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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...

TikToker draws mixed reactions after questioning Singapore’s ‘cleanest city in the world’ tag

SINGAPORE: A TikToker has drawn mixed reactions online after...

Business

SeaMoney becomes Monee in rebrand, CEO calls it ‘simple and cute’

SINGAPORE: Sea Limited, owner of popular e-commerce platform Shopee,...

My wife’s office manager keeps spiking her drink, yet the company still keeps the manager around

SINGAPORE: A concerned husband took to an online forum...

Why does my mum’s former employer keep “accidentally” crediting salary and CPF to her and then ask her to pay back?

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has found herself in a...

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

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: child abuse

Maid caught on CCTV grabbing employer’s baby’s hair to pull her head up and hitting her, but denied mistreating the child

Nurse sexually assaulted 14-year-old boy after getting him drunk

Wife had no choice but to cage her child in dessert cart while selling on streets because husband only plays video games all day instead of helping

Woman screams & kicks young boy in public at Boon Keng, netizen says, “If she can do this in public, imagine what happens behind closed doors”

‘Doctor Strange’ actor Zara Phythian & husband accused of sexually abusing 13yo girl

Netizens praise father who made his 11-year-old daughter pick lotus roots for 4 hours in the heat to teach her value of education, she suffered sunburn & peeling skin

Child abuse in S’pore continues to rise following record high cases in a decade in 2020; majority cases of neglect

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

Parents ‘aggressively’ hit daughter at void deck, sparks concern from witnesses