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Facebook page calling for Punggol East by-election garners 2K likes in less than 24 hrs

Just minutes after the announcement of Palmer's resignation broke yesterday (12-12-12), a Facebook page, calling for an immediate by-election for Punggol East SMC surfaced. Within 24 hours, more than 2,000 Facebook users have 'liked' the page. The Facebook page, 'Calling for By Election for Punggol East SMC', wrote: Fellow Singaporeans,...

PTC for former SMRT bus drivers set for 19 December

A pre-trial conference (PTC) for the four former SMRT PRC bus drivers charged with offences related to the recent SMRT illegal strike has been set for 19 December. The lawyers representing the bus drivers could not confirm if the four would be claiming trial, adding that they needed more time to take instructions from their...

Jialat liao, socio-political websites kena DDoS attack

One of Singapore's top socio-political websites, The Online Citizen (TOC), is under a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Confirming this, TOC's chief editor Mr Kumaran Pillai told TR Emeritus (TRE) that the attack started early Wednesday morning (12 December). The DDoS attack, which is still ongoing, has brought...