Arms dealer caught skipping town with over half a million, concerns about shared public spaces under threat, urbanisation contributed to loss of traditional housing and rising temperatures, Singapore Art Week takes over, layoffs at Lazada ahead of its parent’s potential IPO, and more.
Dear reader,
Happy New Year!
What’s so happy about it anyway, a cynic might ask. For many of us, concerned about the ongoing carnage in the Middle East, it seems like this turn of the Gregorian calendar may simply symbolise a pivot of horror: the conflict expanding beyond Israel...
The lure of multi-level marketing, more Singaporean women freezing their eggs, review of HIV disclosure law, how the north-east monsoon has shaped South-east Asia’s history, Singapore Palestine Film Festival at The Projector, and more.
Dear reader,
Hello from the whole Jom team. We’re co-writing this final newsletter of the year. Final? Well, for those who’ve only recently joined our Jommunity, we’re all off for the last two weeks of the year, and for one week in June. We’ll maintain this...
Land use decisions could benefit more people, improving sex ed in Singapore, “rizz” is word of the year, thousands more likely to die by Christmas in Gaza, art to end and start the year, AI growth in SG, and more.