The Twittersphere, as everyone knows, is often the Stupidosphere or Shallowsphere, but this week, for a change, a meme of real substance has triumphed: Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner who has been under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years in Burma, but was released on Nov. 13, tops our chart.
Six men have been arrested in connection with Monday night’s Bukit Panjang slashing attack that left several youths injured. Aged between 15 and 23 years old, the parang-wielding gang attacked several teens in two separate incidents on Monday. First, a 20-year-old assistant technician was slashed in the back and legs at around 10pm at Block 418 Fajar Road.
When Thomson Fertility Centre’s error in giving a couple the wrong sperm during an IVF was discovered, the Health Ministry took a system approach, said Mr Khaw, in his first public comments on the incident on Saturday. He spoke on the matter at the sidelines of a community event, where he also stressed on the need to move away from witch-hunting, reported The Sunday Times.
Halloween celebrations at Downtown East on Saturday turned into a real-life horror story when a young student was violently attacked in full view of a crowd. He later died in hospital from his wounds. According to The Straits Times, 19-year-old Darren Ng Wei Jie was with two friends when they got into a staring incident with another group of about 10 teenagers at the resort and entertainment complex in Pasir Ris on Saturday afternoon.
Trust a savvy Singaporean shopper to sniff out a good bargain — even if it’s online. In what seems to be a perfect example of true Singaporean bargain-hunting spirit, an increasing number of people are jumping on the online shopping bandwagon to take advantage of the strengthening Singapore dollar. Online shopping concierges and internet payment providers report an increase in buying activity from Singapore. A spokesman from online payment provider PayPal told Yahoo! Singapore that it saw an 11 per […]
Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges at four areas will increase by S$1 from November 1. The increase is part of the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) quarterly review of ERP-priced roads and expressways. Motorists will have to pay S$4 from 8.30am to 9am at the gantries at the East Coast Parkway (ECP) at Fort Road and the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway slip road.
Heavy rain over various parts of Singapore in the late afternoon yesterday saw the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) dropping to below 50, which is in the good range. And if the showers continue today, Singaporeans can experience a respite from the haze. A spokesman from the National Environment Agency told The Sunday Times the hazy conditions would likely continue today, but showers are expected and it could bring more relief.
Loyalty, or the lack of it, has a funny way of biting you back in the behind. Back in 2004, when Manchester United fans – me included – were celebrating the arrival of wonderkid Wayne Rooney, a Liverpool-supporter friend of mine made a remark that, at the time, seemed a little cryptic and tinged with jealousy. “He wore a T-shirt that said ‘Once a Blue, always a Blue’, and yet he still left Everton,” he said. Now, I have no […]
The current burst in social-media use seems to address a fundamental human need: the need to interact with other people. While it may seem that sitting online leads to less human interaction, consumers actually feel they are more connected to people than they were before they joined social networks. New data from the Harris Poll finds that 54 percent of consumers have had less face-to-face contact with friends recently, but 57 percent feel more connected than they did before. An […]
By Ion Danker – October 19th, 2010 The National Environment Agency (NEA) says the prevailing southwesterly winds have brought in some smoke haze to Singapore from the fires in Sumatra. A statement from the NEA said that the 24-hour PSI at 4pm was 56, in the ‘moderate’ range, but rose to 84 at 8pm. The 24-hr PSI is a measure of the air quality over a period of 24 hours. It is updated at 4pm daily while the 3-hr PSI […]