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Deaf and Mute Cleaner Berated by Woman in Food Court
Recently in June, an incident portraying the obnoxious attitude of a woman who berated a deaf and mute cleaner at the Jem food court for...
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Jul 27, 2016
PSLE scoring system to be changed; no more T-scores from 2021
During the Committee Supply Debate in Parliament, the acting Education Minister (schools), Ng Chee Meng, announced that there will be a...
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Jul 13, 2016
World’s Cheapest Smartphone
Believe it or not, India just released a smartphone called Freedom 251 which was worth $4! Freedom 251 is an Android phone, which as the...
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Jul 13, 2016
Death of 2 trainees: SMRT must assure all that safety comes first
Two new SMRT employees who joined in January were struck by a train near Pasir Ris MRT station. They were walking with 13 other staff...
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Jun 29, 2016
Renovations at Chinatown Street Market
What happens when the old has to make way for the new? Chinatown Street Market, an old favourite for many since it was opened in 2004,...
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Jun 29, 2016
Project Greenglow
Gravity control was a notion beloved of science fiction writers that every respectable theoretical physicist said was impossible. It is...
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Apr 20, 2016
Rio Olympics: Zika Virus and the Awful Dilemma
It will not be until August when the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro begins, but if US national team goalkeeper Hope Solo had to come to...
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Apr 6, 2016
Singapore-born New Zealand teenager has to fulfil national service obligations
Singapore-born New Zealand teenager Brandon Smith will be required to fulfil his national service (NS) obligations, the Ministry of...
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Mar 30, 2016
Malaria
Malaria crisis looms as bug mutates. Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the...
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Mar 30, 2016
Zika Mosquitoes’ Habitats May Foil US Elimination Efforts
All of us would have definitely heard about the Zika virus, a fast-spreading virus which is the mastermind of many cases of microcephaly...
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Mar 9, 2016
Riots in the Mong Kok Shopping District of Hong Kong
While Lunar New Year celebrations commenced in our homeland, Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year started with a blast – literally. Riots erupted...
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Mar 2, 2016
Tensions between South Korea and North Korea
Amongst tensions between South Korea and North Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has stepped up to say his country has developed a...
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Feb 10, 2016
Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22
Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, has died at age 22 on Sunday, July 26. She died surrounded by her family...
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Aug 12, 2015
SEA Games: Team Singapore breaks records in best performance yet
This year, Singapore held the 28th sea games. Many Singapore athletes were proud and elated to be playing on home ground and having a...
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Aug 12, 2015
Woman ‘swallowed’ by faulty escalator in China
A 30 year old mother and her son were on an escalator going up in a shopping mall when the floor plate at the top of the escalator...
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Aug 5, 2015
US Supreme Court Legalises same-sex marriage in 50 states
Even the White House lit up in rainbow colours on Friday, June 26th, in celebration of the US’s Supreme Court ruling to legalise same-sex...
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Jul 22, 2015
Accident on the Northeast Line
How many of you take notice of the gap between the train and the platform every time you board or leave the train? How many of you  think...
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Apr 15, 2015
Ebola
Ebola virus disease or simply Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by Ebola viruses. Signs and symptoms typically start...
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Apr 15, 2015
Minister in PAP criticised
A minister in the PAP was criticised for coming up with a new workout to honour Lee Kuan Yew after his death. The numbers of times the...
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Apr 15, 2015
Fish Deaths: Unveiled?
Did you know that thousands of dead fishes, including puffer fish and catfish washed up at Pasir Ris beach on 28 February 2015? It was a...
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Mar 25, 2015
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