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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...

Beatrice Del Rosario

‘Been jobless since May 2024. What do you think?’ — Singaporeans weigh in on job market

‘The food is so expensive and not nice’ — Customer complains after being charged S$8.64 for chicken and dory rice dish

33yo male says health is declining because of job, sometimes works till 1 or 2 am

‘I went to a party and was asked to pay $36 for 3 pieces of fried chicken’ — Man asks if it’s normal for host to charge guests for food

‘Spoiling my quality sleep’ — HDB resident complains about months of ‘nonstop crowing rooster’ near his block

Woman, 27, earning S$2.7K/month, says she ‘I don’t get any bonus nor increment’ but ‘my boss kept praising me for my efforts’

‘The cherry on top is that she lets her clippings fly free’: Employee says auntie at her workplace can’t stop clipping her nails

Blast from the past: 1972 photo of Hock Lam Street featuring Central Fire Station takes Singaporeans on a trip down memory lane

‘Cars are getting wider, but the car parks have remained the same’ — Driver draws flak for parking Mercedes ‘irresponsibly’