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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: migrant workers in Singapore

‘No space is safe in the lorry’: HOME calls for ban on lorry transport, asks for subsidies to help firms transition to safer transport

Burmese man in Singapore shocked at ‘the amount of sacrifices’ SG’s migrant workers have to go through to survive

Pope Francis appeals for fair wages for Singapore migrant workers who ‘contribute a great deal to society’

Sympathy for migrant workers who work for years only to pay off agent fees before earning money for themselves

Singapore migrant workers treated to SG Grand Prix for the very first time, because “it’s only right they enjoy a little”

‘National Day is for everyone that helped build this place we call home’ — says Singaporean who bought food & drinks for migrant workers on Aug 9

New requirements for transporting workers in lorries include rain covers & “vehicle buddy”

Singaporean treats migrant workers to bubble tea after she saw them ‘scramble to help’ someone who fell off his bike

Thousands sign petition asking LTA to make safe transport mandatory after photos of migrant workers in lorries during rain circulate

Writer wonders if migrant workers would agree that SG now “world’s best place to be during Covid”