These are some of the photos I took today of the Tak Boleh Tahan! Protest. More photos and reports on the way.For now, I want to show you these photos in which the peaceful protesters were manhandled and dragged away like wild animals into waiting police vans. It was a sickening display of the use ...

Here are more photos of the events that transpired on 15 Mar 2008.The protesters arriving at Parliament House while the media take picturesGathering in front of Parliament HouseArranging the grocery items which symbolise the rash of price increases and the rising cost of living which Singaporeans have had to put up with.Addressing the media. The ...

Firstly, my apologies in advance because I’m going to spew quite a bit of vulgarities in this post. Why? Because I am pissed, sick and tired, etc, etc!Its got to do with this whole fucking Mas Selamat Kastari fiasco! I’ve been holding back my anger and frustration over this damned thing till I saw this ...

Sign the Tak Boleh Tahan! petition on May Day in WKS’s constituency, Singapore Democrats, 24 Apr 2008As announced, the SDP will be in Toa Payoh to commemorate International Workers’ Day on 1 May 08. The May Day event is part of the Tak Boleh Tahan! campaign against rising costs in Singapore.We will be asking residents ...

by Martin Abbugao, AFP, 27 Apr 2008SINGAPORE (AFP) - From taking fewer taxi rides to eating out less and shortening shower time, residents of affluent Singapore are trying to cope with inflation, which has soared to 26-year highs.Rising costs of housing, food, and transport have eaten into family budgets of Singaporeans as well as the ...

Before going on to the AP report below, do also read what I wrote back in June 2007 in Taking It At Face Value And Keeping Quiet AND Singapore’s Guantanamo.&&&&&&&# …

Media Release: Mr Wong Kan Seng, resign, Singapore Democrats, 22 Apr 2008The SDP has hitherto refrained from calling for Mr Wong Kan Seng’s resignation in the wake of the Mas Selamat fiasco even though a strong case could be made for it. We were waiting to see if Mr Wong showed any contrition for the ...

Swingers swap sex partners in prudish Singapore by By Wee Sui Lee, 24 Nov 2006 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Every two months, dozens of couples meet in a pub in Singapore, have drinks, mingle, and then decide whether they want to sleep with one another. In Sydney or Seattle nobody would bat an eyelid, but the couples are part of a thriving underground swinging scene that is an …

Singapore’s great escape by Jufrie Mahmood, Singapore Democrats, 27 Mar 2008It is exactly one month today since Mas Selamat Kastari escaped from the Internal Security Department (ISD) Whit …

CASE to hold protest walk on same weekend as SDP, Singapore Democrats, 22 Feb 2008Even as the police reject the SDP’s application for a protest rally on 15 Mar 08, the Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) has announced that it will stage a march the following day on 16 Mar.Like the SDP’s event, CASE’s walk ...