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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

‘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...

What fresh grads can do in the face of fewer vacancies, tougher job market

SINGAPORE: Amid the current tough job market, recent graduates...

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: December 2022

Maid steals ATM card from 75-year-old employer; withdraws S$14,000+ from savings account

Morning Digest, Dec 30

31-year-old Singaporean dies after machine collapses on him, 45th workplace fatality in 2022

Stories you might’ve missed, Dec 29

Singapore Customs arrests two men found with more than 2,500 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes

KF Seetoh on manpower shortage: Singaporeans have been ‘groomed…for higher goals’

Jade Rasif takes a pregnancy test! She also eats cod sperm, says ‘it’s really creamy and salty like buttered caviar’

Xiaxue confused with news about foetus found at Pasir Ris Park on Christmas Eve

Customer requests extra Milo along with his chicken rice order, restaurant adds extra Milo to chicken rice instead

Netizens lambast Porsche driver for ‘hogging’ EV charging area at Changi T3 since Dec 5