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The Online Citizen (TOC) originally planned party, themed ‘TOC Cassetted – Not a Political Party’ which was open to members of the public is now closed and by-invitation only, according to a statement on its site. TOC, Singapore’s first ever blog to be gazetted as a political organisation had originally wanted to... 

I don’t understand why there are so many sexual massage parlours all over Singapore, in shopping centres such as People Park, Bukit Timah Shopping Centre etc, in HDB estates such as Macpherson, Tampines, Jurong East/West, Yishun. Even near National Library, there are many such joints along Beach Road and Middle Road. Many... 

Those wanting to get a copy of the book, Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock may want to think again. You may be charged with possession, distribution and dissemination of defamatory material, solely at the pleasure of the relevant authorities. Although the book by convicted British author Alan Shadrake,... 

Take a can of Coke, shake it and then open it. Now try to put the fizz back into the can. That’s what the PAP is trying to do with politics in Singapore. Its recent effort to rein in activists is evidence that the regime is trying to roll back time and take Singapore back to the era where it had complete control of... 

SFD Media Release 27 January 2011 Singapore SFD to MDA: Ban the Jolly Hangman Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD) calls on the Media Development Authority (MDA) to ban Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock or assign it a classification that clearly and publicly indicates that the said book cannot be distributed... 

Recently Lee Kuan Yew said that Singaporeans may get tired of PAP and topple it one day. He then went further to predict that it will not happen in the next twenty years, obviously basing it on his observations of Singaporeans today. This is consistent to what many observers have been pointing out. Even Reform Party has... 

Julian Assange That’s how the breathless reporting online would have it – the combined might of the internet was what forced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee Tunis after 24 years in power. Widespread exuberance on the streets of Tunis was matched by concern in governments across north Africa and the middle... 

PAP will always make us pay and pay, That has always been their bad way, In hospital you can’t even stay, They’ll pile up your bills as you lay, Your Medisave they’ll all suck away, Then money you won’t have for X-ray, Somehow they’ll make you broke anyway, So don’t just sit down and only pray, Nor should... 

Singapore’s stated goal of updating its political system in time for the 2011 elections should include revamping laws, policies, and practices that fail to comply with international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2011. The 649-page report, Human Rights Watch’s... 

The Singapore Gurkha Pensioners’ Association has called upon the Nepalese Government and the Parliament to put an end to the discrimination meted out to the Gurkha police personnel working in Singapore. Although Nepalis have been recruited in the Gurkha Regiment of Singapore Police Force since 1949, the Government...