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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: August 2021

Netizen says that it’s unfair Grab drivers can cancel trips without repercussions

Bukit Batok residents ordered to remove over 2000 potted plants in rooftop garden after 17 years

All members of Girls’ Generation to reunite for upcoming ‘Yoo Quiz on the Block’

Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung will be appearing on Mnet’s “Street Woman Fighter”!

In latest ‘Yumi’s Cells’ teaser, Kim Go Eun wonders if Ahn Bo Hyun doesn’t want her to go home for the night

Maggie Q Talks Modelling Industry, Hollywood, and Starring in The Protégé

TVB paid Ada Choi SGD3.5K to star in a drama for four months when she first started

Jaycee Chan attends funeral of Li Hsing on behalf of his parents

US VP Kamala Harris anti-Beijing remarks while in Singapore angers China netizens

Raeesah Khan Steps In for Jamus Lim’s MPS Sessions During His Absence