by Ella Ide VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE — Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the first pope to resign since the Middle Ages after a papacy beset by Church infighting and outcry over paedophilia. The German Joseph Ratzinger, known for his conservative views, stepped down in February 2013 after almost eight years … Read more
Former Supreme Court judge Goh Joon Seng, who was a member of the Singapore’s Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) for 13 years, passed away at age 86 on Tuesday (15 June) due to cancer. Prior to his career in the judiciary, Mr Goh practiced law, starting in 1963 when he was called to the Bar. … Read more
Obituary for Mr Lim Hock Koon, who passed away at the age of 86 on 11 May 2021. Mr Lim was the leader of the students who presented a petition to the Governor of Singapore at the Istana on 13 May 1954 to seek exemption from national service for male students between the ages of … Read more
Former diplomat and former executive director of the People’s Association Lim Chin Teong, the father of lawyer and People’s Voice Party chief Lim Tean, died of illness on the afternoon of 21 Feb at the age of 84. Mr Lim Chin Teong was admitted to the hospital after a fall on the 16th. He was … Read more
Secretary General of Singapore Democratic Party, Dr Chee Soon Juan’s Facebook post about his mother’s passing on Friday.