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‘Something better and not less’: Woman says upgrade on playground at Pasir Ris Street feels more like a downgrade

SINGAPORE: A woman took to social media to air...

Singaporean man says he’s confused why people keep saying public housing is ‘unaffordable for low-income individuals’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has sparked a debate online...

“Things will pan out well” – PSP candidate on potential three-cornered fight at Marymount SMC

SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) candidate for Marymount SMC...

Ex-WP MP and PSP member call for universal minimum wage

SINGAPORE: The time has come for a universal minimum...

Business

Employee terminated for not agreeing to work on Saturdays, asks Singaporeans, ‘Is this wrongful termination?’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean employee has allegedly been terminated after...

After CDL fallout, analysts push for clearer governance in Singapore’s family-run firms

SINGAPORE: Property giant City Developments Limited's (CDL's) public boardroom...

‘Depression is setting in:’ Employee desperately seeks advice on how to handle a ‘legendarily bad boss’

SINGAPORE: An exhausted employee took to social media to...

CapitaLand Investment to launch first retail REIT in China’s SSE with RMB2.8B of assets

SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI: CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced that it has applied...

Singapore Politics

Kala Manickam calls out Ng Chee Meng’s political comeback: ‘Jalan Kayu doesn’t need a politician staging a return‘

SINGAPORE: In a striking public statement ahead of the...

Jamus Lim saying ‘What we’re trying to deny PAP is a blank cheque’ in 2020 debate emerges again

SINGAPORE: While the Workers’ Party’s (WP) Jamus Lim released...

GE2025: Minister Desmond Lee to anchor West Coast-Jurong West GRC, Foo Mee Har passing baton to new faces

SINGAPORE: All eyes will be on the West Coast...

Josephine Teo saying ‘Opposition will turn your house into a house of cards’ resurfaces

SINGAPORE: You know the General Election (GE) is coming...

Tag: abuse

A bicycle accident incident in 2017 and the case of an abused child have once again gripped Malaysia

“It’s sad times if citizens need to be told to be kind to others” — Netizens voice out on the rise of abuse of public workers

Husband attempts to strangle his wife and cut her throat for waking him up for Ramadan breakfast

SG nurse slapped & kicked her maid, cut her salary when she made mistakes

Father of autistic boy claims son was mistreated by teacher at school and did “not wash up his sons hands after art class and just pass him to the parent”

Netizens blast woman who shouted, ‘You’re just a bus driver, I don’t need to listen to you’

Maid wants transfer after employer’s children called her ‘stupid & damned helper’ but family says she either finishes contract or compensates them

‘Lady boss’ from hell! Coffeeshop owner shouts abusively at 2 kids, their mother & customer at Jurong West

Infant care teacher abuses 1-year-old, covers head with pillow, slaps cheek and back repeatedly

Confinement nanny investigated for alleged abuse of month-old baby