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Avoid indulging in speculation: DPM Teo tells MPs
By Andrew Loh In Parliament on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean urged members of the House not to indulge in speculation over the cause or causes of the Little India riot last December. He...
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Sylvia Lim raises concerns over expanded prison role of auxiliary police
Sylvia Lim raises concerns on expanded role of auxiliary police In Parliament on Monday, Workers’ Party MP Sylvia Lim raised concerns on the government’s proposed amendments to the law to allow...
View ArticleState of emergency declared in Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand has just declared a 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas to tackle mass protests aimed at overthrowing the government, but ruled out using force to end the rallies....
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PropertyGuru launches ebook: “2014 is the year of falling property prices”
PropertyGuru has launched its eBook, “PropertyGuru Market Outlook 2014” on 20th January 2014. Steve Melhuish, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PropertyGuru Group says, “The PropertyGuru...
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Checkpoint breach – DPM expresses “deep dissatisfaction”
DPM Teo Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister, Teo Chee Hean, has expressed his “deep dissatisfaction” over the security breach at Woodlands Checkpoint by a 27-year old Malaysian woman...
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PTC in danger of losing credibility and public’s trust
Public Transport Council By Andrew Loh While its approval of the public transport operators’ (PTO) application to hike fares may draw criticisms, it is the Public Transport Council’s (PTC) inability to...
View ArticleStudent defies and makes teacher apologise
The video below is now doing the rounds on the Internet. It shows what is apparently a classroom with a male teacher telling a student to go back to his seat. The student ignores the teacher’s words...
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Anton Casey’s employer “investigating” his comments
The employer of Mr Anton Casey, whose Facebook postings have caused outrage among Singaporeans (and others), has said that Casey’s comments “were made in poor taste.” Mr Casey’s firm Crossinvest Asia...
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Singapore workers most unhappy in Asia: Randstad
Even as their prime minister posted on Facebook that Singaporeans “can all enjoy and take pride in Marina Bay … [as it] epitomises our progress and growth, and the possibilities for our future,”...
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Chinese couple tried to kidnap child in Chinatown: magazine
Magazine, The Asian Parent (Singapore edition], reported on Thursday an alleged attempt at kidnapping of a child in Chinatown on the same day. The Asian Parent’s report was based on a message on the...
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Kim Jong-un’s half-brother takes refuge in S’pore and Malaysia
Chosunilbo report Kim Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, is reported to have taken refuge in Singapore and now Malaysia. After the execution last month of his...
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A difference between empathy and forgiveness
The following is a Facebook post by Cheryl Marie Tay in response to an article by the general secretary of the Singapore Kindness Movement, William Wan, in the Straits Times on 24 January, with regards...
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Protest against public transport fare increase
By Tiffany Gwee A group of approximately 400 enthusiastic protesters gathered in Hong Lim Park yesterday evening to protest against the recent 3.2% public transport fare hike approved by the Public...
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Effigy burning – would Gilbert Goh be breaking the law?
By Andrew Loh In a TODAY report in August of 2008 on the relaxation of rules for the use of Speakers’ Corner, it said that protests like the burning of effigies and holding gay pride events at the park...
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“I’ve created all these jobs…”: PM Lee
Explaining why there are more foreign professionals in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this is because Singapore’s economy has grown, and that there are not enough Singapoeans to fill...
View ArticleSummons issued to AHPETC over Lunar New Year fair
The Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council announced in a press release that the town council (TC) has received a summons to attend court today in relation to the Lunar New Year Flora and Community...
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23-year old assisting police investigations into bomb threat made on Facebook
The Singapore Police says it has established the identity of a 23-year-old Singaporean man who is believed to be responsible for “transmitting” a “false message under Section 45(a) of the...
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CCCs’ fundamental purpose to perpetuate one-party state: Pritam Singh
The following is the transcript of the speech delivered by Mr Pritam Singh, the Workers’ Party’s MP for Aljunied GRC, at the NUS Political Association Young Guns forum on 29 January. 1992, Straits...
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Some CCC members vote for opposition, says PAP MP
By Andrew Loh “I’m very sure there are people who voted for opposition. And you have to take my word for that because I know more than you on CCC.” People’s Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament (MP)...
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Korean men bashed up in Bras Basah
In what the police described as a case of “rioting”, a group of Koreans was set upon by another group of local men last Friday. The Koreans were apparently attacked outside Hotel Rendezvous along Bras...
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