Singapore’s troubling suicide problem – early detection of signs and professional help is best prevention
Singapore's suicide rates have gone down in the recent years. Samaritans of Singapore (SOS), an…
Ong Ye Kung: Singaporeans need to develop skills beyond the academe to level-up for the future
Singaporeans will need skills beyond academic qualifications in order to be prepared for the future, to…
Over-achieving Singaporeans second-place for most sleep-deprived
Singapore, a country of over-achievers, is also a country that does not sleep very much.…
Recent neurological study shows that our brains prefer to be sedentary more than active
When you know you need to exercise but laziness is taking over, your reluctance is…
Keppel and SPH to make majority stake offer of S$1.27 billion for M1 telecom
The conglomerate Keppel Corporation Limited (KCL) collaborated with Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) to make an…
Decline in number of Singaporean babies born, with 1 in 3 marriages mixed-race
In September, the Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group published the annual Population in Brief report,…
Singapore’s elderly and their desperate battle with isolation, loneliness and depression
Singapore's elderly citizens may no longer be worrying about raising families and career advancement, but they…
MOM: Employers no longer allowed to hold money for domestic helpers
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has issued a new Work Permit condition stating that employers…
Global “human capital” study shows Singapore in 13th place – Taiwan, South Korea and Japan only other Asian countries in the top 20
The results of a global study on human capital conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics…
Singapore should ‘tackle the excessive consumption of all types of disposables’ instead of levying charges on plastic bags – Khor
In response to MP Louis Ng's call to ban single-use plastics and levy charges on…