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1.  Singapore: Singapore's overall retrenchment rate fell to a twelve year low last year, according to the latest report from the Manpower Ministry. Sound bite of Halimah Yacob, assistant secretary-general, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). (00:04:50)

2.  Singapore: Four former members of the board of directors at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) are facing a civil law suit on top of the high profile criminal suit they are currently embroiled in. (00:06:27)

3.  Singapore: The Secretary-General of the Workers' Party, Low Thia Khiang, accused the People's Action Party (PAP) for not being a first world government and asked the PAP to benchmark itself politically with other mature democracies. Sound bites of Low Thia Khiang and Workers' Party candidates Melvin Tan, Brandon Siow, Lian Chin Way and Abdul Salim Harun. (00:08:16)

4.  Singapore: The single seat constituency of Joo Chiat could see a three-corner fight this election. Sound bite of Chan Soo Sen, advisor, Joo Chiat. (00:13:05)

5.  Singapore: The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has presented its slate of candidates contesting in Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC). Sound bites of SDA candidates Muhamad Ali Aman and Sebastian Teo. (00:13:46)

6.  Singapore: The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has reiterated that it will not apologize to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for allegedly defamatory remarks made in the party newsletter, The New Democrat. Sound bites of Lim Tung Hee, former SDP member, Doris Chia, lawyer specializing in defamations and Ling How Doong, chairman of Singapore Democratic Party. (00:18:45)

7.  Singapore: The printer of the SDP newsletter has apologized to the Prime Minister and Minister Mentor. (00:21:25)

8.  Singapore: The Education Minister said that the PAP plans to do more to engage the young. Sound bite of Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. (00:22:01)

9.  Singapore: Learning English is set to get more high tech in Singapore as educators incorporate speech recognition technology in lessons. Sound bite of Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. (00:22:35)

10.  Thailand: Thailand is venturing into uncharted constitutional territory as its elections commission must decide whether to hold a third round of elections. (00:23:47)

11.  United States: A man in the US state of Oregon was found to have twelve nails in his skull after surviving a failed suicide attempt. (00:24:17)

12.  Business: South African integrated resort operator, Sun International, said that it has not decided on whether to submit a bid for the Sentosa integrated resort. (00:27:58)

13.  Business: OSIM booked record revenue of $155 million for the first quarter of this year. (00:28:18)

14.  Business: A look at the market numbers. (00:28:41)

15.  Sports: Results of the English Football Association (FA) Cup. (00:28:56)

16.  Sports: A freak storm caused the match between Barcelona and Sevilla in the Spanish La Liga to be cancelled. (00:29:35)

17.  Sports: Results of the Spanish La Liga. (00:29:56)

18.  Singapore: The mobile channel was launched today. (00:30:35)

19.  Singapore: A reminder of the day's headlines. (00:30:59)