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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

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...

‘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...

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: sexual assault

Celebrities facing sexual assault charges

Scrubs producer Eric Weinberg charged with 18 counts of sexual assault

19-year-old admits sexually assaulting, and secretly filming 4 underage girls; victims include his cousin & aunt 7 years younger than him

Groomsman who sexually assaulted bride on wedding night jailed

Man sentenced to 20 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl he met online

Ex-international school teacher jailed five years for sexual acts and dating 14-year-old girl

Police: Outrage of modesty cases continue to be a crime of concern in Singapore

Male teaching assistant sexually abused 11 schoolboys, filmed 105 pornographic videos; gets 42 years jail, 24 strokes of the cane

50-year-old man sexually abused his 8 & 9-year-old stepdaughter and sister-in-law, telling them he touched them out of “love between family members”

Former gangster convicted of sexually assaulting three teens at playground slide