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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: medisave

30yo sole breadwinner of family earning $3K/month asks how to fund her sick father’s medical bills once he uses up all her MediSave

Paul Tambyah: Everyone pays the same in SDP universal healthcare plan regardless of social economic status

Elderly resident shares concerns with Nicole Seah & Kenneth Foo about the rising cost of healthcare, unaffordable to low-income individuals

81-year-old man unable to use MediSave for S$128 A&E bill, questions if it can be used to buy his coffin

Elderly man who has more than S$40K in MediSave account gets only $580 a month, insufficient for his dental expenses

Josephine Teo: Freelancers employed by govt will have part of their salaries put into Medisave

1.7M Singaporeans will receive S$1B in GST vouchers and MediSave top-ups

MediSave top-ups totaling S$270 million available to qualified seniors starting next month

SDP: Get rid of MediSave, MediShield and MediFund

Polyclinic rejects 73-year-old patient saying subsidies not allowed as referral came from GP