Punjab gasps as India’s Modi refuses to seek…

Amritsar, India – Amid an alarming shortage of medical oxygen, the Punjab government approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi to facilitate an “oxygen corridor” with Pakistan, India’s archrival neighbour which shares a 550km-long (342 miles) border…

As the world’s Crazy Rich flock to S’pore,…

COMMENTARY: In Singapore, where the number of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWI) has risen, how has capital been redistributed? Writing for Lessons on Leadership, a new series hoping to inspire the next generation of Singaporeans…

Kitchen floor tiles of 16-year-old HDB flat in…

A Singaporean woman and her mother were in for a surprise on Sunday (Mar. 21), when the kitchen floor tiles in their Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat began making popping sounds. Within a few…

Masagos & Maliki debate WP’s Faisal Manap on…

In an exchange on the issue of allowing uniformed personnel to wear the tudung, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Maliki Osman said that the government takes the matter "very very seriously". "We have continued to…

Jamus Lim: Convert empty spaces of multi-storey carparks…

Sengkang GRC Member of Parliament Jamus Lim proposed that the under-utilised floors of the multi-storey carparks be converted into commercial uses during the Ministry of National Development's Committee of Supply Debates on Mar. 4. Lim…

MP Carrie Tan: Lonely elderly could rent rooms…

Can elderly homeowners consider renting spare rooms in their houses or flats to low-income families? This is an idea floated by Nee Soon Member of Parliament (MP) Carrie Tan, speaking in Parliament at the Budget…