protest, one of the protestors’ five demands has been met. In a second reading of Hong Kong’s controversial Extradition Bill in the Legislative Council, the Hong Kong government officially withdrew the controversial Extradition Bill. This came a…
TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION
Ban Is Not Necessary (For Now) Senior Minister of State for Transport Dr Janil Puthucheary recently warned that while a ban on the use of Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) may not be immediately necessary, a ban may very well be enacted if the behaviour…
TYPHOON FAXAI PUMMELS JAPAN
In Preparation August was marked by numerous typhoons, from Typhoon Lekima that hit the Philippines to Typhoon Lingling in South Korea. As September rolled in, meteorological centres were kept on high alert as Typhoon Faxai developed and headed towards Japan. Experts had accurately predicted…