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Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

Singaporeans more open to talking about death, but few take concrete steps to prepare

SINGAPORE: A recent survey by the Singapore Management University...

‘This is daylight robbery’: Toast Box patrons upset with difference in menu pictures and actual items

SINGAPORE: Some Toast Box patrons have raised concerns over...

TikToker draws mixed reactions after questioning Singapore’s ‘cleanest city in the world’ tag

SINGAPORE: A TikToker has drawn mixed reactions online after...

Business

SeaMoney becomes Monee in rebrand, CEO calls it ‘simple and cute’

SINGAPORE: Sea Limited, owner of popular e-commerce platform Shopee,...

My wife’s office manager keeps spiking her drink, yet the company still keeps the manager around

SINGAPORE: A concerned husband took to an online forum...

Why does my mum’s former employer keep “accidentally” crediting salary and CPF to her and then ask her to pay back?

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has found herself in a...

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

Singapore Politics

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

Monthly Archives: July 2018

Twin sisters who made racially inflammatory remarks for not being allowed to pray at mall stairwell get 12-month conditional warning

Soldiers step in to educate netizen’s one-star Facebook review slamming lower PES NSmen

MOE gets date of 9/11 terrorist attack wrong in National Education Quiz

Electrical brain stimulation might prevent violent crime: Researchers at NTU and University of Pennsylvania

NSF earns widespread praise online after helping elderly woman cross the road safely

Uncle confronts drunk young man for urinating under HDB block and insists that he clean it up in viral video

Grab Driver dumps international school students mid-trip for insisting his ride is a “Taxi” after dispute about being late for school

Bukit Batok Pool sees two near-drownings in as many days

Cabbie gives young girl free ride to World Cup match, ends up making his own day better

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: The American economy is booming