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Sunny Verghese: "Who's questioning my ability as a bean counter?" As a writer, I relish the many ways I can pun the headline when commenting on an issue such as this. As a Singaporean, I'm not sure this is the time to get all nationalistic about it. Here’s a summary if you haven’t been following the saga.... 

This bright orange signboard, already a familiar sight in many estates, greeted residents commuting to work in this part of Aljunied this week. For the uninitiated, Buzz Pods are a franchise chain of kiosks owned by SPH and primarily selling newspapers and magazines. [ LINK ] Slowly but surely, they are taking over the retail... 

It should come as no surprise to an informed Singaporean that the government, its agencies such as Reach Singapore and proxy agencies such as Media Corp are engaged in a massive public relations exercise to guide public response to the SMRT bus drivers strike. When twenty-two young persons were arrested under Operation Spectrum...