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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: September 2024

No to motherhood statements: Chee Soon Juan demands tangible plans from gov’t to curb foreign worker influx and boost productivity

Indonesia’s palm oil B50 biodiesel blend aims for renewable energy without compromising global palm oil supply demands

“Boss forcing me to keep my phone in the locker before work” — Worker finds it “unfair” because other staff are not required to do the same

“Privatising profits and socialising costs?” — Prediction that airport costs will rise to fund upgrades sparks criticism

My husband says I’m a bad person for exposing his affair to the spouse of the other woman

4 in 10 angel investors reported positive gains despite high startup failure rates

Pope’s Southeast Asia and Oceania Tour 2nd leg lands him in Papua New Guinea; 7 detained for making threats to disrupt the papal event

Singapore-washing: How global companies from China are setting up shop in connector countries like Singapore to expand their reach

“He pulls out a ring and proposes after just one date!” — Woman dumbfounded with man who even left her 20 missed calls each night

President Tharman announces revamped President’s Challenge with long-term focus on social innovation