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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: K Shanmugam

‘Trust us, we’ll take care of you’ — PAP says amid GST hikes, soaring costs

Heavy lifter: Minister Shanmugam breaks his own personal record deadlifting 65kg 102 times at Chong Pang Fitness Fiesta

K Shanmugam supports Ambassador Rena Lee’s nomination as Judge of the International Court of Justice in 2026

Lee Hsien Yang says his love for his father and sister led him to pay ministers close to $620K

Court orders Lee Hsien Yang to pay $400,000 to PAP Ministers in damages

Lawyers say Lee Hsien Yang’s allegations against Shanmugam, Balakrishnan “are of the gravest kind”

Minister Shanmugam gives his new one-eyed fur kid “a much better life” — Animal lovers praise his act of compassion

Mixed reactions to potential recruitment of auxiliary police officers from India, China, & other countries

K Shanmugam files civil suit against TikTok requiring it to name users who posted ‘false, baseless’ claims of extramarital affair

Lee Hsien Yang served court injunctions by Shanmugam, Balakrishnan over defamatory Ridout Road post