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Ex-Singapore Poly FT lecturer jailed for assaulting cabby

Mr Papkin (Photo TODAY) A former Singapore Polytechnic lecturer was sentenced to six weeks' jail by the court today (27 May) for hitting a taxi driver with an umbrella and punching him. David Mark Papkin, an American citizen and a Singapore PR, was charged in court on 15 February last year with causing hurt to a taxi driver...

Saga of ‘helicoptering’ candidates into NTUC before fielding them for elections

According to a TODAY report ('Labour MPs - Time for PAP to relook strategy?', 27 May), some political analysts are asking the perennial question whether the PAP needs to relook its strategy of parachuting potential political candidates into the labour movement and later fielding them as PAP candidates in elections. NUS political...

TR Emeritus is a two-man outfit?

We refer to a note by regular contributor Cynical Investor in her article "Pinoys have been doing it legally at Hong Lim Park for years, why the rants now?" where he says that TR Emeritus (TRE) is a two-person outfit. When I pointed out to TRE that this event had been an on-going event and gave them the above link, so that TRE...