MediShield Life is a mandatory health insurance plan that provides basic protection to all Singaporeans and Permanent Residents against large hospital bills for life. When MediShield Life replaced MediShield as the basic health insurance plan for the country on 1 November 2015, the Government introduced a transitional subsidy for the
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5 Steps To Make Microsoft MSN Publish Your Fake News.
Ministry of Law has said that the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill aims to protect our society from casualties caused by online falsehoods constructed by “malicious actors”. Many will ask, got so many Fake News meh? Fake News so easy to create meh? Well, we did a quick
What to do if you have been wrongfully dismissed in Singapore?
Have you ever been wrongfully dismissed at work and not know what to do? Fear not. With effect on 1 April 2019, changes have been made to the Employment Act (EA) and Employment Claims Act (ECA) and one of the key amendments deals with wrongful dismissal in the workplace. What
Parliament Introduced Bill to Break Fake News
It was not a joke that on April Fools’, a Bill to deal with the distribution of online falsehoods was presented in Parliament. This might make Singapore one of the first few countries to enacted laws to undertake this issue that has been a severe growing concern. Ministry of Law
No Need Worry Lah! You still can start receiving your CPF Payout at 65 if you want to!
There is a message spreading around on Whatsapp, indicating that the CPF’s Payout Eligibility Age has changed to 70, accusing government of “doing it quietly with no formal announcement made.” THIS IS NOT TRUE GUYS! The Payout Eligibility Age (PEA) is still at 65 for members born from 1954. It
Singapore and Malaysia take steps to defuse territorial tensions
On 8 Jan, Singapore and Malaysia are taking steps to alleviate their air and maritime tensions. On the air front, Malaysia has agreed to suspend its permanent restricted area in the airspace over Pasir Gudang, while Singapore has also agreed to suspend its implementation of the Instrument Landing System (ILS)
Candidates can apply schools via JAE upon collection of O-levels results
Students can collect their results from their respective schools from 2pm that day, while private candidates will be notified by post, the Ministry of Education and Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board said in a joint media release. Alternatively, private candidates can also obtain their results online using their SingPass account.
Good Neighbours help each other. No need to “Geh Gao” so much!
Singapore’s water agency PUB said on 6 Jan that it has supplied additional treated water to Malaysia after a disruption in production at Johor’s water plants due to pollution. “Production at Johor’s water plants was disrupted recently by pollution to the river catchment. PUB’s Johor River Waterworks was not affected
Want to enjoy a Safe and Cheap holiday across the causeway? Be Patient!
Ninety per cent of the officers from the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) were on duty and about 500 officers worked overtime during the Christmas holidays to manage the high volume of traffic flow at the Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on 27 Dec. Noting
260 evacuated after fire breaks out at Kampung Admiralty
About 260 people, including senior citizens and children, were evacuated after a fire broke out at the Kampung Admiralty retirement complex on 26 Dec. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the incident at 676 Woodlands Drive 71 at about 1pm. An electrical floor scrubber was said to be