Opinion

  Two People’s Action Party MPs are in the news  - for different reasons. But they were just trying to do their job, one might say. It is the reactions that have been more interesting and telling on what we...

  There is a very strange rhythm to all the talk about who the next Prime Minister will be. Where is it leading to, exactly? Follow the trail closely. Since PM Lee Hsien Loong said he would be stepping down by...

  Besides slanted news generated by the mainstream media and fake news in general, Singaporeans have to be aware of fake controversy. A kind of kite-flying exercise meant to test the waters – for whatever purpose. The last couple of weeks’...

  English Premier League soccer fans would be familiar with the term “January transfers”. This is the one-month period when clubs can buy, sell or simply do exchanges of players.  Take Liverpool. It sold Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona. But before...

By Tan Bah Bah Singapore mainstream media say they want to inform and engage. Fundamental to this would be that they have to be seen as credible. SPH’s mission statement is: “To engage, entertain and enrich audiences by harnessing the...

  What was that all about? Writing in Facebook last Sunday (31 December 2017), Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said the 4G leadership issue should be settled before the end of this new year, in six to nine months. That...

What or who to look out for in 2018? Here’s a quick list as we see out 2017: Under spotlight The GST people Feverish work going on as we approach Budget Day in March. “One per cent, 2 per cent or 3...

  There is just one way to sum up 2017: We are truly in the post-Lee Kuan Yew era. Almost all the significant events that have taken place point sadly to a decline in a perception that Singapore is in...

  The first concrete step in long-suffering Singapore commuters’ journey to a decent, just a decent, MRT starts today (Sunday), hopefully. Thanks to the undeniable power of social media and commendable public refusal to accept a forced down culture of we-can-do-no-wrong...

  Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Metallica fan. Serious. That news picture showing a smiling Indonesian president as he received from the Danish PM on Wednesday a re-mastered box set of US heavy metal band Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets made...