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  In 2014, the Government had asked the Auditor-General to do a special audit on the Aljunied Hougang Town Council (AHTC) after it was unable to fulfill mandatory requirements satisfactorily. A special audit was subsequently carried out by the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO), and...

UPDATE: Mr Phey has been sentenced to 60 months imprisonment today after pleading guilty to 12 charges against him. -- Former Member of Parliament and union chief, Phey Yew Kok aged 81, pleaded guilty today to misappropriating more than $240,000, after being...

Teo Soh Lung who was detained in the 1980s for an alleged Marxist plot against Singapore has hit out at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in the way the Ministry announced the detentions and deportations of the "radicalised"...

In 2013, Facebook rolled out blue ticks (or blue check marks) to verify authentic accounts of celebrities and other high-profile people and organisations on Facebook. According to Facebook, the blue ticks "belong to a small group of prominent public figures (celebrities, journalists,...

By Howard Lee Parents who have had misgivings about what social studies is teaching their children in secondary school would now have reason to erase all doubt – in the most appalling way. In a news report by Yahoo! Singapore, the...

Workers' Party Member of Parliament (MP) and Chairman of Aljunied Hougang Town Council (AHTC), Pritam Singh, tuned up for the AHTC hearing at the Supreme Court yesterday morning in his No. 4 army uniform. Singfirst Party chairman, Dr Ang Yong...

27 male Bangladeshi nationals who were working in the local construction industry were arrested by the Internal Security Department between 16 Nov and 1 Dec 2015, said the Ministry of Home Affairs in a press release today. 26 of them were members...

Singapore People's Party (SPP) has responded to the President's Address, and in particular to his statement that there will be changes to our political system. President Dr Tony Tan had in his Address at the opening of the 13th Parliament said: "The...

The Workers' Party (WP) announced yesterday that it had filed a Parliamentary motion to have the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat offered to Ms Lee Li Lian be declared vacant and for Associate Professor Daniel Goh to take up...

The Workers' Party (WP) has filed a Parliamentary motion to have the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seat offered to Ms Lee Li Lian be declared vacant and for Associate Professor Daniel Goh to take up the seat. WP's chief, Mr...