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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

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

‘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...

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: January 2021

Marina One Scene: Delivery Rider’s Heated Exchange with Security Over Parking Captured on SGFood Instagram and It Goes Viral

Grace Fu: Smoking at home harder to catch than being naked at home

Calvin Cheng attacks former WP polls candidate but the latter says he has left politics

TraceTogether app data: Vivian Balakrishnan admits he had not thought of CPC

Jay Chou may have edited wife’s photo to hide pregnancy

British teen found guilty of hate crime against S’porean student in London

WP’s Gerald Giam says “ill-advised” to use TraceTogether data for criminal investigations

IN FULL: Health Minister sheds light on COVID-19 vaccine supply, efficacy and side effects in ministerial statement

“Too slow,” says former NMP about Singapore’s Covid-19 vaccination programme

Health Minister quells concerns over efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against B.1.1.7 strain