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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...

Monthly Archives: August 2024

Coffeeshop items “no longer affordable” — Customer says after being charged S$1.80 for mineral water at Tiong Bahru coffeeshop

SG man gets schooled by SG women on SG values for asking: “Ladies, what’s the maximum wage difference you can accept in a relationship?”

Dying father’s last wish: A heartfelt plea to reunite and embrace his estranged daughters of 20 years for one last time before his inevitable end

“Everyone is getting S$9/hour while I am getting S$8” — Singaporean worker exposes his unfair pay and hidden part-time work contract terms

“Low-income SG woman” asks if it’s worth taking the risk of having a relationship with a man of high socioeconomic status

Please help: My mum earns only S$1.4K/month for the past 10 years and stands for long periods of time; she needs a less physically demanding job

Life-Space aims to help improve gut health in Singapore and Southeast Asia with award-winning probiotic range

“Implementation without consideration for elderly” — Commuters say the old MRT directional displays were more user-friendly than newer ones

SG to JB: Best times for a smooth car ride to Johor Bahru without getting stuck in long traffic jams

Singaporean exposes fake accident motorcyclists’ scam at SG-JB Causeway with 360-degree camera footage