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Cost of living, home affordability, govt accountability are top concerns for GE2025—survey

SINGAPORE: A survey from Milieu Insight released shortly before...

Neighbour won’t spay her cat — now their area is full of mess and strays, says resident

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

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...

Business

Travel platform RateHawk reports 67% global bookings surge in 2024 as travel demand rebounds

B2B travel solutions firm RateHawk reported a 67% increase...

IWG adds 115 new workspaces in Asia Pacific amid growing demand for hybrid work solutions

SINGAPORE: International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 115 new...

Hiring slows in Singapore, with fewer jobs and rising unemployment in Q1

SINGAPORE: According to Ministry of Manpower (MOM) data featured...

Maybank, PUJB forge strategic partnership to boost Johor entrepreneurs in JS-SEZ

MALAYSIA: The Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and Perbadanan Usahawan...

Singapore Politics

Quality of PAP ministers ‘leaves very much to be desired’: Chee Soon Juan

SINGAPORE: Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan...

WP’s Michael Thng: ‘We don’t want to be told that the sky is white when we see it is blue’

SINGAPORE: Before Nomination Day, the Workers Party (WP) introduced...

Residents tell WP’s Jamus Lim that ‘the electric atmosphere at rallies gets them excited about voting’

SINGAPORE: The rallies that the Workers’ Party (WP) has...

PAP’s Poh Li San: Sembawang West deserves ‘a proven person’, definitely not Chee Soon Juan

SINGAPORE: At the People’s Action Party (PAP) rally in...

Jewel Stolarchuk

Couple break down after domestic helper accidentally leaves infant stuck in locked car at Holland Village

“Come and catch us” – Brazen vandals who graffiti Sembawang carpark openly taunt the police

NUS students’ letter to Singapore’s next Prime Minister trends online

NTU rejects local top-scorer’s scholarship application, compelling her to do her PhD overseas

Netizens point out that potential PAP candidate is Facebook senior executive as FB posts mysteriously disappear

Netizens praise SCDF heroes who battled flames for six hours after oil tank caught fire at Pulau Busing

Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch are coming to meet Singapore fans at Avengers: Infinity War event

Cash-strapped PHV driver who killed pedestrian in accident asks for advice online, only to be flamed by netizens

Lianhe Zaobao reports Ng Chee Meng is likely to become new labour chief; where will Chan Chun Sing go?

Woman with “strong foreign accent” acts like she was hit badly by car; flees when driver calls the cops