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By Gaurav Sharma The Little India riots of last Sunday have sparked much debate  about the role of the Singapore Police Force and its decision not to  use undue force, service revolvers and anti-riot equipment such as the tear gas  to quell...

"The debate that is commencing is an important one; it deserves to be conducted in a healthy fashion. Reliable information is vital. It was reassuring to see that, at the height of the emergency, the Police understood the importance of...

Now that we've heard what the public has to say, let's all turn our attention to the nation's most important people, the ministers, Member of Parliaments and politicians. Drum rolls...  *** “As far as we know now, there was no Singaporean...

We reconstruct the two hours of horror at Little  India  At 9.23 pm Sunday, a private bus  crashes into and kills 33-year-old Indian national Sakthivel Kumaravelu at  the junction of Race Course Road and Hempshire Road. The commotion draws a  crowd. SCDF...

Except  for a few policemen and a couple of damaged civil defence vehicles, the scene  where the first Singapore riot in decades occurred was quiet this morning.  A Singaporean, S Saravanamuthu, was not even aware that a mob of...

8th Dec 2013 Singapore - A riot has broken out in Little India after a private bus driver knocked down a pedestrian. Riot police have been deployed with reports that the bus has been set on fire - a police...

Singapore, 7 December 2013 – The group of civil society activists who coordinated a statement regarding the prosecution of Alex Au have announced they will respond to the Attorney-General Chamber’s (AGC) statement of 5 December 2013 in due course.  The AGC’s statement was...

The talk in Singapore is all about the award-breaking film Ilo Ilo. But there is another Singapore film, Eclipses, that is quietly making waves.. The man behind this film, Daniel Hui, talks about being the first Singaporean filmmaker to snag the...

By Augustine Low Life can throw up great surprises. Who would have thought that the world’s oldest bureaucracy – the Catholic Church – would come to show the way with radical reform and monumental change? Change so sudden, so...

By Tom Plate   Moral stature is obviously a rare quality. So when it is very apparent and right in front of you, hitting you between the eyes without any ambiguity, it is unforgettable even as a transitory presence, and especially...