The Law Society’s leadership dispute was never just about titles. It was about mandate: whether ministerial nominees—who did not stand for election by the Bar—should hold executive power. A ...

Comments by Ho Ching portraying the Law Society as merely a regulatory body have prompted public rebuttals from lawyers, who say the Legal Profession Act mandates the Society to represent, protect and ...

MSF’s latest ComLink+ report paints a more complex picture than headlines suggest. While almost 40% of families remain ...

On 16 December, the High Court dismissed a constitutional challenge against the mandatory death penalty in Singapore, ruling that the applicants lacked standing. The judge also found the sentencing ...

Dinesh Singh Dhillon’s decision to step aside as Law Society president-elect ahead of the 22 Dec EGM has defused tensions — but not resolved the deeper concerns. The controversy over appointing a ...

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung says ISP reforms aim to sustain private healthcare by reducing premiums. But behavioural science and new data suggest the opposite may happen: fewer people will seek care, ...

The Straits Times replaced its original report on the Law Society EGM with a reframed narrative suggesting resolution, ...

Once promised as a safeguard for justice, Singapore’s contempt law has become a tool of restriction. Assurances that only egregious cases would be caught have given way to a legal regime where intent ...

Singapore’s civic space remains rated as ‘repressed’, according to CIVICUS Monitor’s 2025 report, which highlights continued ...

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong says the Albatross File declassification offers a full public account of Singapore’s separation from Malaysia. But historian PJ Thum questions the timing, noting the ...

SDP Chairman Paul Tambyah, in a Facebook video on 9 December, warned that new ISP rider rules could delay treatment and overwhelm public hospitals. He called for a universal healthcare financing model ...