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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: senior citizens

70-year-old living off savings says inflation is “daylight robbery” — during his time, $1K monthly salary meant you were in the middle class

‘A rich nation should take care of their senior citizens’ — Netizens on uncle clearing tables despite age & disability

Ho Ching cites UK’s high vaccination rates, especially among seniors, as reason for drop in Covid cases, deaths

Police arrest 64-year-old for snatching 81-year-old man’s necklace

1,000 digital ambassadors to help seniors and stallholders go online, netizens weigh in

62-yr old assistant cook at Creative O Preschoolers’ Bay tests positive for Covid-19, preschool to close until March 9

Senior citizen at Clementi laments that they’re charged for use of community center, complaints have gone unnoticed

Increase in SG population mainly due to rise in citizens and foreign workers

DPM Heng stresses importance of preparing to stay healthy in one’s senior years

“Shift from healthcare to health”: DPM Heng Swee Keat