In the House

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Pritam Singh, said last week that we needed more members of parliament (MP) from the Workers' Party (WP). He does have a point. At the end of the day, all new policies are...

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh made the case for more WP Members of Parliament, underlining that in carrying out changes to the highest law in the land, the Constitution, numbers count. This was part...

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party MP Leon Perera (Aljunied GRC) underlined in Parliament on Wednesday (May 10) the importance of the healthcare sector to society. He said, “When deciding how liveable and how advanced a society is, the quality and affordability...

SINGAPORE: In the Workers’ Party’s latest TikTok, secretary-general Pritam Singh is seen explaining in Parliament why it’s important to have at least one-third of the MPs in the opposition. The 49-second clip is an excerpt from the Leader of the...

SINGAPORE: Minister for Transport S Iswaran tackled the hot-button issue of the price of the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) in Parliament on Monday (May 8), addressing the questions MPs had raised about the certificate needed to own and use...

SINGAPORE: As the Family Justice Reform Bill was discussed in Parliament on Monday (May 8), Workers’ Party MP Louis Chua (Sengkang GRC) pushed for training judges for judicial interviews with children to ensure the effectiveness of these interviews. “The introduction...

SINGAPORE: In Parliament on Monday (May 8), Workers’ Party MP Sylvia Lim (Aljunied GRC) acknowledged that people’s lives had been devastated by online crimes such as scams, but she also asked for fairness for some suspects who may be...

SINGAPORE — Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong recently said in parliament on Apr 21 that the People’s Association (PA), through an open tender process, appoints a professional, fair operator to manage and operate the trade fairs...

SINGAPORE — Singaporeans travelling abroad during the Labour Day long weekend (especially to the Land of Smiles) note that as part of their ongoing efforts to combat drugs, the country has begun the deployment of the Saliva Test Kit...

SINGAPORE: On Friday (Apr 21), Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong acknowledged the value of English proficiency, he added that it should not be the only criterion for Singapore citizenship. “The knowledge of English at the working level,...