From AFP: MELBOURNE — Victims of Australia’s deadly 2009 firestorm have launched legal action against a Singapore power firm alleging poorly-maintained electrical wires sparked the blaze,...
Andrew Loh – On 11 June 2010, the Straits Times reported on the press conference by Mr Madasamy Ravi [Click on picture, left]. Mr Ravi is...
Burmese pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, celebrates her 65th birthday tomorrow, 19 June. As she continues to be under house arrest imposed by the...
On 17 June 2010, the Straits Times reported People’s Action Party (PAP) MP, Zainudin Nordin, who chairs the Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council, as having said: “Even...
Andrew Loh – Representatives from the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore have visited Yong Vui Kong in prison, The Online Citizen has learned. This is the...
Leong Sze Hian – According to a Straits Times report [1], “Seven [PAP town councils said] they write off only a tiny amount of unpaid S&CC, typically...
Terence Lee – Jack Neo is back. The controversial director’s new movie “The Little Star” will be screened at the church’s services in celebration of Father’s...
The Workers’ Party’s website. Letter from Low Thia Khiang, Chairman, Hougang Town Council I refer to the press report on Town Council Management Report (TCMR) and Upgrading...
Andrew Loh – Malaysia’s “de facto Law Minister”, Mohd Nazri Aziz, says he is not aware of Yong Vui Kong’s case, Malaysian news portal Malaysiakini reported...
If he is hanged, it will be in your name and mine. Choo Zheng Xi.
Latest: More pictures of Wednesday’s flood on Yahoo. From this website: Most prominent area that suffered from this heavy rainfall is known as Orchard Road and...
Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reacted angrily to the US Department of State’s “Trafficking in Persons Report 2010”. [See here for TOC’s write-up on...
Cartoon by Joshua Chiang.
The United States (US) has classified Singapore as “Tier 2 Watch List” when it comes to human trafficking, a downgrade from the “Tier 2” classification it...