The United States has “concluded” that Malaysian flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-controlled area of eastern Ukraine on Thursday. However, it has not yet pinpointed...
By Eric Tan When the People’s Action Party inherited the Central Provident Fund system from the British, they did not change a basic flaw in the...
Malaysia Airlines posted on its social media platforms at around midnight that its flight MH17 went missing when it was flying over Ukraian airspace “Malaysia Airlines...
By Howard Lee International Press Freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has issued a media release criticising Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for the legal action he...
The following are extracts from the keynote speech by Singaporean writer Suchen Christine Lim at the 7th Annual Gathering of Asia Pacific Writers & Translators at The Arts...
By S Y Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to the Clerk of Parliament’s reply “Lack of quorum: Clerk of Parliament replies” (Straits Times Forum, Jul...
A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) fellow, Dr Wan Yue, has become the first Singaporean to receive the prestigious Branco Weiss Fellowship given by the Swiss-based...
Note to readers: This commentary deals with a topic that not everyone will agree with, or even want to talk about. The subject of suicide is a sensitive one...
By S Y Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to media reports about the time saving benefits offered for staff of SingHealth by the One Medifund scheme. The...
Human Rights Watch / Graeme Reid, Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program And Tango Makes Three is a children’s book about two adult male penguins who hatch...
The Media Development Authority (MDA) has confirmed that the comic, Archie: The Married Life” Book Three was withdrawn from bookstores because its content “breached guidelines by...
Terry Xu The Online Citizen first reported on the train fault that took place on Monday evening. A photo of a huge crowd building up at the Jurong...
By Cheryl Marie Tay Dear National Library Board, Before I begin my letter proper, allow me to provide a little relevant background: I’ve noticed that open letters...
By Singapore Armchair Critic So it was reported that last week in Parliament, not even a quarter of our 87 elected Members of Parliament (MPs) were...
By Howard Lee A number of judges for the Singapore Literature Prize have resigned from the judging panel in response to the National Library Board’s recent...