Effie Awards

Keep The Young Girls In School

WHEN 23 million young girls drop out of school ever year because they get their periods, and are unaware of how to deal with it, there is a pressing...
Turbulence in the air

Airlines Benefit From Industry Turbulence

AS swiftly as it took off, Vistara — the Tata Sons/Singapore Airlines joint venture — has veered off on a different flight plan, winging into the sunset. Formed in 2013,...
Scams

I Fired Myself Today

I fired myself today. At least, according to the email I “sent” to myself.  By the end of the month I would have left my own business and the company would...
system failure

TEST TEST TEST, Or Things Will Break Down

THINGS break. That's a well known and fully understood fact of life. Even the best-designed systems will fail at some point. Look at my favourite spacecraft, NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space...
Hyundai IONIQ 6

Singapore-made Hyundai IONIQ 6 Launched

HYUNDAI launches its sporty-ish looking IONIQ 6. The first of the model to be made outside of South Korea, the units rolling on Singapore roads will be assembled at the...
Rum

Make Room In Your Liquor Cabinet For Some Rum

IF we were to personify rum alongside its spirit cousins, each would have its own personality. To me, cognac, with its base in fermented fruit juice, might appear as a...
offside

Offside For Technology

WHEN the sky watchers wondered about aliens invading Earth and taking over humanity, the views were either dystopian — annihilation for whatever reason — or utopian — they would...
Hassan Sunny

Defeat Turns Into A Sunny Victory

FAME and infamy can strike suddenly. Are you prepared either way when the spotlight is on you? Hassan Sunny was as prepared for public scrutiny as he was for Singapore’s recent...
Bitcoin

Crypto Swims For Mainstream Waters

BITCOIN is hovering around all-time highs (ATH), but has yet to stir significant interest from the crowd. Having surpassed its 2021 all-time-high price of just over US$69,000 in March of...
social clubs in Singapore

What Social Clubs Are Doing To Remain Relevant

THE ‘5 Cs’ is a phrase familiar with all age groups in Singapore; one of the unofficial core tenets of the fabled ‘Singapore Dream’. It stands for Cash, Car, Credit...