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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: 2025

Singapore GDP expected to grow by 2.5%-3% in 2025 amid external risks

Uncover the boundaries and what you should never ask ChatGPT or any AI chatbot

$14,000 robot ‘wok master’ cooks Hokkien mee at hawker centre

Should I tender my resignation now or wait to be fired? — Worker earning S$200K annually contemplates leaving his job due to his toxic boss

“You are here to work, not relax!” — Employers often dismiss their maids with such retorts when they request shorter working hours—HOME

Man from China who earned $40K as an illegal food delivery rider in Singapore gets slapped with $10K fine

Singapore holds the top spot for current cost of living index in Southeast Asia

Indonesia joins BRICS and is welcomed by China

In Parliament: WP MPs Gerald Giam and Jamus Lim call for better protection for Singaporeans against scams

SG worker impressed with M’sian colleague who quit her job in S’pore as her savings can sustain her in M’sia for the next 2 years