TR EMERITUS

If we change the constitution to require the prime minister and ministers to be appointed outside of Parliament, it will achieve a significant impact. Here are the benefits: a) It will become clear that Parliament, comprising of the elected MPs, is the supreme body and that the cabinet has to work under the overall direction... 

Facebook users are the problem, not fake news. Research by the Oxford Internet Institute found that that individual junk news (as it defined) stories were more likely to be shared on Facebook than the work of mainstream news organisations. While mainstream news was more visible, stories from junk news sources proved far more... 

Last week I published a blog post, “How Many More Years Will Go by Before We Learn How Much the Lees Have Paid Themselves While in Public Office?”. I said there that I have been questioning since at least 2010 Ho Ching’s suitability to lead Temasek and asking for her remuneration to be disclosed. Now Haseenah Koyakutty,...