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Betrayal in politics is not unexpected as self-preservation in the play for power is the priority. Decisions on alliances based on mutual in...

I am left pondering the rationale behind the seeming government endorsement of the $1 million cash reward (supposedly from two anonymous bu...

It seems that these days, any government policy or decision draws a barrage of criticism. -- ERP gantries (and rates) go up. We have to...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has made the news for the wrong reasons again. Following a slip-up by an ICA officer at Changi Airport, a 61...

The current judicial brouhaha surrounding the Lees, the Chees, and new entrant Gopalan Nair reminds me of once of those chess games where pl...

I think it is tragic that the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok can close on a public holiday when aid workers are rushing to provide humanitarian...

These were the questions I laid out on the table previously . I will do a quick run-down on whether Minister Wong Kan Seng in his parliamen...

Come Monday, the Home Affairs Minister will face Parliament and disclose the findings of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the escape of J...

Dutch politician Geert Wilders released on the Internet a film called 'Fitna' which is critical of Islam and warnings that it could...

Two weeks on and Mas Salamat has yet to be found. Much has been said in the media about offering a reward for information leading to his ca...

8th March 2008 was an auspicious date for newbies seeking enter Malaysian politics. Nurul Izzah unseated 3-term incumbent Minister Shahriza...

The Commission of Inquiry was set up for at least two reasons. One is to get to the bottom of the escape and two, to show that the governme...

When was the last time we saw a Minister (let alone one as senior as DPM Wong Kan Seng) apologise in Singapore Parliament? Practically unhe...

I met with a taxi driver relative of mine over the New Year. He shared that his income had dipped significantly (abt 25%) in the weeks foll...

Much has been said in recent days about the rising cost of living in Singapore. Still, I think a new graduate today is far more fortunate as...

In 1994, Tharman Shanmugaratnam was charged under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for endangering the secrecy of classified documents and was...

At times, it can be an intolerable experience to follow politics and current affairs (International or otherwise). Weeding through thick lay...

Donald Aw lamented in the Young PAP Blog that the prices of HDB flats in some matured estates were "absurd" and asserted that ...

I am puzzled. Is the Singapore Government for or against the movement to change the junta regime in Myanmar? Some signs that suggest that th...

Somewhere in the midst of all the reports on protest activity (yes! Even in Singapore!) was this picture of expatriate women in Singapore we...