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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...

Yoko Nicole

Taking medical leave one day before your day off leads to bosses getting angry with you — Singaporean reveals the “unspoken MC rules”

“Next time don’t wear so revealing clothes” — Grandparents tell their granddaughter after she told them she was being stalked

Singaporean man earning S$3K/month says he doesn’t want to invest his savings because investing is “only for the rich”

Man says his ex-girlfriend found a new boyfriend in just 17 days after they broke up

43yo SG man earning S$12K/month says his monthly surplus is close to zero due to his 4 children and living expenses

“Why do people have no decency to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze?” — Public transport passenger complains

“At what point does frequent job-hopping become a red flag?” — SG job-hopper asks employers and hiring managers

Doctors say more SG men are now seeking treatment for gynecomastia (man boobs)

Most helpers say employers buy them their own food when they dine out but some have different experiences

Singaporean parents mostly express love through acts of service, according to their children