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We have finally come up with a photograph of the secretive Balldev Naidu, Singapore’s alleged terrorist who is awaiting extradition to the United States. Alleged Singapore terrorist Balldev Naidu’s Facebook page not only shows us what is said to be his photograph, but gives us a list of...

Philip Jeyaretnam has been appointed to Singapore’s Public Service Commission (PSC). As a member of the PSC, Mr Jeyaretnam will be involved in its task of appointing and promoting top civil servants. Philip Jeyaretnam’s father founded Singapore’s Reform Party, along with co-founder Balldev...

According to Malaysia’s leading internet newspaper Malaysiakini, prominent Singaporean law lecturer Kevin Tan Y L was barred by the Malaysian police from speaking at a forum in Petaling Jaya in a public forum organized by Malaysian Chinese online daily Merdeka Review. The other speakers are...

The “revamped” P65 blog which is supposed to be “non-partisan” in nature is fast turning out to be a farce with the latest revelation that one of its regular bloggers Mr Fredric Fanthome is not only a YPAP member, but a new citizen from India as well. The P65 blog was set up after the 2006...

Permanent residents are flocking to serve in grassroots organizations that they have to be put on the waiting list at the Geylang Neighborhood committee due to a little-known cap of 15 per cent of the grassroots committee members who can be PRs. According to a report by TODAY, there are 1,360...

The recent appointment of Mr Philip Jeyaretnam to the Public Service Commission (PSC) has sparked intense debate both offline and online on whether he has been “co-opted” into the establishment. Mr Philip Jeyaretnam is the younger son of late opposition leader Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam or JBJ...

A Malaysian doctor by the name of Chen Jiayi who had chosen to return to Malaysia after working for a number of years in Singapore wrote in the Malaysian Chinese newspaper Sin Chew yesterday that Singapore should be grateful to the Malaysians for its success today. Dr Chen did not reveal the...

Senior Counsel Mr Philip Jeyaretnam had written to the Straits Times Forum to clarify a mis-reporting in an interview published yesterday under the “Insight” column. Mr Philip Jeyaretnam is the younger son of the late opposition leader J.B. Jeyaretnam who was at one time a one-man fighting...

In an email interview with Chinese paper Shin Min Daily, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan revealed that he penned every entry on his blog “Health Minister says” started in September this year. The interview was conducted to find out more about MOH’s initiative to invite online views on Health...

In response to the rising number of complaints from both locals and foreigners alike against service staff who cannot speak English, the Ministry of Manpower has introduced an English proficiency test for “skilled” foreign workers. The new rules will take effect from the third quarter of next...

Long regarded as the crux of Singapore’s financial, political and national success, the bilingualism policy has come under the limelight recently, all thanks to Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s apology for his mistakes in the policy. When the policy was meted out four decades ago, Mr Lee said: “if we were...

Singapore’s popular blogger Mr Brown aka Lee Kin Mun had his article on the Bukit Timah flooding which was published 2 days ago in Singtel digital medial portal – inSing.com removed following a complaint lodged by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources. Mr Brown shot to fame during the...

The “cooling-off” day before polling day during which all forms of political campaigning is banned will be extended to cyberspace including websites of political parties which are expected to adhere to the new rules. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the introduction of a “cooling-off”...

One of the keys to success is being meticulous. You need to pay close attention to details so as to master a particular trade. This profound principle also applies to wealth creation process. Saving is the main core step in wealth creation. It was highlighted well by Ben Franklin “Beware of...

Following the disastrous flooding at Bukit Timah last week which caused immense damage to the properties and cars in the affected areas, PUB now announced that it will be spending $67.5 million over the next three years to widen the drains in five areas around Singapore to make them less prone...

It was revealed by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan lately that there are about 4,500 new citizens serving as grassroots leaders in various estates in Singapore. He claimed that this will help promote integration between the newcomers and Singaporeans. With due respect to Dr Vivian, the grassroots...

The government-controlled trade union NTUC and its eight affiliated civil service unions have given the thumbs-up to the government’s decision to give a one-off year-end payment of 0.25 month, capped at S$750, on top of the usual 13th month bonus to civil servants. The Annual Variable...

Following the admission of MM Lee Kuan Yew that he had made a “mistake” in Singapore’s bilingual language policy, the debate on the state and direction of Chinese education in Singapore has continued to rage on in cyberspace and even in a Malaysia-based Chinese forum. During a speech made at...

Last week, the Straits Times reported an Indian national and permanent resident in Singapore Mr Farook Ali Akbar who committed suicide together with his son. Mr Farook came to Singapore to work as a database administrator in 2001 and became a PR two years later. His last drawn salary was...

The recent appointment of Mr Philip Jeyaretnam as a member of the Public Service Commission was announced amid much fanfare by the state media with the Straits Times highlighting the fact that he is the “son of the late opposition leader Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam” in its opening paragraph...