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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 2022

Progress Singapore Community Fund reaches out to needy households and struggling hawkers

Stories you might’ve missed, Jan 6

US says S’pore Covid-19 status ‘unknown’, Ong Ye Kung says ‘we know it very well’

Tan Chuan Jin: Findings on Raeesah Khan case will be presented ‘in due course’

Bus beats red light as 3 people were crossing the road near Yuhua Market

Netizen on GST rebates: “Give you chicken wing, later take away entire chicken a la GST hike”

Lim Tean blasts MTF after US reclassifies Singapore’s Covid-19 travel advisory status as ‘Unknown’ for travel

Omicron variant may soon dominate global Covid infections and that might be a good thing

Man who choked woman at Changi Airport stairwell so he could smell her feet get 8 months jail

MOH reports ‘Healing the Divide’ to police for urging parents to disrupt vaccination of kids