by Augustine Low It wasn’t just tearing up, it was choking up, a sustained spell of crying, possibly the longest in Parliament history. Face scrunched up,...
The recent Edusave Awards at Sengkang Community Club by the Compassvale Villa RC held on 19 February (Sunday) was a moment of celebration for awardees. The...
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA— The most popular minister in the Malaysia’s Unity government Cabinet is Anthony Loke Siew Fook, Minister of Transport. According to a joint survey...
Associate Professor Jamus Lim has voiced his skepticism about the low burden of taxation claimed by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his roundup speech for...
SINGAPORE — Got a rotten egg issue? A customer was shocked to find maggots in a carton of eggs that she had bought from a minimart...
BEIJING, CHINA — Chinese billionaire Bao Fan is “cooperating in an investigation” by authorities, his company said, almost two weeks after his disappearance sparked fears of...
by Léon Bruneau WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — The United States is “confident” that China is considering providing lethal materiel to support the Russian forces invading Ukraine,...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — The coronavirus pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, the US Department of Energy now says according to media, although the...
SINGAPORE — The Secretary General of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), Francis Yuen, has written a Facebook post in which he defended the party’s proposals for...
HONG KONG, CHINA — In the latest development of the tragic murder of Abby Choi Tin-fung, the police have found her missing severed head in one...
It was reported in Reuters on Tuesday (21 Feb 2023) that Seattle has become the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination after its local council voted to...
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Lawmakers from Southeast Asia are urging the new Malaysian government to repeal laws that they say are too often used to stifle...
SINGAPORE — A Reuters investigation has raised serious questions about a shoe recycling program launched by chemical company Dow in partnership with the Singapore government, which...
I refer to the “Budget Debate Round-Up Speech” by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong during the Budget 2023 debate on Friday (24 Feb)....
by Augustine Low Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday (24 Feb) that Singaporeans pay much less in taxes compared to citizens elsewhere. He used...