PM’s claims for damages against Ngerng “unnecessary and unwarranted”: M Ravi
By Howard Lee The latest turn in the legal tussle between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and blogger Roy Ngerng, on a defamatory post that Ngerng has made against PM
View ArticleWhat they did not tell you about the Teaching and Learning International...
By Ben Liu / Image credit – Todayonline The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) results were reported on 26th June. Most of the countries that took part were comparable
View Article26,000 crowd celebrate the freedom to love at Pink Dot 2014
Singapore, 28 June 2014 – The movement supporting the Freedom to Love made a dramatic statement of solidarity tonight, with an astounding 26,000 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PRs) – more than...
View ArticleLifestyle blogger receives 2nd letter from law firm regarding blog post about...
By Tiffany Gwee This is a follow-up to an article. Read the 1st article here. A 2nd letter had been sent to lifestyle blogger Ms. Grace Tan on 19 June following
View ArticleThe PAP, as viewed through the lens held by a senior citizen
By Richard Woo From reading the article “Don’t take good govt for granted” – Forum, ST 17 Jun – by Eugene Tan, one could easily conclude that “Eugene” is a person
View ArticleMuslim group launches WearWhite campaign against homosexuality
Even as thousands of LGBT people, friends, family and supporters gathered at Hong Lim Park on Saturday for the annual Pink Dot event, the campaign by some Muslims against homosexuality
View ArticleA Pioneer Salary Package to Instill Political Trust
By Dr Lai Kok Fung The matter of trust in government has received a lot of attentions lately. I believe we can learn a lot from the pioneers. I will start
View ArticleA*STAR scientists pioneered a molecular connection between obesity and diabetes
Singapore, 30 June 2014—Scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have discovered that...
View ArticleAfter the Dot – a push for political influence, or a better Singapore?
By Howard Lee Pink Dot 2014 came and went without much of a hassle, although some have anticipated that there might be those against the LGBT movement who would make
View ArticleThe psychology behind that bait
By Apolitical – Satire piece on Straits Times’s report (30th June) The United Nation’s decision to hand Minister Louse Souless – aka Souless Louse – a four month ban for baiting
View Article1.6 million Singaporeans to recieve letters on 2014 GST voucher and other...
1.6 million Singaporeans will receive letters in the first week of July informing them of their 2014 GST Voucher (GSTV), as well as other Budget 2014 benefits such as the
View ArticleLapses an aberration, not systemic failures: COI
The Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the riot in Little India last December has released its report – 3 months after the 5-week public hearings ended in March. The
View ArticleLTA’s experiments to “encourage people to smile” while commuting
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) wants to make your journey on public transport “a little less harried.” So it is introducing buskers performing at train platforms, and elaborately-decorated themed...
View ArticleImproved monetary benefits, revised IPPT format and civilian conversion...
The Ministry of Defence made a number of announcements yesterday, including changes to monetary benefits for Full-time National Servicemen (NSFs) and Operationally Ready National Servicemen (NSmen), a...
View ArticleSDP: Medishield Life proposals do little to improve people’s lives
Singapore Democratic Party has issued a statement in response to the Medishield Life proposals announced by the Medisheld Life Review Committee. The party states their concern that the annual 0.8 million
View ArticleOnline bloggers deserve the right to a response too
By Ghui The Singapore government has long had the practice of writing to the foreign press to reply to and defend itself against articles that have been written about it.
View ArticleRevised Fees for Vehicle Entry Permit and Goods Vehicle Permit with effect...
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced that from 1 August 2014 onwards, drivers driving into Singapore will expect to pay an additional S$15 dollars per day for the Vehicle
View ArticleLow wage workers also deserve to watch the beautiful game
By Ghui It is disappointing to note that the police have stopped a resident of Sing Road from putting his television, screening the World Cup matches, outside his terrace house.
View ArticleBoss speaks up for staff after Straits Times republished an article about a...
By Tiffany Gwee Just last week, The Straits Times published an article about Singaporean Mr. Soh Chin Chai’s bogus marriage to Vietnamese national Dang Thi Hoang that happened in March
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