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TRIPOLI – The Libyan regime has pledged financial handouts in an effort to quell the revolt that has rocked the country resulting in the deaths of thousands, according to state TV. State television said on Friday that Libyan families would be eligible to receive 400 dollars each and some public sector workers could... 

My fellow Singaporeans, have you ever been disadvantaged by a PAP policy in one way or the other, or in fact by many ways that you feel that they PAP has the ability to administer “anesthetic” to you, to somehow enable you to “deep throat” their failed policy ? I take it as a BIG YES, because most of the time, we... 

Reacting to public discontent with the rising cost of housing, PM Lee used his Chinese New Year speech to calm Singaporeans recently. He reassured Singaporeans that the Government is curbing speculation and cooling the property market. He promised he would continue to “do more to stabilise the market”. His speech... 

Benjamin Cheah here dissected the short-comings of the RP media statement, adding it needed a good copy writer. I agree with him and would like to go further and propose that RP gets a good media adviser to help its Sec-Gen from the shooting himself in the backside. Let me give an example. The opening words of the... 

Goh Chok Tong I happened to catch a glimpse on TV of a forum that was attended by the grassroots folks and SM Goh, this event was covered on the morning news, and it was about a man asking SM Goh, if he could consider applying the GST to luxury items only and not to basic necessities such as milk powder and other items... 

“The Reform Party has moved on“, says its Secretary-General Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam. Temasek Review had earlier contacted Mr Kenneth to enquire about the possible impact of the recent exodus on the party and its future undertakings. Replying via email, Kenneth said: “We have drawn a line under that and are... 

While the Government’s decision to lessen reliance on foreign labour to raise productivity is laudable, the wrong sector is being targeted (‘Worker levy increase shocks businesses’; last Saturday). The Government should not focus on tightening blue-collar foreign labour as such migrant workers are needed... 

Dear fellow readers, I was surprised when i heard that higher levies will be imposed on the foreign workers, this could be correct to certain extnd but it does not really solve the problems of fellow Singaporeans. Most of the foreign workers on employment pass are working in constructions and other lower income jobs and... 

Sylvia Lim Workers’ Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim has accused the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) of gerrymandering to gain an unfair advantage from the redrawn electoral map, reported the Straits Times. Referring to changes in several constituencies the party had been working on as potential battlegrounds... 

A group of Saudi youth has called for a rally in the southwestern coastal city of Jeddah to show solidarity with the pro-democracy uprisings and revolutions across the Arab world. A group calling itself Jeddah Youth for Change has distributed printed statements, calling on the people to join a demonstration near al-Beia...