accountability
Dug once again into a little-known treasure chest of the Government made up of monies individuals and companies have forgotten to claim, and revealed a lack of accountability on the part of statutory boards which do not have to report how much of such monies they hold or use for their own purposes.
Read MoreI travelled to Meulaboh in Aceh, Indonesia, to document the lives of survivors 10 years after the earthquake and tsunami killed hundreds of thousands in the region. I also found out how some money from Singapore given in aid to the victims has been mismanaged, with a few projects incomplete or abandoned.
Read MoreDigging into a fatal food poisoning case that was brought up in Parliament, eventually leading to changes in NEA policy regarding food stall hygiene assessment. The four-year-old victim died four days after he ate at a Kopitiam nasi padang stall. Checks subsequently found unsafe levels of bacteria at the food stall due to various hygiene lapses, and following news reports, the stall's contract was ultimately terminated.
Read MoreMonies held by the government that are owed to individuals and companies almost doubled in less than a year
Read More$68 million is only the surface of it -- there are hundreds of government statutory boards which collect such unclaimed monies and are not required to report them
Read MoreAn investigation into how the state of New York is on the hook for up to a half billion dollars to cover bonds from a 1980s-era bailout of private hospitals, including one that shut its doors two years ago.
Read MoreA Freedom of Information Act request by The New York World yielded startling data -- hundreds of state workers have succeeded in getting their legal bills paid by the state, to the tune of $193 million since 1999, under a little known law giving state employees indemnification for legal penalties and costs connected to civil lawsuits
Read MoreA major construction company behind New York's iconic High Line attraction provided free accommodations, meals to sanctioned civil servants
Read MoreBonds borrowed against income tax receipts fueled state borrowing binge, with bills now coming due
Read MoreThe Bloomberg administration established the Office of Financial Empowerment in 2006 to help low-income New Yorkers make the most of their financial resources. Yet an organization the office is about to hire to operate one of five new Financial Empowerment Centers providing counseling to poor people has at least occasionally had trouble fulfilling financial obligations to some of its own employees.
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