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Singaporean man charged in Johor with trafficking over 10 kg of drugs

MALAYSIA: A Singaporean man has been charged with trafficking...

Tutor turns nasty after parent declines to make advance payment or loan him $500

SINGAPORE: A family's search for a private tutor ended...

Two arrested, weapons seized after video of vicious assault goes viral online

SINGAPORE: A man and a woman have been arrested...

24-year-old male student arrested in connection with voyeurism case at NTU

SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old has been arrested in connection with...

Business

Johor businesses urged to tap JS-SEZ for growth and investment opportunities

MALAYSIA: Businesses in Johor have been strongly encouraged to...

Sick of being broke? Eliminate these 8 silent budget killers now—before they sink you

Living paycheck to paycheck is like running on a...

Singapore SMEs eye JS-SEZ for growth amid rising costs and global trade tensions

SINGAPORE: The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is emerging...

Fresh grads chasing $10K salaries? Singaporean asks: ‘Isn’t that unrealistic?’

SINGAPORE: A young local Reddit user took to the...

Singapore Politics

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...

Long weekend or rising apathy? Some wonder at low voter turnout for GE2025

SINGAPORE: On Sunday (May 4), the Elections Department (ELD)...

Monthly Archives: June 2020

Daily brief- Coronavirus update for June 18, 2020, average number of community cases decreasing

PV’s Kok Ming Cheang says potential PAP candidates are not what they project

PSP’s Kumaran Pillai: “Loose alliance” among larger opposition parties to avoid 3-cornered fights

Is 2020 a banner year for women candidates?

Goh Meng Seng: 3-cornered fights “devastating” for opposition in upcoming GE

Is Manpower Minister Josephine Teo the most quotable politician in Singapore?

SM Tharman: Amid Covid-19 fallout, “our first priority today is to save jobs”

PAP MPs say on-ground activities which resume Friday, are part of regular engagements, not campaigning

President Halimah Yacob green lights funding S$33 billion worth of coronavirus support packages

SDP’s Damanhuri Bin Abas looking forward to “championing the cause for the common people”