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Cost of living, home affordability, govt accountability are top concerns for GE2025—survey

SINGAPORE: A survey from Milieu Insight released shortly before...

Neighbour won’t spay her cat — now their area is full of mess and strays, says resident

SINGAPORE: A frustrated resident took to an online forum...

Job seeker asks: ‘Is it really that hard to get hired now, or is it just me?’

SINGAPORE: A job seeker who has been applying for...

Singapore negotiating US concessions on pharmaceutical exports and high-end AI chips access

SINGAPORE: Singapore is negotiating concessions with the United States...

Business

Travel platform RateHawk reports 67% global bookings surge in 2024 as travel demand rebounds

B2B travel solutions firm RateHawk reported a 67% increase...

IWG adds 115 new workspaces in Asia Pacific amid growing demand for hybrid work solutions

SINGAPORE: International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 115 new...

Hiring slows in Singapore, with fewer jobs and rising unemployment in Q1

SINGAPORE: According to Ministry of Manpower (MOM) data featured...

Maybank, PUJB forge strategic partnership to boost Johor entrepreneurs in JS-SEZ

MALAYSIA: The Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and Perbadanan Usahawan...

Singapore Politics

WP’s Jackson Au: ‘You can be good in Parliament and good on the ground’

SINGAPORE: Jackson Au, a candidate for The Workers’ Party...

Parliament needs more female members: Sylvia Lim

SINGAPORE: Workers' Party (WP) chairperson Sylvia Lim has called on...

Quality of PAP ministers ‘leaves very much to be desired’: Chee Soon Juan

SINGAPORE: Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan...

WP’s Michael Thng: ‘We don’t want to be told that the sky is white when we see it is blue’

SINGAPORE: Before Nomination Day, the Workers Party (WP) introduced...

Monthly Archives: March 2023

OPINION | SIA discrimination handling perhaps a reflection of panic mode when things go wrong , a blinkered Josephine Teo and other stories in review

SIA flight delayed for more than 5 hours due to false bomb threat

TikTok user proves Singaporeans ‘don’t speak, they sing’ by belting out her order of chicken rice

Migrant worker hit roommate’s head with dumbbell because he couldn’t find rice cooker

NTUC staff paid for customer’s toothpaste out of her own pocket after his card was declined

“Why didn’t Ho Ching congratulate her own nephew?” – Netizens ask as PM’s wife heaps praise on Michelle Yeoh

Maid says after working 2 weeks for her current employer, she wants to be transferred elsewhere

Kf Seetoh: IPS report harms struggling hawkers & suppliers’ business in Tampines, Bishan & Queenstown

Elderly man arrested after allegedly stabbing a man with chopper

Hawker seeks customer who overpaid $693 at Serangoon Garden Market