WORKERS' PARTY ANNOUNCES ITS SECOND BATCH OF CANDIDATES
The Workers' Party announced its second batch of potential candidates for the upcoming General Elections at a press conference held at the WP headquarters in Syed Alwi Road this afternoon.The...
View ArticlePAP FLAGS DISPLAYED ALONG OWEN ROAD, VIOLATION OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT?
Dear Editors,I spotted these PAP flags hanging at Owen Road as at 12.07pm 27 August 2015. It is not even Nomination day yet, how can they start campaigning for the PAP? Is this legal or illegal? If you...
View ArticlePAP UNVEILS CANDIDATES FOR EAST COAST GRC
The People’s Action Party (PAP) has officially unveiled today its candidates for East Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC) who will contest the upcoming General Elections (GE).Incumbent PAP...
View ArticlePROF DANIEL GOH: MY LIFE IS THE HEARTLAND, NO ONE RECOGNISES ME IN PUBLIC
<Facebook post by Daniel PS Goh>A reporter asked the introduced candidates what we thought of the PAP introducing their candidates in coffeeshops and other heartland venues while WP was doing...
View ArticlePAYING THE PRICE TO SEND THEM INTO PARLIAMENT
According to official spiel, this general election is supposed to decide on the team which will set the direction for Singapore for the next 50 years. Yet only 9 days - the minimum period under current...
View ArticleMOH: DO NOT BELIEVE WHATSAPP RUMOURS ABOUT EATING RAW FISH
MOH has been alerted to another Whatsapp/SMS message being circulated today about Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection from the consumption of raw food, such as sashimi. MOH would like to clarify that...
View ArticleIS THE DISPLAY OF PAP FLAGS BEFORE START OF ELECTIONS ILLEGAL?
Dear ASS,I read your article by Mr Tan saying that by hanging the PAP flag before the elections, the PAP is in breach of the Parliamentary Elections Act. I want to point out that this is not a new...
View ArticleMORE PUBLIC HOUSING INCENTIVES MAY HURT POCKETS OF PRIVATE DEVELOPERS
Singapore wants to make public housing more affordable ahead of elections. That’s creating another headache for developers already under pressure from plunging sales and home prices.Prime Minister Lee...
View ArticleSMU GRADUATE FEELING HOPELESS AFTER FAILING TO FIND JOB
Dear Gilbert,I am a graduate of SMU, and have trouble finding a job for 2 years.I am wondering if there are any opportunities here because I have been looking on craigslist, indeed, jobsdb, regionUP,...
View ArticleWP POTENTIAL CANDIDATE DANIEL GOH DENIES EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIR WITH FORMER...
Workers' Party (WP) potential candidate, National University of Singapore sociologist Daniel Goh, has denied allegations that he had an extra-marital affair with a former student. Several press in...
View ArticleWP POTENTIAL CANDIDATE DANIEL GOH: I MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP...
Hello everyone, thank you for your amazing support thus far. Thanks for encouraging me to stand strong. Someone wrote a poison pen letter to WP and to the media to smear me with the allegation that I...
View ArticleWHY MUST HAVE TEMP S-PASSES TO SEND LOCALS FOR TRAINING
Easing foreign worker ratiosAccording to the Straits Times news report “Labour relief for SMEs” (Aug 26) – “Under the new Lean Enterprise Development Scheme announced last Wednesday, the MOM will allow...
View ArticleRETRENCHMENT IS A FASHIONABLE CORPORATE PRACTICE THAT HURTS S'POREANS
Dear Editors,It seems hard for Singaporeans to make a living in Singapore nowadays. Holding onto a job is no longer easy. Job insecurity and suppressed wages have become a norm. Retrenchment in...
View ArticleHDB WANTS TO INCREASE MY RENTAL BY 37% AFTER ELECTIONS END?
Dear Editors,In a sign of skyrocketing costs of living and business after this upcoming polling day, HDB had sent us a letter right after the election was announced warning us that they intend to raise...
View ArticleAIA REFUSED TO PAY $600,000 CANCER BILL DESPITE AGENT SAYING OKAY
Dear Singaporeans,This message serves more as an advisory than anything else. As most of my closer friends are probably aware, my dad is currently fighting a losing battle against stage four pancreatic...
View ArticlePAP SENDS LIGHT WEIGHT TEAM TO BATTLE FOR ALJUNIED GRC
On Friday, the PAP released its lineup for Aljunied GRC for GE2015. The candidates include 4 term MP Yeo Guat Kwang, Chua Eng Leong, Victor Lye, K Muralidharan Pillai and Shamsul Kamar. During GE2011,...
View ArticleJUDGE: YANG YIN SPUN "WEB OF DECEIT" TO GET HANDS ON MILLIONS
District Judge Shobha G. Nair had harsh words for former China tour guide turned con-man Yang Yin, describing Yang in court as a man who wove a carefully crafted "web of deceit" to get his hands on the...
View ArticleLOCAL MUSICIAN: S'PORE CANNOT RISK A FREAK ELECTION RESULT
<Facebook post by Jeremy Monteiro>I don't think we can gamble with Singapore's future. I think we have to vote with our heads and not with our emotions that are being stirred up by the rabble...
View ArticlePROF DANIEL GOH LODGES POLICE REPORT AGAINST POISON PEN LETTER ALLEGING AFFAIR
<Facebook post by Daniel PS Goh>Hello everyone, again, I just lodged a police report on the poison pen letter at Serangoon NPC, a short walk down from where I live. It felt so unreal walking down...
View ArticleCAN PAP CANDIDATE DARRYL DAVID SPEAK ANY INDIAN LANGUAGES?
Someone pointed out to me that PAP's AMKGRC candidate - Darryl David, who's Indian by birth and is the minority candidate for the GRC, is unable to speak any Indian language. Now GRCs were 'supposedly...
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