PAP taking their time to call for by-election

Posted on February 25, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘No automatic by-election in our model of parliamentary democracy’, 24 Feb 2012, Voices, Today (Hri Kumar Nair, PAP MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh): Assistant Professor Eugene Tan’s commentary “The value of a by-election” (Feb 20) argued that the Prime Minister does not have an unfettered discretion in deciding when to call a by-election and that [...]

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TR Emeritus vs the Lees

Posted on February 23, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Lee Hsien Yang send lawyer’s letter to TR Emeritus’, 23 Feb 2012, article in asiaone.com Another laywer’s letter has been sent to editor of TR Emeritus (TRE), Mr Richard Wan, on Tuesday. This time, it is from the chairman of Fraser and Neave (F&N), Mr Lee Hsien Yang. Mr Lee is also the brother of [...]

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Remy Ong running over a pregnant dog

Posted on February 21, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Dog’s death: SPCA gets Remy Ong’s statement’ 21 Feb 2012, article by Lim Yan Liang, ST …In a Straits Times story on Monday, Mr Ong, 33, said he was unaware that his car’s (Porsche Boxter) licence plate had fallen off until he returned to the scene some 20 minutes after the incident for which, [...]

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SCDF and CNB chiefs seriously misconducting themselves

Posted on January 24, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘SCDF and CNG chiefs under CPIB probe’, 24 Jan 2012, article by Satish Cheney, insing.com Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Commissioner Peter Lim and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director, Ng Boon Gay are among eight officers being investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, reported Lianhe Wanbao. The report said Lim had been suspended [...]

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CHIJ girls please stand up

Posted on January 18, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Poster with CHIJ logo ‘insulting’: school chairperson’, 18 Jan 2012, article by Jeanette Tan, sg.yahoo news. A poster featuring a naughty message has scandalised some people from the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools in Singapore. The large circular poster, which depicted the school’s crest at its centre, included a caption in [...]

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$2000 reward for smuggling Chinese national

Posted on January 1, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Women tries to sneak into S’pore in car boot’, 1 Jan 2012, article in Asiaone.com. Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoint Authority (ICA) officers arrested a man and a woman at Woodlands Checkpoint this morning at 7.30am in a case of attempted illegal entry into Singapore. A black Malaysian-registered car, driven by a male driver, was [...]

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Ex-MP Choo Wee Khiang charged with corruption

Posted on December 8, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Former table tennis president and manager charged with corruption’, 8 Dec 2011, article by Hannah Teoh, Asiaone.com Two former employees of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA), including the former president, have been charged for corruption and criminal breach of trust. The first man, Mr Choo Wee Khiang, 57, was the president of STTA [...]

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RI boy victim of ‘rioting with a dangerous weapon’

Posted on December 3, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Suspects involved in RI student stabbing arrested’, 2 Dec 2011, article in Asiaone.com Five youths believed to be involved in the stabbing of a Raffles Institution student have been arrested by the police…Aged between 15 and 17, they allegedly attacked two 17-year-old secondary school students, Anand from Raffles Institution and Don Tan from St [...]

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Bipolar man dumping cat in rubbish bin

Posted on November 27, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Cat-dumper suffers from bipolar disorder’, 25 Nov 2011, article in Asiaone.com …Footage from closed-circuit television security cameras showing a man dumping a cat into a rubbish bin had raised concern among outraged netizens and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). In the 45-second video, a man wearing a striped shirt [...]

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Filipina prostitute murdered by Indian national

Posted on November 11, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Punched, stabbed and left to die’, 9 Nov 2011, article in insing.com. A murder trial today revealed that a prostitute died after a brutal knifing. The deceased is Filipino woman Roselyn Reyes Pascua (aged 30), who was found lying in a pool of blood at Peony Mansion in Bencoolen Street, in the wee hours [...]

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