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It has been nearly two weeks since a police report was lodged against PAP MP for Marine GRC Tin Pei Ling for allegedly flouting election laws on ‘Cooling-off’ day, but there has been no updates from the police so far on the status of the investigation. The police report was lodged by Ms Kimberly xxxx who uploaded... 

BBC News, 27 May 2011 A British author of a book about the death penalty in Singapore, Alan Shadrake, has lost his appeal against a six-week jail sentence. The 76-year old, convicted of insulting the judiciary, will undergo medical tests before beginning his sentence. His book, Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in... 

Social media is serious business moving forward. It’s also a channel many different views are being share and learn. However, i’m have some concern when political issues are being discuss in this media. The Temasek Review or The Online Citizen are two alternative media to discuss issues pertaining to Singapore and i... 

Dr Tan Cheng Bock Former Member of Parliament Dr Tan Cheng Bock has indicated that he may run for the office of President in the coming Presidential Election. On his decision, the 71 year-old told local media that: “Many Singaporeans have been urging me to stand for the Presidential Election, and I’m really... 

A 24—year—old man has been arrested for allegedly posting an alarming hoax message on an Internet forum. In the message posted on Thursday, the sender wrote that an F—16 jet had crashed at the Ubi/Eunos Link area and there were many casualties. A netizen reported the incident to the police at 12.20pm. After confirming... 

余福金是PAP党员，党员检讨党领袖的薪金，即使民望高、公信力好，又能有多大的突破？所以开宗明义先撇开政治因素，委员会中连一个政治科学者专家也没。政治职位不以政治为考量因素，光从部长总理的职能作商业化考量，不就是当年李光耀改革部长薪金制的基础么?当李光耀决定把政治领袖和人民的关系从社会契约转变成商业合同之际，就埋下了今届大选的伏笔。如果以同一个思路去作检讨，政治领袖的薪金能减得了多少？余... 

Dear Owner of Temasek Review, I am very disturbed by the negative comments and insults you are allowing to take place on your media space. The problem is you are not promoting a inclusive society, your site infact encourages negative attitudes to grow in this society. And you do not allow the subjects a fair chance to respond. I... 

Newly-minted PAP Housing Minister Khaw Boon said he is ‘realistic about what is doable’ in a posting made on his blog on the difficult housing issues he is expected to tackle soon. Mr Khaw has ‘volunteered’ for the job at a time when public disgruntlement against the PAP is at an all-time high due... 

The residents of Block 686 who drank the ‘corpse water’ are unlikely to succeed in their demands for the management of Sembawang Town Council to step down. The CEO of EM Services which is contracted to run Sembawang Town Council happens to be a former PAP MP for Hong Kah GRC Mr Ang Mong Seng: Is it a mere coincidence... 

All of us remember how “efficient” the police was when they reacted to the police report filed against James Gomez by the Elections Department over that “criminal intimidation” charges. This happened in 2006, right after the General Elections. Even Opposition MP Mr. Low Thia Khiang was interviewed...