In the Hood

Singapore—Businessman Calvin Cheng, a former Nominated Member of Parliament, started a social media post on Wednesday (Nov 4) by talking about the elections in the United States and ended it by saying that a recent drive to Aljunied-Hougang was...

Singapore— Transphobia, feelings of dislike or acts of discrimination against transgender people, is a real thing, as Prout, a local LGBTQ group, pointed out this week. Prout took to its social media pages on Monday (Nov 2) to say that...

Singapore – A member of the public took to social media to share his family's experience with a hawker stall serving clay pot rice that refused their request for extra bowls. The post sparked a lengthy online discussion regarding...

Singapore – A photo circulating online of discarded shoe boxes strewn across the floor at one of the shops affected by Robinsons' closing served as a reminder of the "xia suay behaviour" shown by some Singaporeans when faced with...

Singapore — After People’s Action Party MP and Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin shared on social media an appeal from Burger King UK for support of rival burger chains Burger King and McDonalds, as well as other fast-food eateries,...

Singapore—After a woman posted over social media that she found a loose screw in her meal, KFC apologised, saying that a faulty pot lid was the source of the screw. The fast-food giant added that an assistant manager had...

Singapore – Video footage of a flooded Housing & Development Board (HDB) corridor is circulating online, garnering responses from the online community about the declining quality of housing standards. On Monday (Nov 2), Facebook page All Singapore Stuff uploaded a...

Ho Ching, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, apologised on social media after mistakenly alarming netizens with a social media post on Covid-19. In a Facebook post on Sunday (Nov 1), Mdm Ho wrote: "Apologies for...

Singapore — Workers’ Party (WP) leader Pritam Singh joined fellow WP Member of Parliament Raeesah Khan and a team of volunteer residents on an estate walk in  Compassvale at the weekend. He took to social media on Saturday (Oct 31)...

Singapore -- Workers’ Party (WP) politician Nicole Seah took to Facebook on Saturday (Oct 31) to write about a visit to Fengshan ward of East Coast GRC. She drew attention to the employment issues faced by a number of...