5 S’pore News That You Should Know About That Were Reported Yesterday (26 November 2019)

Let’s face it: in this social media world, exciting and viral news like a cat feeding a baby bear would often appear in your Facebook news feed, while important news like the GDP growth of Singapore this year wouldn’t get the same reach.

It’s understandable since social media platforms would prioritise engaging and viral contents to keep users in their platform.

In order to ensure that you’d still know about important news instead just social news, below are the top five Singapore news that was reported yesterday which you should know, simplified for you in a bite-sized format:

Aware: “Number Of Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence “More Than Doubled In 3 Years

The number of cases of “technology-facilitated sexual violence” has more than doubled over the past three years according to the Association of Women for Action and Research Awareness (AWARE) on Monday.

Around 15% of the cases AWARE’s Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) handled in 2018 were related to sexual violence, enabled by technology.

For more info, tap here.

S’pore Authorities Nab $66,000 Worth Of E-vaporisers And Related Accessories

The authorities nabbed dozens of electronic vaporisers and thousands of related accessories over the duration of one week at the beginning of this month.

This was announced by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in a joint media release on Tuesday (26 Nov).

For more info, tap here.

POFMA Office Use ‘Fake News’ Law For The First Time & Asks Braw Bowyer To Edit Facebook Post 

Opposition party member Brad Bowyer has been asked to make edits to his Facebook post which was made at the beginning of this month. The Facebook post questioned the independence of Temasek and GIC.

It is also the first use of the “Fake News” law. According to POFMA, “The Minister for Finance has instructed POFMA Office to issue a Correction Direction to Mr Brad Bowyer with regard to his Facebook post on 13 November 2019, 7.46am.”

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Singapore Netball Team Beat Philippines 80-28 In Opening Game At 30th SEA Games

Singapore beat host Philippines 80-28 in their opening game at the 30th SEA Games on Monday. The match was held at the Laguna sports complex in Santa Rosa. The team last won gold in 2015.

The players, who spoke to Channel News Asia said that the players from Philippines and Singapore are “like long-time friends.”

For more info tap here.

ComfortDelGro Will Have Buses With Auto Emergency Braking As Part Of Its Private Fleet

Transport Operator ComfortDelGro Corp bought four Volvo buses fitted with collision warning and automatic emergency braking. These buses are the first of its kind in Singapore.

They will be in operation starting from 1 December 2019 and will comprise ComfortDelGro Bus’unscheduled bus services. The bus model is Volvo B8R and it is able to carry as many as 49 people. It will break automatically and stop when it “senses” a collision is about to occur.

For more info, tap here.

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