What Went Down? On 21 September, over two thousand turned up at Hong Lim Park for Singapore’s first climate rally. Organised by 15 young activists, the rally was inspired by Greta Thunberg, a prominent 16-year-old climate activist who kickstarted the global movement. The organisers…
MON: HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTALIST SCORNED “This is all wrong” exclaimed Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg at the UN climate summit. Thunberg was on a panel with other climate activists to encourage countries to meet the goals of the Paris…
What Happened? Yemen’s Houthi rebels allegedly attacked two major oil plants in Khurai and Abqaiq in the wee hours of the morning on 14 September. The move wiped out more than half the oil output of the Saudi Kingdom, and caught the Kingdom’s army…
What happened? The past week saw two consecutive events that exemplify Singapore’s social control measures. Yale-NUS College (YNC), the first liberal arts college in Singapore, was due to have a week-long programme for freshmen, titled ‘Dialogue and Dissent’, led by Singaporean playwright, Alfian Sa’at.…
Do You Want to Play a Game? Hasbro, Inc. is introducing the first-ever game in the Monopoly franchise that celebrates women trailblazers with Ms. Monopoly, reads a statement released by Hasbro, company of card game Monopoly. Ms. Monopoly, the “first game where women make…
What Happened? For the first time since 2016, air quality in Singapore hit unhealthy levels on Saturday (14 September) as the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) went beyond 100. This came on the back of a rise in the number of hotspots in Indonesia…
The Fight Over the Time Bomb The resurgence of measles over the last few years in many Western societies has been alarming. In 2016, 5,273 cases of measles were reported, but that number ballooned to 83,540 cases in 2018, with eight European countries reporting…
MON: INDIA DISPOSING OF DISPOSABLE PLASTICS At a UN climate meet, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the world to follow in India’s footsteps in phasing out disposable plastics. India is set to ban six single-use plastic products, which includes plastic bags, cups,…
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…
Who is Jonathan Chan? Not from table tennis or swimming, but he is a Singaporean diver who has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This week, 22-year-old Jonathan Chan qualified for the Olympics after winning the 8th Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur. To…
