At the launch of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) manifesto – a coffee table book called The Way Forward – on 28 September, retired army regular officer Mr Clement Puah Neo stood up during the Q&A session to comment about how it is wrong to classify Singaporeans as being disloyal for disagreeing with government policies. Mr Puah Neo said he finds it …

TOC Chief Editor Terry Xu took to Facebook today (1 October) to highlight a letter written by a member of the public and published by Straits Times on its forum which “contained highly defamatory allegations”. In response to ST’s publication of the letter, Terry said he sent a letter of demand to the editors of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday …

On 28 September, the Singapore Democratic Party unveiled their manifesto for the upcoming general elections (GE) in the form of a book entitled, The Way Forward. The manifesto is a declaration of the SDP’s visions and policies for Singapore which includes the party’s policies on housing, healthcare, cost of living, education, and more. The manifesto is available for purchase for …

“When you imply someone is a liar and call someone a racist, you are giving license to everyone in Singapore to call these people those same words,” says rapper Subhas Nair. In an interview with VICE journalist Eduardo Liotta, Singaporean influencer Preeti Nair and her rapper brother Subhas Nair talked about the recent ‘brownface’ scandal which resulted in the pair …

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has revealed that the personal mobility device (PMD) involved in the recent fatal collision in Bedok exceeded the weight and width limits for public paths. The LTA said on Thursday (26 September) that investigations revealed that the e-scooter was not compliant with regulations and was unregistered, adding that it should not have been used on …

“It is disconcerting to see that the Law Minister is repeating what the pro-PAP fanpages and trolls sites have been alleging for the past few weeks,” said TOC Chief Editor Terry Xu. He said this in a post on TOC’s Facebook page today (27 September) which is a follow-up of his response to Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugan’s …

On Wednesday (25 September), a Facebook page called NUSSU – NUS Student’s United claimed that the National University of Singapore (NUS) was implementing compulsory courses on foreign interference. The post said that the courses were compulsory for NUS Students’ Union and other student leaders, following the recently cancelled Yale-NUS programme by playwright Alfian Sa’at called ‘Dissent and Resistance in Singapore’. …

We should try our best to resolve our differences calmly and peacefully, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the United Nations (UN) event on Tuesday (24 September). The event, Leadership Matters – Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the Contemporary World, was hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth. In his speech, …

The elderly woman who slipped into a coma after a collision with an e-scooter has died, confirmed the police on Wednesday (25 September). Mdm Ong Bee Eng, 65, was riding home on her bicycle at about 10.30 pm in Bedok North on Saturday (21 September) when she was knocked down by a 20-year-old on a personal mobility device (PMD). The …

In his National Day Rally speech this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that climate change is “one of the gravest challenges facing humankind”. During the section of his speech on preparing for climate change, Mr Lee said that Singapore has to understand, mitigate, and adapt to this problem. However, he noted that a global solution for climate change …