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  Last week, the 27-year-old National Solidarity Party politician found herself the subject of what she calls “gutter journalism” and threatened to sue publisher Singapore Press Holdings. Here is an excerpt of her interview with Mumbrella Asia editor Robin Hicks...

1.         We refer to MARUAH’s statement of 29 Nov published in The Independent.  https://theindependent.sg.sg/mda-action-will-choke-new-media-entrants-maruah/ 2.         The registration of The Independent and The Breakfast Network under the Broadcasting (Class Licence) Notification upholds the firmly-established principle that foreign entities may not engage...

A Singaporean man who had paid sex with an underage girl in the online vice ring case was brought before the court to have his case heard at Subordinate Court No. 10 before District Judge Lim Keng Yeow on...

By Harphal Singh Well, now I shall write my thoughts on a topic closer to the hearts of students, parents and educators – streaming. This topic has been written about and debated at length and its merits and shortcomings have...

By Bernard Pereira Many employers, I suspect, are getting away with blue murder when they misclassify their workers as “Independent Contractors”  instead of “Employees”. The main reason is obvious: they want to bypass the CPF contribution requirement, in particular, and other fringe benefits...

By Augustine Low Singapore netizens have the dubious honour of having a string of labels attached to them – Wild Wild West, lunatic fringe, rumour mongers, purveyors of untruths and half-truths, and most recently, unhappy people. That these labels are...

By Eric Tan The Fare Review Committee has completed its findings and the most tangible take-away is that there is going to be single journey fare increases for buses and trains. There were good recommendations, such as the introduction of monthly...

A piece of Yemen in Singapore After Iraq and Af-Pak, the focus of international terrorism has shifted to Yemen and Somalia. More so, for Yemen, where the country's interior ministry has acknowledged a resurgence of Al Qaida in the Arabian...

The man who lost the race to become NUS law school's dean has got the top job at the University of Hong Kong's law school. Michael Hor Yew Meng will take up the post in July. He was named as one of the two...

Singapore, 29 November 2013 We are deeply concerned that the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) has been granted leave to take action against Singaporean blogger, Mr Alex Au, for “scandalising the judiciary” in his blog post, “377 Wheels Come Off Supreme Court's Best...