So many people going out of their way to chastise Donald Trump. I have no doubts some do it out of their convictions that his rhetoric is simply vile; yet, i can’t help but feel some just do it to…
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Someone has gone running to the police (again) in Singapore, and this time it’s the Elections Department. On Friday (27 May), it announced that the Assistant Returning Officer had filed police reports against The Independent Singapore, activist and former lawyer…
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The election of the Philippines’ President-elect Rodrigo Duterte signals an important shift in the country’s internal politics. A lot has been made of Mr Duterte’s tough-speaking, no-nonsense approach to crime in Davao. His two decades as mayor of Davao City…
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Calon SDP yang juga Setiausaha Agung parti itu, Dr Chee Soon Juan bergiat aktif dalam politik hampir suku abad lamanya. Pencalonannya dalam pilihan raya kecil Bukit Batok menandakan kali kelima Dr Chee bertanding untuk memasuki parlimen. Sekitar 25 tahun selepas…
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Eight months after contesting his first election in 14 years last September, Dr Chee Soon Juan, 53, finds himself contesting his second. While some political pundits had suggested that the Bukit Batok by-election was effectively last chance saloon for Dr…
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