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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

‘I’m just a burden,’ 35 year-old Singaporean mum feels defeated after months of job rejections following redundancy

SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old Singaporean mum of two felt completely...

New DBS CEO says businesses should ‘look at new opportunities where they can grow’ amid trade tensions

SINGAPORE: DBS Bank’s new CEO Tan Su Shan said...

4 Singapore tour bus operators suspended from entering Malaysia for unauthorised express services and selling tickets online

SINGAPORE: Four tour bus companies based in Singapore had...

What fresh grads can do in the face of fewer vacancies, tougher job market

SINGAPORE: Amid the current tough job market, recent graduates...

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: maid abuse

Maid forced to slap herself repeatedly and say she has ‘no brain’ by her employer, caught on own CCTV camera

Mother of policeman’s wife who starved & tortured maid to death also pleads guilty to assault

Emotional abuse of maids in Singapore — New report

‘Pls remember, your domestic helper is human being, not robot’ — Netizens condemn nurse who repeatedly abused her maid & cuts her salary

SG nurse slapped & kicked her maid, cut her salary when she made mistakes

Maid wants transfer after employer’s children called her ‘stupid & damned helper’ but family says she either finishes contract or compensates them

Family makes maid sit on the floor outside restaurant while they have dinner at MBS’ Din Tai Fung

Film producer says Myanmar maid called her family, wanting to go home, two weeks before she died

Sentosa Cove maid subjected to 4 hours of sleep and pinched whenever employer was “not happy” with her massages

Maid passed notes to next door neighbor, who called the police on her abusive employer