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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

‘I’m just a burden,’ 35 year-old Singaporean mum feels defeated after months of job rejections following redundancy

SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old Singaporean mum of two felt completely...

New DBS CEO says businesses should ‘look at new opportunities where they can grow’ amid trade tensions

SINGAPORE: DBS Bank’s new CEO Tan Su Shan said...

4 Singapore tour bus operators suspended from entering Malaysia for unauthorised express services and selling tickets online

SINGAPORE: Four tour bus companies based in Singapore had...

What fresh grads can do in the face of fewer vacancies, tougher job market

SINGAPORE: Amid the current tough job market, recent graduates...

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: May 2019

Forthcoming sale of Queensway Shopping Centre strongly opposed by shop owners

Jho Low’s 1MDB-linked luxury superyacht gets a new name and is now docked in Singapore

YouTube allegedly alerts users that “Mediacorp is funded in whole or in part by the Singapore Government”

Couple who owned Maltese that died at Board N’ Play didn’t know tourists had been put in charge of caring for their pet

Thai cave rescue story to be turned into a mini-series by Netflix and team behind Crazy Rich Asians

SingPost under fire again after another stack of mail is left behind at HDB void deck

PM Lee Hsien Loong’s May 1 message tells NTUC to anticipate challenges as “the future of work looks very different”

Lee Wei Ling finally changes her profile picture after nearly four years of displaying Oxley house painting

Netizens ask about Kwa Kim Li, Lee Kuan Yew’s lawyer caught in the middle of the Lee family feud