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(Cebu Daily News) – The Singapore Embassy is now accepting applications for the Singapore scholarship for school year 2011-2012. This undergraduate scholarship awarded by the Singapore government is tenable at the National University of Singapore, the Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore Management University. Except... 

From a “once in 50 years” event, flooding is now expected in almost every heavy downpour, reducing our first-world roads to a wet mess. But in “No floods in Orchard Rd, just ‘ponding’: PUB” (Dec 24). this was referred to as “ponding”. It would be sad if we resort to word usage... 

SMRT is having a PROBE to be headed by Ong Ye Kung for their mess in their Mass Rapid Transit Fiasco. LTA is having it’s own INVESTIGATION. PM Lee has ordered a COI. Pardon me for being lost but how many COMMITTEES OF INQUIRY do we need??? Or how many hands (jobs/jerks) do we need to fix the light bulb? Being... 

After the General Election in May this year, PM Lee reassured Singaporeans that the PAP Govt will always put Singaporeans first. He reaffirmed this during the National Day Rally in Aug. “I empathise with this (i.e, downside effects of foreign talent policy). And we are acting to relieve the pressures and make clear... 

A computer technician who cheated 19 victims of $12,500 in an online scam will be sentenced on 17th Jan 2012, after pleading guilty to multiple charges which includes cheating  and concealing his criminal proceeds. A district court heard that in early October 2006, Robin Goh Chin Soo posted announcements on various... 

Recently, 400 copies of the book, “Singapore Sucks!”, have been held back from entering Singapore to be delivered to the book importer’s premises. As far as I know, this delivery was initially intended for the launch of the book in Singapore on Dec 11. It is known that the Media Development Authority (MDA)... 

In a recent interview with BBC, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, said a company like Apple could not emerge in societies like Singapore where “bad behavior is not tolerated” and people are not taught to think for themselves. “Look at structured societies like Singapore where bad behavior is not tolerated [and]... 

MND Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced that he will focus on second time buyers in 2012 since he has successfully helped almost all first time buyers in the six months since he became a minister. It is hilarious how he cooks up this rhetoric. When I talk to my friends who are first time buyers, none of them have had their... 

(Karachi, Dec 27) – Fed up with mounting losses at its only major investment in Pakistan, the Singapore-based Temasek Holdings is selling off its stake in NIB Bank and is reportedly in talks with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, sources told The Express Tribune. Senior management officials at NIB Bank... 

I wish I could give you some good advice but I can’t because I am in the same situation as you are for 9 months. Firstly I lost my job after working 7 hard years for my ex-company. The reason I sensed was due to cheap foreign labor replacing my job. I affirmed this feeling when I attended a job interview after sending...