The Padang: venue of largest protest, site of longest queue in Singapore’s history
Gazetted on Singapore’s 57th birthday, the Padang is Singapore’s 75th national monument. This open space holds shared memories as a nation, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong said. Gazetting it as a national monument protects the site from alteration and change that would affect its character and significance, while allowing it to continue […]
Will following Workers’ Party’s formula for ministers’ salaries means no more ‘sweat and tears’ paying ministers?
If everyone of the 3.6 million Singaporeans has to pay from their pocket a total monthly salary to all 33 of our ministers and ministers-of-state, it would cost each of them $1.20 a month. $1.20 can’t even get you a plate of the cheapest economy rice, but $1.20 is the cost of a competent and dedicated […]
Setting the record straight on Nagaenthran’s case: the hard evidence and what the court documents say
They say the death penalty is the ultimate sanction, and in death all debts to society are repaid in full. It is thus not our intent to revisit the deeds of a deceased person. But it’s important to put forth some facts to illuminate certain issues obscured by most of the news stories, which appeared […]
Nagaenthran: mentally-disabled or capable of deliberate manipulation and evasion?
More than 10 years after Nagaenthran was convincted of drug trafficking on 22 Novermber 2010, he was finally hanged on 27 April 2022. As usual, human rights activists like Kirsten Han and Jolovan Wham, supported by their international friends, have been having a full day exploiting the hanging for their own agenda, painting the picture […]
PM Lee’s speech at COP debate: quality of a country’s democracy hinges on people’s values
In Parliament today, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered a 40-min long speech during the debate on the Committee of Privileges’ report on the Raeesah Khan saga. He talks about integrity as the linchpin of democracy, that the quality of a country’s democracy hinges on its people’s values: what they judge to be right or […]
From M Ravi to Lim Tean, what do netizens think of the SBS bus drivers’ new lawyer?
What was supposed to be the start of a four-day hearing into a lawsuit by 13 former and current bus drivers against SBS Transit ended before it barely began – with a court drama. Voices were raised as lawyer for the 13 bus drivers, M Ravi accused High Court judge Audrey Lim of being biased. […]
Lim Tean and his money trail. ‘Crook of the century’ as asserted by M Ravi?
Not too long ago, Opposition politician Lim Tean was the subject of a viral Facebook livestream when five debt collectors showed up at his law firm to demand repayment of an outstanding debt. The debt collectors were from the Singapore Debt Collection Service (SDCS). They were sent to Lim’s office, Carson Law Chambers, on 21 […]
Man admits consuming LSD on day he allegedly killed mum and grandma; this is why Singapore is dead serious against drug abuse
“Man admits to consuming LSD on the day he was alleged to haved murdered his mum and grandma at Commonwealth HDB block”: screamed the headlines. This is why the Singapore government is so dead serious against substance abuse. And this is why our laws against drug trafficking is so harsh. Gabriel Lien Goh was 22 when […]
CNB Statement on findings relating to investigation into Justin Lee who died after a fall from height
Investigations into how 17-year-old Justin Lee was questioned and treated in the lock-up has been completed. The Central Narcotics Bureau said Justin was treated “professionally and fairly”. CNB launched the investigation after his mother, Ms Cecilia Ow, alleged that he was mistreated during the process. Earlier this month, she made public a letter she had written […]
FICA: Shanmugam disappointed there was no debate from WP on issues he raised
Rhetoric alone does not solve problems, Law Minister K Shanmugam said. The Workers’ Party came to Parliament armed with speeches but failed to engage pertinent points raised by Mr Shanmugam during the debate on FICA. Giving the example of Gitmo in the United States, Mr Shanmugam said, “You can come to this House and have […]