PM Lee’s case against Ngerng is “diversionary tactic”: Reporters Without Borders
By Howard Lee International Press Freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has issued a media release criticising Prime Minister Lee Hsien ...
Day: 17 July 2014
Dismayed, disappointed, deeply hurt: S’pore Literature Prize recipient
The following are extracts from the keynote speech by Singaporean writer Suchen Christine Lim at the 7th Annual Gathering of Asia ...
Parliamentary quorum: 91 MPs dwindled to less than 22 MPs
By S Y Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to the Clerk of Parliament’s reply “Lack of quorum: Clerk of ...
A*STAR scientist to receive international recongition from ‘Society in Science’ organisation
A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) fellow, Dr Wan Yue, has become the first Singaporean to receive the prestigious Branco ...
Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide – Part 1: Life in our own hands?
Note to readers: This commentary deals with a topic that not everyone will agree with, or even want to talk about. The subject ...
Is the MediFund criteria a secret?
By S Y Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to media reports about the time saving benefits offered for staff ...
Human Rights Watch – Same-sex penguins threaten Singapore
Human Rights Watch / Graeme Reid, Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program And Tango Makes Three is a children’s book about ...
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SingFirst, PPP, RP and DPP apply to join Singapore Democratic Alliance instead of registering new alliance -
74 additional cases of COVID-19 infection; 25 unlinked local cases and two new clusters -
COVID-19: US CDC considering encouraging the public to cover their faces using self-made cloth coverings to prevent transmission and infection -
Japan expands ban on visitors as virus cases climb -
Police should stop saying that permits are required for public assemblies when they have no intention of approving them -
URA data: Singapore private home prices fell 1.2% in Q1 2020 amid pandemic -
China reopens food markets after declaring victory against COVID-19 virus; food markets still selling bats -
Police investigating two S’poreans for allegedly participating in public assembly without permit -
COVID-19: One day of home-based learning starts today for primary school pupils -
SDP Chief Chee Soon Juan slams PAP for “playing politics” when lives are at stake -
Malaysia to whisk returning citizens from overseas to quarantine at a “special place” -
M’sian Minister slammed for “publicity stunt” of wearing a PPE in disinfection exercise while frontliners face PPE shortage -
Singapore Democratic Party thanks frontline workers for their courage in dealing with COVID-19 pandemic -
China reports 1,300 asymptomatic virus cases after public concern -
NTUC FairPrice shuts supermarket outlet at Bedok Mall temporarily to disinfect after employee tested positive for COVID-19
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Legal brothels in S'pore to close until the end of next month -
Lightning never strikes twice? For Dr Tan Cheng Bock, it could even be thrice -
PAP's eagerness for a general election during global pandemic may create unhelpful speculation for the government -
Ministry of Manpower will not extend temporary housing support to Malaysian workers -
Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem -
Resilience Budget: S'pore to freeze all govt charges and fees for one year until Mar 2021, temporarily suspend student loan repayments, says DPM Heng Swee Keat -
67% disagree to holding elections during the pandemic, according to poll by Lianhe Zaobao -
What are we to make of an opposition that is reduced to being a mere spectator in a crisis? -
Third death from COVID-19 infection in Singapore, 70-yr-old who had no recent travel history to affected areas and link to previous cases -
This is not a time for the government to be playing Jekyll and Hyde with Singaporeans -
Could PM Lee's comparison of Israel's election during a pandemic be the best example? -
Lawyer Teo Soh Lung criticizes mainstream media for misleading people, calls SM Teo’s explanations on caretaker govt as ‘talking nonsense’ -
Singaporeans invited to clap for frontliners tonight at 8pm to show appreciation -
Letter: Remains unclear where Singapore stands in this pandemic and how the country will emerge -
Ex-grassroots leader with "clean record" jailed for molesting child of daughter's neighbour
