I've been meaning to write about this for some time but keep procrastinating.I have always regarded journalism as one of the noble professions, especially because their purpose is to educate and enlighten people about what is happening in the world around them, to spread the truth and ignite ideas ( Read more... )

I know this is an old topic but I thought I'd just say something about the whole ruckus surrounding Philips's Ulu Pandan Bear.  The police say they are investigating them for causing a public nuisance, and the Straits Times went so far in another article as to criticise them for wasting "time and energy" 1 of the police and Wildlife Reserves ( Read more... )

Sep 23, 2010
Can bus drivers tackle crisis?By Rachel Scully, Multimedia Journalist ( Read more... )

Compare these two news articles [emphasis mine]:http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_474880.html

Jan 8, 2010
Cartoon angers Aussie cops[…] Accounting graduate Nitin Garg, 21, originally from the state of Punjab in ( Read more... )

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_455906.html

Nov 18, 2009
SAF tests new artilleryTroops get more reach, firepower; delivery of weapons begin next year ( Read more... )

Reading the news, I often wonder why is it that Malaysians appear to have nothing better to do.  First the whole idiotic 'this food we claim as ours' ruckus, then on the same page, this article caught my eye:http://www.straitstimes.com/ ( Read more... )

...but if you really want to play until like that, Bak Kut Teh is OURS lor.http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_431009.html

Sep 17, 2009
Dishes 'hijacked': M'siaKUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA will lay claim to ( Read more... )

By sheer coincidence, I met up with not just eew but also tomahawk_82 for dinner yesterday.  I stopped by Raffles Place on the way home to change money to pay for my Swedish books, and I just texted Fifi to see if she was free for coffee.  As luck would have had it, she had arranged to meet Vicious for dinner so she invited me to join them ( Read more... )

"Another Republican, Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia, said that the UK and Canada 'don't have the appreciation of life as we do in our society, evidently'."
YEAH RIGHT.  The UK has abolished the death penalty since 1965, while the US is the only Western industrialised nation that still retains and actively uses capital punishment.  In 2008, the US ( Read more... )

I know that ST is not exactly known for their journalistic prowess, but seriously, at least try to phrase your headline accurately lah.

Take a look at this extract from an AP article:Vice President Dick Cheney and several other Bush advisers at the time strongly urged that the military be used to apprehend men who were suspected of plotting with ( Read more... )