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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

Local draws flak after humiliating foreigner for illegally working as food delivery rider

‘Ho Ching forgot me’ — Ex-GIC chief economist and Michelle Yeoh’s cousin, Yeoh Lam Keong

Maid wanted to wait until her employer found replacement but now asks if she can leave because she ‘doesn’t want to work with them’

Morning Digest, March 16

Stories you might’ve missed, March 15

SG TikTok user accepts challenge to put on ‘full face of makeup’ on speedboat ride

Bangladeshi man arrested for trying to illegally enter Singapore through JB-SG train tracks

Woman says her ‘sensitive’ husband hits her if she criticises him, he also calls their baby names when he gets angry

Retrenchments continue to spike and more than double at the end of 2022: MOM

Customer: ‘The amount of steamed chicken I paid for a bowl of $11 laksa. Pathetic lol’