Over $24b hidden from the public eye?
By Harry Yew $8.5 billion top-ups to Endowment and Trust Funds According to the 2015 Budget’s ANNEX C: FISCAL POSITION IN FY2015 – the Top-ups to Endowment and Trust Funds…
View ArticleSDP: Budget shows why Singaporeans should support the opposition
By Singapore Democratic Party In his 2015 Budget, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has shifted the Government towards a less extreme elitist position. Two initiatives bear this out: The raising...
View ArticleApple Inc. ordered to pay US$533 million for patent infringement
America, Texas – IT company, Apple Inc. was told to pay US$532.9 million (SGD$721.3 million) after a federal jury said the company’s iTunes software used a Texas company’s patented inventions…
View ArticleActivist-Blogger Han Hui Hui files constitutional challenge on decisions...
Activist and blogger, Han Hui Hui turned up at the Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon, 25 February, to file a constitutional challenge on decisions which sought to contravene her constitutional…
View ArticlePMO: Former Prime Minister still warded in ICU
The Prime Minister Office has just released its statement about former Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Mr Lee is said to be still warded in the Intensive Care Unit…
View Article5 Ways Budget 2015 Might Give You A Little More Pocket Money
By Dinesh Dayani, Dollars and Sense Before the big unveiling, many Singaporeans, us included, expected a bumper giveaway since the nation is turning 50 this year. Appearently, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam...
View ArticlePolice report filed against Dr Lam Pin Min, MP of Seng Kang West for offenses...
Local film-maker and activist, Martyn See has filed a police report against Minister of State for Health and Member of Parliament of Seng Kang West SMC, Lam Pin Min over…
View ArticleHOME’s responses to new Foreign Employee Dormitory Act
Migrant workers who approach HOME for assistance often live in conditions which are crowded, dirty and full of pests such as cockroaches, bed bugs and rats. It is ironic that…
View ArticlePower and the lure of corruption in the Internet age
By Ghui Massive changes in the social structures and political landscapes of the world are occurring. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement to the protests in…
View ArticleDPP: Budget needs to focus on positive and sustainable impact, long term...
By Democratic Progressive Party A country’s yearly Budget is not only about giving one-off monetary hand-outs that last the year till the next year’s Budget. A country’s yearly Budget must be…
View ArticleHuman Rights Lawyer, M Ravi’s practising certificate suspended until further...
Human Rights lawyer, M Ravi’s practising certificate has been suspended under the Legal Profession Act (LPA) “until further order”. The Law Society in its public statement said the Judge had found…
View ArticleWhen life feels like a hamster wheel
When life feels like a hamster wheel, be inspired by this dynamic duo!
View ArticleHOME: The Singapore Budget Disregards the Interests of Migrant Workers
Local Non-government Organsiation, Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (H.O.M.E.) issues its response towards Budget 2015. HOME welcomes the announcement that the foreign worker levy hike...
View ArticleSJP: Government still living in the Ivory Tower
Singapore Justice Party issues its statement in response to the Budget 2015 In 2015 Budget, DPM and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has shifted the government focus towards more of caring…
View ArticleOfficer from anti-corruption agency charged with cheating and theft
A former staff member from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) was charged in court today, 27 February, with offences that include cheating and theft. 25 year-old Christopher Gan Boon...
View ArticleMeritocracy of skills?
By A Singaporean in Australia “We must become a meritocracy of skills, not a hierarchy of grades earned early in life.” – Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Feb…
View ArticlePAP copying SDP in Budget 2015?
The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has noted key elements in Budget 2015 that it claims mirror their economic proposals. SDP noted that proposals such as increasing taxes for top earners,…
View ArticleMember of public disturbed by alleged double standards of police
Police informs member of public that performance of lion/dragon dance on public road, is not a total obstruction to traffic and not illegal.
View ArticleGet cancer so that you’d find a cure
By Hui Ying Get Cancer So That You’d Find A Cure … sounds stupid? That’s what I thought. But it does seem like this is what this forum letter to our mainstream…
View ArticleFormer NSP members submit membership application to SPP
Former members of National Solidarity Party (NSP) have expressed their intention to join Singapore People's Party (SPP) as party members and have submitted their applications after their resignation...
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