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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

Why does my mum’s former employer keep “accidentally” crediting salary and CPF to her and then ask her to pay back?

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has found herself in a...

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...

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: March 2021

Demi Lovato’s engagement was to prove to the world she was stable

Leong Sze Hian vs PM Lee defamation case: $31,052 raised for $133,000 in damages

Raeesah Khan on her first house visit: This is what I would call the Sengkang Spirit!

PSP’s CEC reconvenes; Six members re-elected along with six new members

George Nonis said in 1991 George Yeo would become PM and that there would be 21 non-PAP MPs. Interesting

Marvel fans detest Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Captain America addressing James as ‘Bucky’: ‘It’s Mr. Barnes to you’

Young woman pregnant with her boyfriend’s child asks if she should tell the father or abort the child in secret so she can go to university

Justin Bieber throws album release party, breaking LA’s gathering ban

Wife of food delivery rider killed in Kovan road accident says she can never forgive the driver

Video of spirit jumping down from apartment re-enacting death goes viral