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(DUBAI, 10 Jun): Not hundreds or a few thousands, but over a staggering 200,000 people from the Gulf countries bought fake online degrees and diplomas from dubious Pakistan IT firm AXACT in the past four years. This shocking revelation comes from none other than former AXACT staff turned whistle blower Sayyad Yasir Jamshaid,... 

Social media may have heightened the sense of nearness between politicians and their constituents, but it does not guarantee a dialogic communication or a cooperative and communicative relationship ("Social media's influence in S'pore politics here to stay"; last Friday). It is hard to ascertain the influence of social media... 

On June 1, my mother, who is 73 years old and has dementia, suffered a sudden high fever and had to be taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital's accident and emergency (A&E) department. It was discovered that she had chronic urinary tract infection and needed to be admitted to receive intravenous antibiotics. As a subsidised patient,...