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Pratawala restaurant A TRE reader, Kumar, encountered a bad experience with the staff at Pratawala restaurant (www.pratawala.com) in Tiong Bahru Plaza and wrote to the restaurant to complain. He sent the letter to the restaurant on 1 October 2013 and copied it to TRE ('Singaporean insulted in Hindi at restaurant'). Kumar's trouble... 

The court sentenced an assistant pastor to 16 months' jail today (4 Oct) for having oral sex with a 15-year-old church member. He is 29 years older than the girl and a father of 3. The pastor was charged under the Children and Young Persons Act. The girl was 15 years old at the time of the offence. She performed oral sex on... 

Singapore ranked 7th in the Global Teacher Status Index in a recent study published by the Varkey GEMS Foundation for 2013 [Link]. The study attempts to rank the status of teachers in various countries: The Varkey GEMS Foundation conducted surveys among the 21 countries studied: Brazil; China; Czech Republic; Egypt; Finland;...