During the Budget debate in Parliament on Wednesday (27 Feb), Associate Professor Walter Theseira, a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP), said that Singapore needs to build a strong core of academics to keep the country in the right path and serve as a check and balance for the integrity and ability of the government. To do this, Assoc. Prof Theseira …

The legal battle between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and veteran blogger Leong Sze Hian continues as PM Lee wrote in his affidavit dated 11 February that the article that the blogger shared on his Facebook page was a personal attack and an attack on the government of Singapore. In November 2018, PM Lee sued the renowned Singaporean blogger for defamation …

Facebook user Shana Yap is looking for a forever home for her late grandfather’s dog, Sam. Sam the 11-year old Samoyed is maybe getting old, but he remains healthy, friendly, and sweet. Shana’s grandfather passed away two months ago and the family is trying to find a new home for Sam where he can be well cared for in his …

by Diana Sharma This is an open letter to all People’s Action Party (PAP) cadres:  Please, please, please rethink why you enter politics and look at the direction that the current PAP is going. I sincerely believe that most Singaporeans who enter politics, regardless if they join the PAP or the opposition parties, do so with a pure heart to serve …

In the Budget debate last Mon (18 Feb), Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat promised that foreign worker quota will be cut further to support our locals. He said the Government is tightening the Dependency Ratio Ceiling (DRC), or the proportion of foreign workers a firm can employ, from 40 per cent to 38 per cent on Jan 1 next year, …

The Court of Appeal ruled on Tue (26 Feb) that a patient with lung cancer would have been diagnosed and received treatment earlier were it not for the negligence of Changi General Hospital (CGH) and its medical system. Ms Noor Azlin, was diagnosed with lung cancer in Feb 2012, sued CGH and three doctors who attended to her from 2007 …

On Thursday (28 February), TODAYonline published a rather confusing article titled “Strong core of S’porean academics needed to ask ‘critical questions’: NMP”. The article basically talks about how Singaporean academics continue to face obstacles when they are studying issues that affect the country. This was a concern that was brought to attention by Associate Professor Walter Theseira, a Nominated Member …

Singapore’s government-owned Temasek Holdings is one of several blue-chip investors on the verge of losing “hundreds of millions of dollars” in the aftermath of Shanghai-based residential property tech startup Ai Wu Ji Wu (Iwjw)’s liquidation. Tech and venture capital markets data intelligence platform China Money Network reported on Wednesday (27 Feb) that the Chinese startup had “reportedly gone into liquidation …

Bloomberg reported yesterday (27 Feb) that Hyflux creditors are due to file proof by Friday (1 Mar) of the obligations that Hyflux owes them. In total, the company now has S$2.7 billion unsecured debt owed to creditors. Hyflux has earlier unveiled a proposal to impose 75 to 90 percent haircuts on unsecured creditors. It brought in a white knight last …

by Law Kim Hwee There’s mansplaining, womansplaining…there’s also whitesplaining….then there’s PAPsplaining in Singapore and for Singaporeans only. Wiki, BBC, Merriam-Webster explain the various meanings. I’m here to try to capture how in our uniquely Singapore context, our ruling, dominant political leaders have been “PAPsplaining” issues and failures, in particular – to us Singaporeans. What is PAPsplaining? PAPsplaining is when members, especially leaders, of …