Changi Airport robocops, police may investigate SPH, students sign up for mock exams, Coldplay and Taylor Swift play SG in 2024, Grab reverses decision on lay-offs, and more.
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Hi everyone, It’s Charmaine, Jom’s co-founder and head of visual culture and media, writing this week and here to welcome you to Pride Month. For increasingly many around the world, June is when rainbow flags are flown slightly higher, when the media highlights queer stories (“The Ultimatum: Queer...
Entrepreneur George Goh joins presidential race, Singapore and climate reparations, TJCFest and Indie Media Fest, Golden Village and The Projector collaborate at Cineleisure, local bands go global, and more.
Dear reader, I’m gonna studiously avoid the Tharmania all around—read Singapore This Week for our take on Singapore’s likely next president, as well as a new opposition alliance, Singapore’s “train otakus”, the end of horse racing, a horrid stand-up comedy performance in New York City, and...
Tharman to run for president, opposition ‘alliance’ unlikely to shake things up, train otakus are right on track, horse racing to end, Singaporean-born comedian called out for bad joke, and much more.
Dear reader, Today, on the eve of Vesak Day, Marissa Lee has published her first piece for Jom, “Days of being mild: A Buddhist journey”. Marissa, raised Catholic, walks us through her discovery of Buddhism and meditation in Singapore, a trip that began during the pandemic. More Singaporeans (31 percent)...