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NUS study invites public to weigh moral dilemmas of embryo selection in IVF

SINGAPORE: When faced with choosing an embryo for implantation...

‘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...

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

GE2025: Red Dot United unveils manifesto rethinking society with a heart

SINGAPORE: In a spirited address that called for a...

‘Desperately trying to shift silent majority’ — Singaporeans say IB is going overboard as GE2025 approaches

SINGAPORE: Complaints are arising online that the pro-establishment "internet...

Criticism of GRC system reignites as 3G Minister plans to lead four fresh faces through GE2025

SINGAPORE: Despite being a member of the People's Action...

ELD, MHA issue advisory to GE2025 candidates on foreign interference, cybersecurity risks

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Cyber Security...

Tag: elderly

My grandma loves to clean but dump debris outside HDB window; warnings had been given to her, but she does not listen… how?

Higher prices means some retirees are going back to work, netizens say returning workers have ‘no choice’

‘Is this how much cleaners earn?’ — Shocked netizens share a hiring poster for 6-days a week, 8 hours a day cleaning job

Poor ‘bhaiya’ didn’t know how to use self-registration kiosk at SGH, allegedly told by staff to ‘read and answer questions’ by himself

Elderly mum sold HDB flat to live with daughter in Australia now back in SG living in hotel

Hunchbacked Grab uncle seen making deliveries, netizen wish ‘leaders of our country have the heart to help these kinds of people’

Partially vaccinated grandma making a scene at Chinatown after being denied dine-in entry

Dead body found floating in Rochor River, suspected elderly cardboard collector

‘Some seniors have genuine fear of vaccination’ ― Alvin Tan accompanies elderly woman to get her first Covid-19 shot

Driver disregards green light and waits for elderly pedestrian to cross Jalan Besar road safely