What is 'affordable' when it comes to MediShield premiums?
The question on every body's mind after Sunday night: By how much will premiums go up? The answer is already written on the wall: As much as they can get away with it.Health Minister Gan Kim Yong...
View ArticleA Deluded Singaporean: PM Lee Needs to Resign
Dear PM Lee,Gardens at the Airport. Medishield Life. “Affordable” HDB. Education “changes”. Each sillier than how you look in pink, and it all boils down to one trait of yours: Misplaced Priorities....
View ArticleAustralian man lodges fork in penis for sexual pleasure
An X-ray film of the fork lodged in a man’s penis. The incident became the subject of a medical paper titled 'An Unusual Urethral Foreign Body' (Photo: International Journal of Surgery Case...
View ArticleNothing epochal – only tweaks
“The most striking thing was how Singaporeans will continue to be dependent on government handouts for even basic things like housing and health care,” I told the Wall Street Journal, which asked me...
View ArticleDisgusting 'victim blaming' mentality among Singaporeans
Picture: 2 recent cases of girls dressing 'scantily' in public that received many comments on what they 'deserved'.I originally wanted to write a social commentary on how many differing views...
View ArticleWhat If PM Lee Stood Against An Ordinary Singaporean In AMK Election Today?
What If An ordinary Singaporean of normal status or ordianry background like example Mdm Vellama Marie Muthu (Cleaner, Singaporean Hero for Standing Up For constitutional rights) Stood Against the...
View ArticleA closer look at PM Lee’s NDR 2013 Housing figures
We investigate the numbers presented during the National Day Rally 2013 and what they mean.In year’s National Day Rally, the Prime Minister touched on a variety of topics close to the hearts of...
View ArticleWhat does PM mean when he says HDB flat prices have been ‘delinked’?
During the recent National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned that the build-to-order (BTO) prices for HDB flats had been delinked from resale prices.National Development...
View ArticleRelease of airbase land: a sign of the mad 6.9m population to come
Picture: CLEARING LAND IN THE HEART OF SINGAPOREThe release of Paya Lebar Airbase land is sure a sign of the 6.9 million (or more) population that's to come. It must be remembered that buildings on the...
View ArticleRespect to Pastor Lawrence Khong for casting adulteress aside
[This is a satire article on the latest news about Pastor Larence Khong from Faith Community Baptist Church who fired a female employee for getting pregnant while committing adultery]This is the right...
View Article46-year-old civil servant wants to change job due to chronic work stress
My name is James and I am 46 years old, married with a boy.I read in your website that you provide emotional support for people who are jobless.However, I am still employed but I am feeling very...
View ArticleNDR 2013: Bolder Moves To Reform Our Healthcare Financing Needed
At Sunday’s National Day Rally 2013, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a slew of tweaks to existing healthcare policies to benefit some groups of Singaporeans – older Singaporeans, low-income...
View ArticleUS soldier sentenced to 35 years for leaking classified US war crimes to...
FORT MEADE, Md.—Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday for leaking classified American information to WikiLeaks, the culmination of a trial that posed tough questions about...
View ArticleCOE prices for cars set to cross $100,000 soon
I refer to CNA article “COE for commercial vehicles reaches new high”. link The MAS implemented financing restrictions in February to prevent car prices from shooting skywards. Prices of COEs did...
View ArticleBradley Manning: "Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free...
The following is a transcript of the statement made by Pfc. Bradley Manning as read by David Coombs at a press conference on Wednesday after Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison.The decisions...
View ArticleHome ownership is a lifestyle choice
Between the dichotomous desires of asset appreciation for existing homeowners and affordable housing for first-timers, the choice, announced at the National Day Rally, is to slice this Gordian knot by...
View ArticleHacker who hacked into Facebook Founder's page will get a $12,000 reward from...
The hacker who broke into Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Timeline to expose a security lapse will be awarded nearly $12,000 from an online crowdsourced campaign. The GoFundMe campaign has raised $11,741...
View ArticleMalay is still the National Language of Singapore
The national language of Singapore is Malay for historical reasons but the official languages are English, Chinese (Mandarin), Malay and Tamil. Each carries equal weight under our constitution....
View ArticleI am grateful that Singapore is under the rule of the PAP and PM Lee
As a 17 year old student, I would like to say that PM lee is doing an excellent job in governing Singapore and indeed, I am extremely proud to be a Singaporean citizen. Singapore is an excellent place...
View ArticleFemale students in Indonesia may be forced to undergo ‘Virginity tests’
A plan to make female high school students undergo mandatory virginity tests has been met with outrage from activists, who argue that it discriminates against women and violates their human...
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