Another Day with Chloe.
The Mah family spends their off days like most in Singapore. They would bring their 3 year old daughter Chloe and her younger brother Cayden out for a swim or a walk in town. Little Chloe is...
View ArticleStop asking the PAP to change
By Elaine Ee You know a bad relationship when you see one. The parties involved bring out the worst in each other; they blame each other; they can’t see eye to eye; pull each other in different...
View ArticleWhat do we base our laws on?
By Tang Li In December the Today newspaper published a letter from AWARE titled, “The right to protection from marital rape,” (December 10, 2012). The letter argued that it was time to change the law...
View ArticleReview of AIM - and a conflict of interests
Questions have also been raised about other PAP-owned companies which the party “decline[d] to comment on.” It is unclear if the MND review will look into questions and matters such as this. It is thus...
View ArticleOpposition politics - talking to each other (or not)
By Andrew Loh After ignoring the Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) invitation to discuss its proposal for avoiding a three-cornered fight in the Punggol East by-election, the Workers’ Party’s (WP)...
View ArticleIs opposition unity a myth?
By Dr Wong Wee Nam When the by-election for the constituency of Punggol East was called, the Workers' Party (WP) was the first opposition party to announce that it was going to contest the ward....
View ArticlePresumed guilty - "It's been decided"
The following story is from the website: Workfair Singapore. The deportation was swift and some say, unexpected. Almost as soon as authorities labelled the industrial action that gripped SMRT on the...
View ArticleUncle, which beer goes well with politics?
Members of publichouse.sg were having a nice cold one at The Good Beer Company one night and got into talking about the by-election with Daniel Goh, proprietor of Good Beer. By Raymond Lau It’s...
View ArticleTaking offence again
By Chan Chi Ling Taking offence, again: what it means for PAP’s political legitimacy. Continuing the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) practice of suing anyone who questions its incorruptibility, PM Lee...
View ArticleOpposition politics - talking to each other (or not)
By Andrew Loh After ignoring the Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) invitation to discuss its proposal for avoiding a three-cornered fight in the Punggol East by-election, the Workers’ Party’s (WP)...
View ArticleWP is right to walk its own path but...
By Andrew Loh "Uniting all the opposition parties is an unrealistic vision and an impossible dream,” said Mr Low Thia Khiang, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party (WP). “Unity must not be contrived,...
View ArticleWorker's Party, still the underdog
By Biddy Low Like a flash flood after a long drought, elections and the excitement that it brings have descended upon this nation over and over by the heavy hand of fate. By this second by-election...
View ArticleUncle, which beer goes well with politics?
Members of publichouse.sg were having a nice cold one at The Good Beer Company one night and got into talking about the by-election with Daniel Goh, proprietor of Good Beer. By Raymond Lau It’s...
View ArticleNaval serviceman Jason Chee wants to return to Navy
The following note is from the Cyberpioneer Facebook page on Friday, 25 January. Dr Ng Eng Hen visited ME2 Jason Chee this afternoon. The good news is that he has made progress and no longer needs ICU...
View ArticlePresumed guilty - "It's been decided"
The following story is from the website: Workfair Singapore. The deportation was swift and some say, unexpected. Almost as soon as authorities labelled the industrial action that gripped SMRT on the...
View ArticleWP is right to walk its own path but...
By Andrew Loh "Uniting all the opposition parties is an unrealistic vision and an impossible dream,” said Mr Low Thia Khiang, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party (WP). “Unity must not be contrived,...
View ArticleA historic loss for the PAP
By Calvin Cheng The People’s Action Party’s (PAP) biggest nightmare has come true – for the first time in their recent history, they have lost a previously safe seat. The loss of Aljunied was...
View ArticleTime is ripe for the Workers' Party
By Elaine Ee In the past 18 months, a wave of change has swept across the political landscape of Singapore. One general election, one presidential election and two by-elections saw the ruling People’s...
View ArticleNaval serviceman Jason Chee wants to return to Navy
The following note is from the Cyberpioneer Facebook page on Friday, 25 January. Dr Ng Eng Hen visited ME2 Jason Chee this afternoon. The good news is that he has made progress and no longer needs ICU...
View ArticleStraits Times' appalling lack of due diligence
By Andrew Loh Just over 3 weeks after it conducted what looked like an illegal election poll, the Straits Times has again made another blunder – but this one perhaps more significant and alarming. On...
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