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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: family

Dark-skinned Chinese woman gets mistaken for a maid, but her family tells her she’s being oversensitive

Help! How do I deal with my anti-Singapore family?

Family favouritism or financial reality? A fresh grad’s struggle sparks a wider conversation

Fresh grad considers cutting parents off for toxicity, says they are in debt and earn a small amount but don’t control their spending

‘Is this some scam?’ Foreigner shocked as mystery child appears in his Singpass family tab

S’porean dad takes 3-year break for his son, now weighs going back to school in his 30s

SG woman reminds S’poreans that “just because you have 4 kids, it won’t mean all 4 will put in the same effort in supporting you in old age”

Singaporean tells couples, “If you want kids, plan your own retirement so they can have their own independent lives”

Sandwich Generation woes in Singapore: Are parents feeling the pinch of raising kids and caring for ageing parents amid high living costs?

“She’s not my maid; she’s like a sister to me and 2nd mom to my kids!” — Employers in Singapore share why they consider their helpers as family