More than 70 business leaders have signed a letter to the Sunday Times calling for a public vote on the UK’s Brexit deal. The letter stressed that they are facing “either a blindfold (to pretend that the referendum didn’t happen) or a destructure hard…
Following Pakistan’s acquittal of Asia Bibi’s blasphemy conviction, her husband Ashiq Masih has come forward to claim he is in great danger. Bibi was accused of blasphemy after a heated religious argument led to her being on death row. Following the historic ruling, the…
What has happened? On 29th October 2018, Lim Tean announced the formation of Singapore’s 11th political party. Peoples Voices, the new party, seeks to involve the citizens in the process of democracy via referendums on major issues. When he first announced its establishment, Mr…
What happened? On 3 November during training at the Jalan Murai training area, a Bionix vehicle reversed into the Land Rover that PTE Liu Kai, 22, was driving, causing him to lose consciousness. Despite being attended to by a medic immediately, followed by SCDF…
What happened? Twitter has deleted more than 10,000 accounts that posted misleading tweets. These accounts were “disguised” as run by Democrats and posted tweets that discouraged people from voting in the coming elections. One of the tweets discouraged Democratic men from voting as it…
Last Tuesday, a “suspicious package” was received by The Straits Times at its News Centre in Toa Payoh. Inside was a letter addressed to “The Straights Times” containing several pages of incoherent text which was sent from an overseas source. Three employees reported feeling…
A U.N. human rights expert has called on the Japanese government to halt the return of women and children displaced by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. In wake of the disaster, the Japanese government raised the annual acceptable level of radiation from 1 millisievert…
Andy Rubin, also known as the “Father” and creator of the mobile operating system “Android”, was asked to resign from Google by co-founder Larry Page in October 2014. The New York Times released a report on October 25, describing how Mr. Rubin was offered…
On 25 Oct, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its indictment against a Singaporean trader for allegedly helping North Korean entities evade U.S. sanctions. Tan Wee Beng, the director of Wee Tiong (S) Pte Ltd and managing director of WT Marine Pte Ltd, was…
Veteran Singapore diplomat Tommy Koh went on Facebook on Friday, October 26, claiming that the Straits Times (ST) resorted to “biased reporting” of the 30th anniversary dinner and inequality conference of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). In his Facebook post, Prof. Koh inquired…
