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‘Do you check your helper’s luggage on her last day of employment?’ — Maid’s employer seeks advice

SINGAPORE: An employer took to social media to seek...

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...

Business

‘I OT till 9pm almost daily’ — 25 y/o earning $3K/month burnt out just 2 weeks into her new job, considers quitting without backup...

SINGAPORE: Burnt out just two weeks into a new...

How do I work with a ‘petty colleague’ who started treating me poorly because of a delay in my replying to her text message?

SINGAPORE: A frustrated employee took to Reddit to share...

StarHub reports 18.4% drop in net profit to S$31.8M in Q1 2025 amid lower mobile, entertainment, and cybersecurity revenue

SINGAPORE: Singapore-based telco company StarHub reported a net profit...

Don’t borrow cash to the limit: 32 y/o woman faces HK$60K/month housing loans after real estate gamble backfires

HONG KONG: A 32-year-old woman investor from Hong Kong...

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: May 2022

SG SME Inspiring Stories: How Joyce Yeo shun all negativity, rolled up her sleeves and worked even harder in reinventing her makeup business during COVID-19

VIDEO | Man kicks chickens, stomps on them and hits them with his slipper for no apparent reason, netizens are outraged!

Netizen asks free-range ‘kampong chicken’ can eat or not?

OPINION | Why S’pore’s “Educated” class behaving in ways you only associate with the rubbish in other parts of the world?

Multiple cases of littering: Netizens criticize at 3rd world behaviour in Singapore, expressed pity for cleaners

Pritam Singh & daughters visit Army Open House

Dishwashing job offers S$3,500 salary @ Orchard Rd restaurant and yet no takers – Netizens fear it may be long hours & backbreaking work

VIDEO | She’s a maid, not a slave — Netizens react to employer’s long set of rules & to-do list given to maid

Morning Digest, May 28

S’pore HDB Fire Insurance: Everything you need to know about it