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New law: President’s decision can be override by Parliament

A new undemocratic law will be introduced by the ruling party PAP government that will allow the PAP-dominated Parliament to override any decision made by the President. A simple two-third majority...

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Minister Chan Chun Sing: NTUC to sell ad hoc membership

NTUC chief and Minister of State Chan Chun Sing announced yesterday (Apr 25) that the government work union will start selling ad hoc membership for non-members to attend training courses. Most...

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Drunk Ang Moh arrested for assault after evading fares

A 33-year-old drunk ang moh was arrested for punching a taxi driver after he refused to pay for the taxi fare. The incident took place yesterday (Apr 26) morning at Queen’s Street. The unnamed ang moh...

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TodayOnline publish fake news: Singaporeans want to holiday with Lee Hsien Loong

In a propaganda effort to improve the dictator’s image, state media TodayOnline published a fake news claiming most Singaporeans want to holiday with Lee Hsien Loong. Quoting a little known survey,...

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Minister Lim Swee Say: Unemployment to worsen further, you should “innovate...

In his May Day message announced today (Apr 28), Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say admitted that unemployment is rising and continue to worsen in Singapore. Blaming “structural changes” in general, the...

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Law Minister K Shanmugam invoke Lee Kuan Yew’s name to scold critic

“The commentator does no credit to himself or his institution. Particularly an institution which carries Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s name.” Angry at an academic’s criticism, Law Minister K Shanmugam invoked Lee...

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PAP MP Tin Pei Ling renegade on promise to be full-time MP

Lured by the lucrative remunerations and money, PAP MP Tin Pei Ling officially renegaded her campaign promise to be a full-time MP to work full-time as a group director at investment firm, Jing King...

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Ministry of Manpower: Job loss hit worst ever at 14-year-high

According to the latest employment report by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), job losses in Singapore has hit its worst ever at a 14-year-high. 8,500 jobs were eliminated in the first quarterly result...

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Tin Pei Ling’s husband raise gas prices by 2.4%, boosting Temasek Holdings’...

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) has approved a 2.4% increase in gas prices, that will boost the monopoly of gas supply business of City Gas – a subsidiary of Keppel, fully owned by Temasek Holdings....

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EIU: Singapore is most expensive in the world

Consecutively for the 4th time, Singapore is ranked the most expensive city in the world for 2017. At an index of 120, Singapore is 20% more expensive than New York city, which has an index of 100....

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LKY School dean beg Law Minister K Shanmugam for forgiveness to save his job

After receiving a harsh rebut from Law Minister K Shanmugam, the associate dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) wrote an apology email begging for forgiveness. The right-wing academic...

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Minister Khaw Boon Wan double ERP tax charges to increase tax revenue

Through the Land Transport Authority (LTA), Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan doubled  road tax collection for the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry at Ayer Rajah Expressway from S$1 to S$2 starting...

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Singapore’s total Ministerial salaries cost $53 million a year, most...

According to state media TodayOnline, the latest round of promotion will see 22 full Ministers and 9 Senior Minister of State – the highest headcount ever. The total costs amounted to S$53 million a...

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PM Lee Hsien Loong: I will give you more Ministers next year

Commenting on the recent promotions of several Ministers announced on Friday (Apr 27), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today told state media TodayOnline that he will give Singaporeans more Ministers...

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Defamatory letter with hell notes attached sent to PAP Minister

A defamatory letter with two hell notes attached was sent to PAP Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The letter was signed off as “Sungei Road Market’s President”, but the Singapore Police...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Singaporeans should work harder

When covering about rising unemployment rate in his May Day message, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today (Apr 30) defended his government’s poor economic performance and direct Singaporeans to “other...

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Video: CNG taxi vehicle explode after road accident

A CNG gas fueled taxi vehicle explode after a road accident around 2.15pm today (Apr 30) at North Buona Vista Road.   The Trans cab taxi Toyota vehicle caught fire after colliding with another car....

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Lee Hsien Loong: Singaporeans must make sure they steal somebody’s lunch

When questioned about how retrenched maritime workers should response in the economy downturn, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong advised Singaporeans to stay hungry and steal: “You must make sure you...

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Government survey: 87% of Singaporeans believe Straits Times is credible

Government-linked company, Blackbox Research, today (May 1) published a fake survey founding that the government-controlled media are more credible than online news sites. Straits Times alone scored...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Unless you are as hungry as a China foreign worker, your...

In his May Day Rally speech today (May 1), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Singaporeans should be as hungry as a China foreign worker or their cheese will be stolen: “A visit by unionists to...

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