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Chee Soon Juan announces closure of Orange & Teal after four-year run

SINGAPORE: Veteran opposition leader Chee Soon Juan has announced that his café venture Orange & Teal will be closing its doors, after a four-year run at Rochester Mall. Orange &...

Gerald Giam: Should the public know the price for 38 Oxley Road?

SINGAPORE: In Parliament last week, Workers’ Party (WP) MP...

Government moves to preserve 38 Oxley Road as national monument

SINGAPORE: The National Heritage Board and the Singapore Land...

SDP chief Chee Soon Juan invited to speak in London and Oxford in November

SINGAPORE: In a video posted on social media on...

Gov’t has pumped $380M annually to Mediacorp over the past 5 years

SINGAPORE: Over the past five financial years, the government...

Lee Hsien Yang asks how long it will take PAP Govt to decide on Oxley house fate

SINGAPORE: Marking the first anniversary of his sister Dr...

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UK’s Princess Anne visits Singapore from Nov 12 to 13

SINGAPORE: Princess Anne, the sister of the United Kingdom’s King Charles III, will be in Singapore for a working...

HDB cleaner uncovers over 100 Iillegal e-cigarettes stashed in Tampines electrical room

SINGAPORE: An HDB cleaner shockingly discovered over a hundred e-cigarettes hidden in suitcases and plastic bags in a public...

Singapore to impose S$1 to S$41.60 green fuel levy for air passengers starting October 2026

SINGAPORE: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced on Monday (Nov 10) that a new sustainable aviation fuel...

Woman says BF with S$220k gambling losses broke up with her, believing he could not give her a good future

SINGAPORE: A heartbroken woman took to Reddit to share how her five-year relationship ended in devastation after her boyfriend,...

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Anwar touts ringgit Asia’s best-performing currency, now at RM 3.19 to S$1

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim highlighted how...

After the handshake: Seoul’s nuclear submarine bid tests U.S. leverage in Asia

SEOUL: Two weeks ago, Presidents Donald Trump and Lee...

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Indonesia honors former strongman Suharto as ‘national hero,’ sparking outrage from victims’ families

JAKARTA: Indonesia has posthumously named former president Suharto a...

Thailand hands over Asia’s ‘online crime king,’ She Zhijiang faces China’s justice machine

THAILAND: She Zhijiang, a Chinese citizen accused of operating...

Inflation hits Tokyo markets, shoppers scramble for rice and essentials

JAPAN: Outside Tokyo, a crowd of more than 100...

Myanmar junta’s KK Park raid: Crackdown or carefully staged spectacle?

MYAWADDY, MYANMAR: Smoke still curls from the ruins of...

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Eye pain of woman in her 60s leads to shingles diagnosis after forehead and eyelid blisters

SINGAPORE: An elderly woman recently consulted several doctors after...

Flooding hits shopping center despite having no rain, shop owners declared ‘we’ve had enough’

SINGAPORE: Persistent flooding occurs at Katong Shopping Centre, with...

Unpaid and unprotected — Bangladeshi workers demand accountability from Malaysia

DHAKA, BANGLADESH: About 100 Bangladeshi migrant workers gathered outside...

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PM Wong’s remarks about GE results at Tampines, Punggol draws strong reactions online

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong made special mention of...

TikToker buys from elderly vendor with no customers, netizen says it should be normalized

SINGAPORE: A TikToker gained attention when she decided to...

Diplomatic war of words: Japan and China clash online after Takaichi’s Taiwan warning

TOKYO/BEIJING: Japan has sharply rebuked a Chinese diplomat for...

Prabowo’s free school meals: A quick win, long-term risk?

WEST JAVA: When Rini Irawati rushed her teenage daughter...

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Red Dot United launches ‘Parliament Watch’; Sec-Gen Ravi Philemon takes on shadow minister role

SINGAPORE: In a bold move to create a more assertive role within Singapore's opposition parties, Red Dot United (RDU)...

WP to raise questions  in Parliament about jobs for new grads, public transport, bullying

SINGAPORE: Bullying in schools, jobs for fresh graduates, and public transport problems are some of the issues that Workers'...

Pritam Singh announces LTA’s approval for linkways to be built at Eunos

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Sep 16), Workers’ Party Member of Parliament Pritam Singh (Aljunied GRC) announced...

‘Truly inspiring’: Harpreet Singh delighted with 79-year-old first time WP volunteer at Punggol

SINGAPORE: In a social media post on Thursday (Sept 11), Harpreet Singh Nehal, who is active on the ground...

Pritam Singh joins Eunos residents at NLB’s SG60 exhibition ‘Heart & Soul’

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party (WP) secretary-general Pritam Singh joined a group of residents from Eunos at an outing earlier this...

‘SG would still be 3rd-world full of gangsters if not for LKY’ — S’poreans share how ‘extremely lucky’ they are because of Lee Kuan...

SINGAPORE: When a Redditor boldly declared, “Singapore is extremely lucky to have had LKY,” he didn’t just drop a...

Singaporeans cheer WP team as Parliament opens, but many ask where Mama Bear Sylvia Lim is

SINGAPORE: To mark the opening of the 15th Parliament of Singapore on Friday (Sep 5), Pritam Singh, the secretary-general...

PSP chief Leong Mun Wai: It seems train disruptions are our new normal

SINGAPORE: The secretary-general of the Progress Singapore Party, Leong Mun Wai, addressed the issue of train disruptions in a...

Pritam Singh draws praise for his appearance on Yah Lah But podcast

SINGAPORE: Before this year, Workers’ Party (WP) chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh had never guested on...

Careshield Life payouts to double from 2% to 4%, with Gov’t pledging additional $570M to subsidise higher premiums

SINGAPORE: The government announced today (Aug 27) that it has accepted the CareShield Life Council’s recommendations from its 2025...

PSP discusses PM Wong’s NDR speech in first issue of its official newsletter

SINGAPORE: The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) announced on Monday (Aug 25) the launch of its official newsletter, The Palm....

WP: Singapore should leave no stone unturned to build a resilient nation for the future

SINGAPORE: The Workers’ Party (WP) issued a response to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s National Day Rally speech on August...

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