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Back to Search#494 - Budget 2024: What the Media Missed Feat. Reggie From The Financial Coconut
Episode 499
For the first “instalment” of the Forward SG social compact, DPM Lawrence Wong delivered Budget 2024, which leaned in on preparing workers for uncert…
2 years, 1 month ago
#493 - Leong Mun Wai issued POFMA & PUB Calls Out Sterra for “Misleading” Ad
Episode 498
This past week, NCMP and PSP leader Leong Mun Wai was issued a POFMA for publishing false information about an elderly West Coast couple who were all…
2 years, 1 month ago
#492 - Police Investigate Events Related to Israel-Hamas War & Ubisoft Video Game Features Singapore Accent
Episode 497
The police announced that they are looking into 2 events related to the Israel-Hamas war that took place in Singapore over the last couple of weeks, …
2 years, 1 month ago
#491 - Parliament Debates on Singapore’s Reserves & Mr Coconut Shows Receipts in Employee Dispute
Episode 496
This week, PM Lee and members of the Opposition were engaged in a marathon debate about Singapore’s reserves, with PSP putting forward a motion to us…
2 years, 2 months ago
#490 - Does Police Officer Suicide Deserve Inquiry & NTU is Now a Tourist Attraction?
Episode 495
The 2023 suicide case of police officer Uvaraja Gopal and related discrimination allegations were addressed by Minister Shanmugam in Parliament this …
2 years, 2 months ago
#489 - Foreign Interference Law Invoked Against Businessman & Hong Kong Left Outraged by Messi
Episode 494
Last week, a Singaporean businessman, Phillip Chan, became the first person to be designated a “politically significant person” under the recently im…
2 years, 2 months ago
#488 - TikTok CEO’s Ties to China Questioned & Theatre Company’s New Name “Disrespectful”?
Episode 493
TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi was grilled by US senators on his personal ties to China; one senator even asked pointedly about the status of his Singapore …
2 years, 2 months ago
#487 - Janil Puthucheary Tells LGBTQ Youths to “Stay” & Should Migrant Workers Get Free Coldplay Tickets?
Episode 492
Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and for Health Dr Janil Puthucheary said that young LGBTQ people should “stand up for wha…
2 years, 2 months ago
#486 - Vizzio CEO’s Fake Degree Fallout & CDC Vouchers Used at Massage Parlours
Episode 491
The fallout from the revelation of the CEO’s fake credentials at the AI startup Vizzio continues, with an interim CEO being appointed to take over. B…
2 years, 2 months ago
#485 - Chinese SG Teen Identifies as White Supremacist & Should We Use New Notes for CNY?
Episode 490
A self-radicalized Chinese teenager was detained by the ISD for his white supremacist views. What caused this strange turn of events? Elsewhere, queu…
2 years, 2 months ago