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James Gomez: The academic, activist, and opposition voice contesting Sembawang GRC in GE2025

SINGAPORE: As Singapore gears up for the General Election...

Residents sceptical of hot tubs to be built at Nee Soon East Oasis Waterpark say it’s only a matter of time before they are...

SINGAPORE: After a flyer announcing upcoming upgrades in Nee...

Hash browns and green bean soup: Singaporeans share memories of growing up poor

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans who experienced poverty during their childhood came...

Changi Beach reopens for water activities after Johor oil spill clean-up, says NEA

SINGAPORE: Changi Beach has officially reopened for swimming and...

Business

Property tycoon and hotelier Ong Beng Seng granted permission to travel overseas on added S$800K bail for work and medical purposes

SINGAPORE: Property tycoon and hotelier Ong Beng Seng has...

‘HR doesn’t seem to be bothered if you don’t have related job experience’ — Man working as quality engineer for 8 years struggles to...

SINGAPORE: A man who has spent the past eight...

Man severely affected by long stretch of unemployment, says his applications only yield a 5% hit rate for HR or first-round interviews

SINGAPORE: Five months after being laid off, a 34-year-old...

From threat to teammate: Managers now see AI as a workforce ally, not a job killer

INTERNATIONAL: The opinion that artificial intelligence is a danger...

Singapore Politics

Pritam Singh: Natural for Lawrence Wong to not want to give opposition a ‘free pass,’ but WP has a different vision

SINGAPORE: At a doorstop interview with the media on...

‘You deserve better’: Chee Soon Juan responds to Ong Ye Kung’s rally speech

SINGAPORE: Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan...

GE2025: Yee Jenn Jong—From edutech pioneer to Parliament champion, WP’s voice for youth and community

SINGAPORE: As Singapore gears up for one of its...

WP’s Jalan Kayu candidate Andre Low trends online after talking about Income-Allianz deal during rally

SINGAPORE: For some moments on Thursday night, the candidate...

Monthly Archives: December 2018

Christmas, social media, and unresponsive society heighten dates-for-hire and sex-related crimes in Hong Kong

10 social impact startups in Southeast Asia that caught our attention in 2018

ESM Goh answers questions about why he’s so tall, and what he plans to do about M’sian ships anchored in SG waters

Singapore Police Force greets everyone a Merry Christmas with viral music video

Parents arrested for allegedly forcing disable son to sleep in squalid insect-infested room littered with used toilet paper

Elderly “doctor” charged with murder after two-year-old boy dies from botched circumcision

Parents marry off their twin children to one another, believing them to be lovers in their past life

Sick Leave without Medical Certificate through the eyes of the workforce

The Economist and Singapore UK High Commissioner: a “bait” and “hate” relationship, accusing and rebutting each other on a heated level

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Chow Yun Fat vows to donate his fortune totalling S$981 million