October 04, 2007

Myanmar: “Oh yeah, everything is fine”

MoeMaKa Media said:

"while everyone is worried about the situation in Burma, the above video from The Straits Times show Myanmar nationals happily stating that they are happy to be in Singapore and how things are “not so bad” back there besides the curfews and how everything seems to be calm, while smiling at the cameras.”

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Translation of a Burmese newswatch blog's reaction to Singapore's coverage. Original blog entry at http://moemaka.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_4091.html. "

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on October 04//12:10pm and published by mb, shianux :: 12 comments | 1600 reads | trackback (2)

May 29, 2007

Straits Times changes its policy due decreasing traffic

Singapore Election Watch said:

ST: FROM Tuesday, visitors to The Straits Times' (ST) website will not have to pay to read the latest breaking news from Singapore and the world.

Recommended by tinkertailor: "The REAL reason behind the change?"

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Submitted by tinkertailor on May 29//6:18pm and published by jseng, shianux :: 4 comments | 1874 reads | trackback

August 02, 2006

Evil bloggers?

Inex said:

We are not evil. We are your average Singaporeans. We are not a new breed of people that came out of nowhere and start some smear campaigns over the net. ... Just because we chose to blog rather then write a letter doesn't make us morally inferior to anyone in any way.

Recommended by yuhui: "Response to the ST article that (over?) generalised bloggers."

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Submitted by yuhui on August 01//5:21pm and published by Agagooga, joy :: 14 comments | 2426 reads | trackback (1)

May 31, 2005

Spy from ST?

Forbes.com reports on the ST journalist detained in China:

'On April 22 Ching was investigated by relevant Chinese departments for being involved in espionage,' the foreign ministry said in a statement.

'Ching has admitted that in recent years he has been following the instructions of overseas intelligence organisations and has undertaken intelligence collecting activities on mainland China.

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Submitted by tinkertailor on May 31//5:02pm and published by tinkertailor :: 4 comments | 2106 reads | trackback (4)

April 20, 2005

If you love trees and miss Straits Times

Rambling Alcoholic tells us why he likes his Palm:

3. Palm still gets free Straits Times on its Avantgo.

Read his 2 other reasons.

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