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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: November 2022

Serangoon becomes ‘Sext Station’ and Boon Keng ‘Bolo Kene Station’ in MRT train display glitch

Football With A Heart returns after three years, raised a record $1 million

“Madness. Hope Mr Lawrence does something to stop inflation”: Netizens react to S$81,802 COE price for commercial vehicles after tender

Man confronts driver in Geylang, grabs steering wheel and gets dragged across street

GE15: The homecoming of Anwar Ibrahim

OPINION | Political courage according to WP MP Leon Perera, and other thought-provoking stories in review

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Challenge Will Be Fighting the Islamisation of Malaysia

Intern says her boss told her to go home when she had family troubles, but then fired her the next day

Man earning $20K/month asks if he should quit because 80-hour work weeks make ‘me sick very often, losing hair and feeling sense of uselessness’

CEO Vinod Sekhar on PM Anwar Ibrahim: “Good Guys Win – Even if the Road is Longer & Harder”