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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

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...

Hiring slows in Singapore, with fewer jobs and rising unemployment in Q1

SINGAPORE: According to Ministry of Manpower (MOM) data featured...

Maybank, PUJB forge strategic partnership to boost Johor entrepreneurs in JS-SEZ

MALAYSIA: The Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and Perbadanan Usahawan...

Singapore Politics

Quality of PAP ministers ‘leaves very much to be desired’: Chee Soon Juan

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

WP’s Michael Thng: ‘We don’t want to be told that the sky is white when we see it is blue’

SINGAPORE: Before Nomination Day, the Workers Party (WP) introduced...

Residents tell WP’s Jamus Lim that ‘the electric atmosphere at rallies gets them excited about voting’

SINGAPORE: The rallies that the Workers’ Party (WP) has...

PAP’s Poh Li San: Sembawang West deserves ‘a proven person’, definitely not Chee Soon Juan

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

Monthly Archives: October 2019

Aljunied resident garlands Low Thia Khiang at Kaki Bukit outreach, days after PAP walks the ground

80 PCF kindergartens to be converted to children’s daycare centers through 2024—PM Lee

$5.5 billion moved from HK to Singapore since protests began—Bloomberg report

“I think that’s a fair way of describing it,” reactions to Tommy Koh calling Singaporeans 3rd world people

Hong Kong braces for more protests as lawmakers go to court

As US factories falter, White House insists economy like ‘a rock’

“Classy” Tan Cheng Bock draws praise for refusing to talk about his friend Goh Chok Tong in public

Singapore’s Miss International Charlotte Chia ignores critics: “Outta sight outta mind”

Straits Times carries forum letter urging local newspapers to be “independent and unbiased in reporting the news”

Sukarno’s family consolidates grip on Indonesian politics with another historical first