September 1st, 2011 Andrew Loh, one of the editors of The Online Citizen until just after May’s General Election, has launched a new socio-political website, Public House. The site doesn’t have an “About Us” page…
by CHERIAN GEORGE September 8th, 2011 MediaCorp’s controversial television coverage of this year’s general election has been given the gentlest of feedback by a government-appointed consultative panel, the Programme Advisory Committee for English Programmes (PACE)….
August 25th, 2011 An analysis by a public relations consultancy suggests that the Tan Cheng Bock campaign has been the most digitally savvy in the 2011 Presidential Election race, slightly ahead of Tan Jee Say….
by CHERIAN GEORGE August 15th, 2011 Lee Hsien Loong has called for online spaces where Singaporeans and the government can engage in more balanced, open and rational debate on issues. In the Prime Minister’s National…
August 12th, 2011 The law on contempt of court has been clarified by the Court of Appeal in the recent Alan Shadrake case, according to the July 2011 issue of Inter Se, a publication of…
August 3rd, 2011 A group of countries and international NGOs is launching the Open Government Partnership, “a new multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption,…
by CYRIL PEREIRA July 21st, 2011 What started as a damage-limitation fire-fight for Rupert on his News of the World (NoW) tabloid, has in two short weeks turned British politicians into a frenzied attack pack,…
by CYRIL PEREIRA July 18th, 2011 Asked what his priority was upon arrival in London to take charge of the unraveling of his UK newspaper, News of the World (NoW), Mr Murdoch pointed to his…
by CHERIAN GEORGE June 23rd, 2011 Citizen journalism in Singapore appears to have made a major breakthrough, with the Tony Tan Campaign for President inviting some of the country’s most influential political bloggers to its…
May 12th, 2011 Writer Catherine Lim, famed for feeling the pulse of Singapore’s political culture and getting under the skin of the PAP, predicts that the 2011 General Election will force changes to the way…