Even as the People’s Association (PA) explained the distribution of tickets to a celebratory barbeque (BBQ) organised by the Australian High Commission, members of the public continue to criticise the PA’s part in the incident. The High Commission had approached the PA to help it with the event, where 10,000 steaks and lamb chops were to be handed out to …

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday emphasised the need for Singapore’s legislature to have a “much more cautious approach towards social issues” – such as LGBT equality and same-sex marriage – compared to the US, whose recent Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling made same-sex marriage legal across all states. “It is nine men. And the nine men decide the important …

A week after a Singaporean man was arrested for failing to stop as instructed at the Tuas Checkpoint, two more similar incidents have occurred at the Woodlands checkpoint. In a press release on Tuesday, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the first incident happened on Monday, 29 June. At about 3.50 am on the day, a Singapore-registered car driven …

The People’s Association (PA) says it had issued “a total of 4,800 tickets to residents” for the SG50 barbeque event organised by the Australian High Commission (AHC) last Sunday. The Straits Times reports that the AHC had approached the PA “to help with the event” where a reported 10,000 steaks would be provided to participants. The PA was responding to …

By Ariffin Sha Ms Heidi Heng was left dumbfounded when she her job application for an administrative job was rejected. It was not the rejection per se that shocked her but rather the reason she was rejected. Ms Heidi told The Online Citizen that she first put up her resume on Gumtree to look for a job. It was then that …