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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...

‘I find myself paying S$10 for fried noodles at a business district’: Resident asks Singaporeans how they are coping with rising costs

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

NTUC Union and Link members to enjoy 50 cents hot kopi or teh in May, plus ongoing 50% off essentials

SINGAPORE: NTUC Union and Link members will be able...

Business

MIDA champions Malaysia’s rise as Asia’s new supply chain hub through JS-SEZ partnership with Singapore

MALAYSIA: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) has expressed...

CLAS reports 4% YoY gross profit increase for Q1 FY2025

SINGAPORE: CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) reported a 4% year-on-year...

ST Engineering bags S$4.4B in new contracts for Q1 2025, boosted by defence and public security and commercial aerospace deals

SINGAPORE: Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) secured S$4.4 billion...

Singapore banks drive share buybacks, set to be biggest in four years, after dip in share prices

SINGAPORE: Singapore banks are seizing the opportunity presented by...

Singapore Politics

Pritam Singh: Maybe SM Lee only wants to present one side of facts on Income-Allianz deal

SINGAPORE: The thwarted deal between Income and Allianz last...

WP’s Andre Low: Ng Chee Meng and I represent 2 very different kinds of candidates

SINGAPORE: At a doorstep interview on Sunday (Apr 27),...

Pritam Singh: If PM says he needs over 2/3 of Parliament to be PAP MPs to govern properly, that’s a ‘serious problem’

SINGAPORE: In a doorstep interview on Sunday (April 27),...

GE2025: Which candidates could lose their deposits?

SINGAPORE: With less than a week to go before...

Yearly Archives: 2023

Singaporeans mourn passing of Sim Wong Hoo, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Creative Technology

Kind Singaporeans help migrant worker diagnosed with tuberculosis be sent home with help to repay his loans

Man says he deleted all photos from company server after his company paid him only $30 for capturing & editing 600 corporate photos

Maid asks if she’s obliged to inform her employer where she goes on her days off, says they keep questioning her about it

GST Increase 2023: Tips to Save Money and Stretch Your Dollar Further in Singapore

Man says his wife wants him to marry her best friend, asks ‘What can I do now?’

Netizen asks advice on how to handle neighbour who shouts at her for keeping shoe rack outside unit

Netizens suggest SMS or emailing CDC vouchers instead of sending multiple printed papers to prevent wastage & postage cost

Customer warns of Toa Payoh Lor 8 hawker not accepting CDC vouchers even with CDC sticker displayed on wall

‘I don’t think there’s anything negative about being petite’ — Nicole Chang Min comments about small girls like her