SPH weighs legal action against Straits Times Review
Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has announced yesterday (6 May) that it is considering all options, including legal recourse, against new website Straits Times Review (STR) for using the name of its…
View ArticleWhy we should be worried about Singapore’s productivity
By Kenneth Jeyaretnam In his May Day message Lee Hsien Loong said that “productivity levels in Singapore have risen too slowly over the last few years.” That may qualify as…
View ArticleIn defense of TRS
By Masked Crusader What I found gnawing about those who condemned the Police and Media Development Authority’s high-handed actions against the editors of socio-political website, The Real Singapore,...
View ArticleThird appointment at IMH clashed with bail review
In the court hearing on Wednesday for the challenge launched by the lawyers of blogger Amos Yee Pang Sang, 16, to vary his bail conditions such as the blanket ban…
View ArticleAmos Yee pleads not guilty, in good spirits
After an almost two-hour delay in the morning, the trial of 16-year old blogger Amos Yee finally got underway at the State Court on Thursday. The teenager is being charged…
View ArticleDividends paid to SMRT and SBS shareholders could have paid for 1,000 new...
By FAILRAIL.sg With SMRT’s latest financial results (30 April), total dividends paid by SMRT and SBS Transit have hit the $2 billion mark over the past 10 over years. Instead of…
View ArticlePAP is depriving residents in AHPETC of two-years worth of government grants...
By Fred There has been much news about the Ministry of National Development taking the opposition-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) to court to seek approval to override the mandate…
View ArticleNew website Straits Times Review is now States Times Review
Purportedly to avoid a legal tussle with national broadsheet The Straits Times, the owner of new website Straits Times Review has since last night changed it’s name to States Times…
View ArticleNew NDP song by Dick Lee, “Our Singapore”
The new song for this year’s National Day Parade is “Our Singapore”, written by Dick Lee and will be performed by pop singer JJ Lin. Lee is credited with the…
View ArticleDeath penalty will make Singapore an “outlier nation”: Human Rights Watch
Singapore’s execution of Mohammad bin Kadar on April 17, 2015, should be the last use of capital punishment in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Singapore has about 25…
View ArticleCritique is to spur positive change: Amos Yee
16-year old blogger Amos Yee explained in court documents that his intention in critiquing Christianity and Lee Kuan Yew is to open discussions on what he saw as “problems” with…
View ArticlePlans for integrated columbarium at Fernvale Link terminated under mutual...
The Ministry of National Development (MND) announced yesterday that it has signed a mutual termination agreement with Eternal Pure Land Pte Ltd (EPL) on the land bid at Fernvale Link and…
View ArticleAcquit Amos Yee, not over-extend scope of law: defence counsel
Interest in the trial of 16-year old blogger, Amos Yee, saw some 70 to 80 people turn up at the State Court on Friday. Some had arrived as early as…
View ArticleNo proof Christians were hurt by Amos Yee’s video: defence
Amos Yee had no deliberate intention to wound the feelings of the entire religious community, counsel for the teenager said in his defence on day two of the trial on…
View ArticleOwed $3000 Paid $500
Bangladeshi worker Jamal Uddin was claiming unpaid wages of up to $3000 but ended up being paid only $500 after MOM’s initial intervention.
View ArticleSengkang LRT trains stuck on tracks due to power fault
By Failrail.sg On Friday, more than one train stuck due to power fault at Sengkang LRT West Loop (8 May). According to hear-say from local residents, passengers were detrained from…
View ArticleMuch ado over one little Amos Yee
By Jentrified Citizen It’s been 40 days since Amos Yee was arrested and he has spent some 15 days in remand since then. Following the 2-day trial which ended yesterday,…
View ArticleReligion can lead the way
By Masked Crusader Religion can lead the way. Which is to say it has not—at least in the case of Amos Yee. Among the charges Yee, Singapore’s most famous 16-year-old,…
View ArticleAmos Yee from a first person perspective
Amos Yee, as a teenager, is as normal as they come. They chafe at authority, will always look for wriggle room and bargaining leverage, have a sharp instinct for pointing out adult contradictions and...
View ArticleUnable to board premium bus at Changi due to high demand
By Sam Tan I am officially writing in to express my extreme unhappiness about the schedule of bus 740 from Changi business park to Sembawang. As you can see from…
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