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Cost of living, home affordability, govt accountability are top concerns for GE2025—survey

SINGAPORE: A survey from Milieu Insight released shortly before...

Neighbour won’t spay her cat — now their area is full of mess and strays, says resident

SINGAPORE: A frustrated resident took to an online forum...

Job seeker asks: ‘Is it really that hard to get hired now, or is it just me?’

SINGAPORE: A job seeker who has been applying for...

Singapore negotiating US concessions on pharmaceutical exports and high-end AI chips access

SINGAPORE: Singapore is negotiating concessions with the United States...

Business

‘Still no job since graduation’: 22-year-old S’porean diploma holder questions if full-time uni is the better path

SINGAPORE: Yet another young Singaporean has taken to social...

‘I’m working 7 days a week at this point’: Overworked intern opens up about toxic boss and senior colleagues

SINGAPORE: Despite having worked at the company for only...

Travel platform RateHawk reports 67% global bookings surge in 2024 as travel demand rebounds

B2B travel solutions firm RateHawk reported a 67% increase...

IWG adds 115 new workspaces in Asia Pacific amid growing demand for hybrid work solutions

SINGAPORE: International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 115 new...

Singapore Politics

Desire to contribute more to society led Liyana Dhamirah to accept call to join politics

When Red Dot United (RDU) founding member Liyana Dhamirah...

Inderjit Singh predicts cost of living, impact of GST hike, and housing affordability may influence voting patterns

SINGAPORE: Former People's Action Party (PAP) MP Inderjit Singh...

Ravi Philemon grilled on RDU’s Citizens’ Dividend for all—but wins resonance with younger voters

SINGAPORE: In his recent appearance on The Daily Ketchup...

‘Trust us, we’ll take care of you’ — PAP says amid GST hikes, soaring costs

SINGAPORE: At the People’s Action Party (PAP) rally in...

Monthly Archives: October 2019

After Ong Ye Kung’s speech in Parliament, netizens are posting Alfian Sa’at’s poems

Singapore’s greenhouse gases production scales at 52.5 million tonnes in 2017

SMRT and SBS Transit to earn S$59 million more in train revenue alone with 7% fare hike

Islamist MP wants Malays as finance minister, attorney general in Malaysia

Malaysia’s anti-graft busters fines 80 people and firms over 1MDB funds, including Najib’s brother

K Shanmugam: Students wanting to take part in causes need to “learn how to identify charlatans”

Pritam Singh recalled Low Thia Khiang’s behaviour at his wedding while crafting speech on religious harmony

On schools being used for politics: “Thinking critically is different from being unthinkingly critical” – Ong Ye Kung

NMP Walter Theseira on cancelled dissent module, “A liberal education provides strength for the future”

Prince Harry suing British media outlets over voicemail hacking