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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

Parliament needs more female members: Sylvia Lim

SINGAPORE: Workers' Party (WP) chairperson Sylvia Lim has called on...

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...

Jewel Stolarchuk

Netizens fume over Shanmugam’s remarks that Khaw has improved public transport system

JUST IN: North-East Line hit with massive congestion, delays after train fault occurs at Clarke Quay station

Young child falls unconscious day after busy KKH doctor declares there’s nothing wrong with her

PM Lee has to Speak and Act Now

MRT collision is branded a “blemish” in Singapore’s efficiency and infrastructure by international news outlets

“I am confident Minister Khaw will sort things out” – Shanmugam vouches for transport minister in wake of MRT collision

“There was a loud bang and a violent shaking threw everyone onto the floor” – MRT collision victim shares

Khaw Boon Wan apologises for MRT collision, says he is just as upset as commuters

Bus commuters detain man who molested young woman on board public bus

Woman calls police twice and gets men to attack PHV driver all because he took the “wrong route”