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NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Singapore politics one year after GE2020
Two images pop up every time I think about GE2020 – for very different reasons. One shows Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh talking to the camera on the last day of election campaigning and the other is that of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, fumbling his speech on Nomination Day.
SportYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Euro 2020 – The hurt goes on for England
Long-suffering fan Nicholas Yong argues that despite its loss to Italy, this England team is very different.
PoliticsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: The TraceTogether affair is not just about privacy
Veteran journalist PN Balji asks why no one in government spotted the flaw in Vivian Balakrishnan's promise that TraceTogether data would only be used for contact tracing.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Dear PAP, here's how to win back the youth vote
I thought with the fourth generation leaders at the helm, the PAP would conduct the GE more sensibly with refreshing strategies, away from gutter politics of the past. But it was disappointing to see them rely on old methods which I felt made the campaign toxic.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: GE2020 – Singapore’s day of decision and the challenge of a generation
Cherian George and Donald Low argue that the Sengkang Dividend from GE2020 can only be realised if leaders and citizens step forward to support a more participatory and deliberative democracy.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: I miss physical rallies, but we had our fair share of fun this GE2020
Despite the regulations in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, young writer Sean Lim still enjoyed the build-up to this year's election.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Now the circus is almost over, how do we vote?
Veteran journalist Bertha Henson had "great hopes that this election will be different" – in content.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: GE2020 — Why Singapore may lose, whatever the final score
Cherian George and Donald Low reflect on a negative campaign that could leave many Singaporeans disaffected and the country less prepared for the post-pandemic challenges ahead.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: The dilemmas of a first-time voter
Do I base my vote on what would benefit me, or do I vote for my loved ones or the “greater good”?
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Low’s departure has accelerated the Workers’ Party’s transition - but at what cost?
Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that pride played the biggest part in former Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang's decision to step down.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: PAP should clarify what it means by 'strong mandate'
Veteran journalist Bertha Henson argues that the PAP shouldn’t just throw around this “need for strong and clear mandate’’. What does it mean by it?
PoliticsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: A voter's responsibility to sieve out the noise, words matter
A first-time voter says he believes that each General Election allows Singaporeans to make a stand about the type of social contract we want.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Can we have a better report card in constituency broadcasts?
A meatier political broadcast will go far to educate residents on the importance of town council work which, after all, collects service and conservancy fees from them.
SportYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Sports has never seemed more ridiculous than right now
SINGAPORE — With the world being slowly consumed by the battle against COVID-19, sports seems less and less important, and more and more ridiculous, says Chia Han Keong.
BusinessYahoo Commentaries SEAThe business must go on: get contingency planning right
Businesses cannot wait. They need to consider how their sales and operations may be disrupted by the virus outbreak, and activate business continuity plans.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: GE 2020 is dress rehearsal for Tan Cheng Bock's party
SINGAPORE — The Progress Singapore Party should look to the general election to be held by 2025, not 2020, as its real test, veteran journalist PN Balji argues.
PoliticsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT - Truths, half-truths, opinions: where does POFMA stand?
SINGAPORE — Veteran Singaporean journalist P N Balji argues that the government's use of a controversial anti-fake news law has gone into grey areas.
SportYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: It's time to stop calling football Singapore's national sport
SINGAPORE — Call it a national pastime, a national hobby, even a national recreation. But stop calling football “Singapore's national sport” until it regains some semblance of competitiveness, says veteran sports journalist Chia Han Keong.
SportYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: SEA Games hosts must not drop the ball on athletes again
SINGAPORE — The SEA Games organisers owe it to the athlete contingent to ensure that the event is smoothly run, in order for the athletes to perform at their peak, argues veteran sports journalist Chia Han Keong.
HealthYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Community needs to act as a shield in suicide prevention
There is a need for broader community-based intervention strategies in suicide-prevention campaigns, says Dr Mythily Subramaniam, Director, Research, at the Institute of Mental Health.
SportYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Singapore’s e-scooters on footpath ban welcomed but longer bike paths and new mobility solutions needed
The CEO of Beam Mobility Alan Jiang welcomed banning e-scooters on footpaths in Singapore but urged the authorities to expand cycling infrastructure and embrace smart mobility solutions.
PoliticsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Heng Swee Keat needs to raise his game against Workers' Party
SINGAPORE — Fumbled. Blind-sided. Whichever sporting analogy you prefer, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat did it during the latest sitting of Parliament on Tuesday (5 November).
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Internet mob 'justice' is no justice at all
If I could pick the scariest costume imaginable for this Halloween it would have to be the “internet mob”, says Yahoo News Singapore news editor Dhany Osman.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: How AHTC verdict will play out at the General Elections
SINGAPORE — Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that both the PAP and WP face a tricky path ahead of the elections, in the wake of the AHTC verdict.
HealthYahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: Doubts over e-cigarettes mount in wake of US vaping deaths
A new medical crisis is gripping the US as 26 deaths and almost 1,300 cases have been reported arising from vaping-related illness within a few months.
