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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...

Below is a statement by human rights organisation Maruah: We write to express our dismay at the attempt to prosecute Mr Alex Au for contempt of court and the reports about the Media Development Authority (MDA) seeking to regulate online...

Fined $50 for parking after 10.30 p.m. That was what happened to a West Coast GRC resident living at Telok Blangah Towers on two occasions when he parked his car at the Housing Development Board's multi-storey cark park opposite...

Today's newspapers reported that The Independent Singapore (TISG) was asked to register under the Broadcasting (Class Licence) Notification In July this year. There was no mention of what has happened since.   To fill the gap, TISG is setting out this sequence of events: July 29: TISG...

The Independent Singapore looks set to exceed two million page views and 500,000 unique visitors in the coming days while it continues to gain more likes on Facebook. Nearly 60 percent of our views are from new visitors! In the...

This is becoming tiring: Yet another PAP politician mouthing the line that the government can only move as far as society is prepared to move. The surprising thing is that the latest pronouncement comes from Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob,...

As Singapore's two oldest universities rise up in international university rankings, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently joined the debate on relevance of such rankings Singapore's publicly-funded universities are unlike other top universities in bigger countries, and besides maintaining good...

Stage 3 in a legal battle over a house takes place in court today. This latest saga is over a letter sent by house owner's son, Kumar Appavoo, to the chairman and board of the Telecom Credit Co-operative Society...

By Elias Tan   As expected, Nicole Seah's online outpouring of  how her entry into politics has emotionally scarred her got her the vote of netizens with many sympathising with her. One, Belmont Lay of Mothership, even went to the extent of saying the government's action to weed out...

Will the progressive wage model (PWM) and mandatory licensing of cleaning firms make any difference remains to be seen IT'S often said that Singapore needs foreign workers to build and clean its streets as not many locals are willing to...