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DBS: Singapore’s latest quarter GDP decline 5%, hitting 6-year-low

According to a news article by Singapore Business Review (SBR) quoting Singapore’s national bank DBS, the latest GDP figure will decline 5% quarter-to-quarter which is the worst ever since the...

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NSP acknowledges Workers’ Party and avoid 3-corner fights

The National Solidarity Party (NSP) today (August 10) announced that they will give up contests in Macpherson SMC and Marine Parade GRC to avoid a 3-corner fight with the Workers’ Party in the spirit...

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Latest: SFP gives up AMK GRC. All 3-corner fights resolved.

Singfirst has just published a press release today (August 10) confirming that they will withdraw from Ang Mo Kio GRC and let Reform Party take on the Prime Minister’s ward. Photo from SFP Earlier...

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PAP Minister Lee Yi Shyan: The Workers’ Party comes to Bedok only once every...

In a media interview with the media, Senior Minister of State and PAP MP for East Coast GRC Lee Yi Shyan said that the Workers’ Party comes to Bedok only once every 5 years and that he is considering...

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Lee Hsien Loong publish letters to avoid suspicions that he fired Lui Tuck Yew

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has made public two letters containing the exchange between himself and the Transport Minister to avoid suspicions that the latter was asked to leave. The letter from...

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Minister Tan Chuan Jin to open 1000 new childcare places ahead of elections

Minister of Social and Family (MSF) Developments Tan Chuan Jin today (August 11) announced that his ministry will open two large childcare centres that could cater up to 1,000 childcare places in...

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PAP MP Ellen Lee: Zhan Jian is a true inspiration for all Singaporeans

MP for Sembawang GRC Ellen Lee today lauded retiring new citizen Singaporean table tennis player Zhan Jian as “a true inspiration for all Singaporeans” following his announcement to retire. “The...

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MTI: Singapore GDP declined 4% in Q2 2015, currency reach 5-year-low

According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), Singapore’s GDP figure plummeted 4% in the second quarter of 2015. The Singapore Government has also lowered their GDP...

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PAP in crisis: More PAP MPs resign following Lee Kuan Yew’s death

In a press conference today (August 12), the PAP Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC team sees 3 more PAP MPs resigning signaling a succession crisis with the ruling party. MP Hri Kumar, MP Zainudin Nordin and...

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Singapore Stock Market crash 2.64% in a single day

The Singapore stock market with the national Straits Times Index (STI) crashed 2.64% in a single day today (August 12) and even bottomed out at 3,060 (-2.95%) in the morning today. Singapore’s economy...

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SBS Transit post record profits due to higher bus fares

The Singapore Bus Service (SBS) Transit today (August 12) posted a record quarterly net profit of S$6.09 million, 22.8% higher than a year ago. The Q2 result stemmed from high bus fares, approved by...

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Minister Lim Swee Say step up manpower enforcement ahead of elections

Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say’s ministry has recently called up 150 companies with low Singaporean to foreign Employment Pass (EP) holders for talks and requested 38 of them to furnish details of EP...

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Minister Ng Eng Hen: Singaporeans should vote for “enlightened self-interest”

In his media interview over the introduction of 3 new PAP candidates at Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said that Singaporeans should vote for “enlightened self-interest”, suggesting...

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3 Malaysians and 1 Singaporean face death penalty for trafficking heroin

3 Malaysians and a Singaporean were arrested today (August 13) and are facing the death penalty for trafficking 3.6kg of heroin, with a street value of S$254,000. Earlier this morning at 5.45am, the...

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PAP in crisis: Sembawang GRC MP Ellen Lee join the exodus and resign

Another PAP MP threw in the white towel today (August 14) and resigned. Through Minister Khaw Boon wan, Sembawang GRC MP Ellen Lee announced her resignation from participation in the coming General...

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Minister Chan Chun Sing make use of Lee Kuan Yew to canvass for support

At a community event in Tanjong Pagar, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Minister-without-portfolio Chan Chun Sing made multiple references invoking the memories of the recently-demised Lee Kuan Yew...

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Mediacorp: 90% felt Singapore Government had done an excellent job

Singapore state-controlled media Mediacorp today (August 14) released a survey it commissioned saying that 90% of the 2,000 survey respondents felt the Singapore Government has done a good, very good...

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Malaysian Prime Minister transferred US$650 million back to Singapore Bank

Persecuted news media Sarawak Report have obtained evidence of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak emptying his AmPrivate bank account of US$650 million and transferred the fund to Singapore-based...

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PM Lee Hsien Loong: Our new candidates are potential Ministers

In the announcement of his Ang Mo Kio GRC electoral team today (August 15) at the Punggol South PAP Branch, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong responded to media enquiries that the new candidates he...

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PAP in crisis: Ex-Minister Raymond Lim become 12th PAP MP to resign in two...

Update: East Coast MP Arthur Fong has been added to the list while AMK GRC MP Yeo Guat Kwang is removed. Former Transport Minister Raymond Lim will be joining his successor Transport Minister Lui Tuck...

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