SINGAPORE: While young parents in Singapore face many cost challenges, the government is doing much more to help, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Sunday (Mar 16). This includes measures announced in the recent budget, like more Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers, SG60 vouchers and LifeSG credits, he said. “IContinue Reading
Singapore has never been known for loud proclamations on the world stage. Its leaders typically favor steady, measured language, guided by a foreign policy steeped in principled and pragmatic neutrality. So it was all the more striking when Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, warnedContinue Reading
This is not the first time a Singapore leader has been the subject of deepfake videos. In June 2024, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned people about deepfake videos of him commenting on international relations and foreign leaders. “The motive of these deepfakes may not be commercial, but their maliciousContinue Reading
Pointing out that the current global environment is “very uncertain”, Mr Wong said that it has become more about “zero-sum competition” rather than “win-win cooperation”, and this will disadvantage small and open economies like Singapore. “We have to be prepared for tougher competition and do what we can to stayContinue Reading
“This Budget seems to be more generous and more inclusive, especially in the quantum of top-ups, vouchers and rebates that are being given,” said Dr Teo Kay Key, a research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). “The SG60 package is also more generousContinue Reading
A Singapore court yesterday found the country’s opposition leader guilty of lying under oath to Parliament, potentially impacting his party’s chances at the general election that is due to be held by November. Pritam Singh, a member of Parliament and leader of the Workers’ Party, was convicted on two countsContinue Reading
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong yesterday formed a committee to review electoral boundaries, an indication that a general election will be held sometime mid-year. The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) is convened by the prime minister ahead of every general election to review and make changes to Singapore’s electoral map,Continue Reading
