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Written by Chayanin Wipusanawan As students of Bangkok’s Thammasat University, the 6th of October is the date we learn, from the first day in this school, as our ‘day of infamy’. To the general public, the date is usually remembered as one of the ‘bloody days’ of modern Thailand, alongside 14 October (1973) and May […]
September 23, 2011 by jesiramoun
Written by Jesse Pizarro Boga It’s almost hilarious: Quezon City representative Winston Castelo filed a bill called the “Anti-Planking Act of 2011” and caused pandemonium among the youth and the faithful citizens of the Internet. His seemingly “smart” decision came about after a group of protesters recently disrupted traffic in Manila in protest against high […]
Written by Cindi Loo It’s not often that women get to be highlighted in the world of politics, particularly when there are only 23 female Members of Parliament out of the 222 MPs (now reduced to 22 as one passed away due to cancer) in Malaysia. But these weren’t the lawmakers who made the headlines. […]
Written by Kirsten Han A PhD? A boyfriend? Which is more satisfying? And is this really the reason behind our ageing population? “ #thatawkwardmoment when Lee Kuan Yew ask if you have a boyfriend. jofanpang September 7, 2011 At a dialogue with ex-Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on 5th […]
In part 1, I discussed about the coverage by The Stream on Malaysia in which I’ve voiced out the misconceptions placed on the story. In this part I’ll be discussing what do I mean by “The Malaysian Context”, as well as some personal thoughts about the episode. The Malaysian Context Since I’ve called out to […]
September 3, 2011 by fannosaurus
Written by Fann Sim (I am by no means an expert on Singapore’s political scene and here’s my humble opinion) New WikiLeaks cables released on 30 August revealed that Singapore’s main broadsheet The Straits Times were vetted to follow Singapore’s government line. Initially when I heard this news from my boss, I honestly wasn’t surprised but I am shocked […]
The Stream is a new programme by Al Jazeera English (AJE) aimed at talking about the news that were generated by the social media, instead of what was already reported on television almost every day. While other programmes dwell into the typical narrative and direction with a certain story, The Stream takes a different approach, […]
Written by Kirsten Han Images from Channel NewsAsia and The Online Citizen Featured image by Hanlin Goh I once read on Twitter that the #sgelections are like a bus – you wait ages for one, and then two come along. The General Elections of 2011 will be remembered as a watershed election, where an alternative […]
October 5, 2011 by Chayanin
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