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‘Do you check your helper’s luggage on her last day of employment?’ — Maid’s employer seeks advice

SINGAPORE: An employer took to social media to seek...

Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

Singaporeans more open to talking about death, but few take concrete steps to prepare

SINGAPORE: A recent survey by the Singapore Management University...

‘This is daylight robbery’: Toast Box patrons upset with difference in menu pictures and actual items

SINGAPORE: Some Toast Box patrons have raised concerns over...

Business

‘I OT till 9pm almost daily’ — 25 y/o earning $3K/month burnt out just 2 weeks into her new job, considers quitting without backup...

SINGAPORE: Burnt out just two weeks into a new...

How do I work with a ‘petty colleague’ who started treating me poorly because of a delay in my replying to her text message?

SINGAPORE: A frustrated employee took to Reddit to share...

StarHub reports 18.4% drop in net profit to S$31.8M in Q1 2025 amid lower mobile, entertainment, and cybersecurity revenue

SINGAPORE: Singapore-based telco company StarHub reported a net profit...

Don’t borrow cash to the limit: 32 y/o woman faces HK$60K/month housing loans after real estate gamble backfires

HONG KONG: A 32-year-old woman investor from Hong Kong...

Singapore Politics

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

Tag: Changi Airport

Extra $3 surcharge for taxi rides from Changi Airport extended until end of the year, but most netizens don’t seem to mind

3 drinks and 2 parota for $20.60 — Netizens say ‘too expensive!!!’

Not a real solution: Extra $3 surcharge for taxis at Changi Airport not enough for petrol costs plus long wait times

Please help to find Oreo: Dog escapes while being boarded at Changi T3, missing since Apr 1

Mum from Greece stranded with toddler at Changi Airport complains about the service & COVID travel experience

COVID-19: Changi Airport worker, and incoming passenger test preliminarily positive for Omicron

OMICRON COVID-19 @ Singapore: Two travellers from South Africa with transit flight at S’pore test positive for Omicron variant

Requiring negative Covid tests for returning citizens, PRs, may not be a simple matter

S’porean man, linked to TTSH cluster, dies of Covid-19; Changi Airport cluster hits 100 cases

Netizen: Virus didn’t ‘break through’ so much as it waltzed out of Changi Airport Terminal 3