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In a momentous ruling by three High Court judges, a Singaporean gay man was granted the right to adopt his five-year-old son who was conceived through the surrogate method in the United States. Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, in delivering his judgement, said that while the decision made by himself and the two other judges sitting at the High Court "should …

Early last week, a resident of the Nee Soon GRC shared a story about how he was snubbed by his MP, Er Dr Lee Bee Wah at a Meet the People (MPS) session at Yishun when he tried to pass her a Ready4Repeal petition filled with over 800 signatures of people in her constituency who supported the repeal of Section …

On Saturday 8th December, Singaporean model, actress and triathlete Kelly Tandiono competed in Bali’s first SwimRun event, combining running and swimming in a true test of strength and endurance against the challenging open water and trail. The SwimRun was a fundraiser to help prevent hundreds of tonnes of plastic being dumped into our oceans every year. Also competing were Australian …

One of the human rights activist who played a major role in helping Youtuber and blogger, Amos Yee seek political asylum in the US now wants his status revoked. The change in position isn’t new as Melissa Chen, originally from Singapore, has been vocal about her disagreement over the ‘cause’ Yee has chosen to align himself with of late and …

There is a "tragic underbelly" in Singapore amidst the Republic's economic prosperity, said Labour Party Senator for Tasmania and Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate Mrs Anne Urquhart, and that is "the plight of the one million low-wage migrant workers" hailing from "developing countries across Asia". Speaking in the House of Senate in the Australian Parliament on 13 Nov, Senator Urquhart …

News reports of a 79 year old man who has apparently died in his flat tugs at my heart strings and reminds me of everything that we as a society have to do better at. This man represents to me, all the failings of our society. According to neighbour, Mr Luo, the deceased had been working as a cleaner at …

Following complaints from Tampines residents regarding the cleanliness of their estate, the Tampines Town Council has introduced a new tracking system that will monitor a cleaner's movements throughout the HDB blocks, as precisely as the floors they have covered in a day's worth of work. The system, which was rolled out in August and officially launched last Sunday (2 Dec) …

Singapore’s leading women’s rights and gender equality group AWARE kicked off their Aim For Zero campaign last week with a hard-hitting video featuring 10 women courageously opening up about their sexual violence and harassment. Their stories give us a glimpse of some common experiences among sexual violence survivors: battling victim-blaming attitudes, unsympathetic employers who took no action, or parents who …

Facebook user Claris Ortega shared an experienced she had at the Clementi Food Centre last week that would melt anyone’s heart. While Ms Ortega was at the food court, she saw an elderly lady ‘pushing a trolley of folded up carboard boxes using rafia string as her belt’ who went up to the next table looking hungrily at the plates …

Last Friday (23 Nov), Singaporeans erupted on social media after a photo was posted showing a ‘pretty high up officer’ dressed up a in a turban and fake beard in what looks like a caricature of a kacang puteh seller. Joel Tan, who posted the photo, said that he had received it from a source who said the photo was  …