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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: unemployed

SG jobseeker says, ‘I’m burnt out from my job search of five months and still looking…’

‘1 year without a job and counting’ — SG jobseeker laments after his ‘endless applications, countless interviews, and rejection emails’

‘Still jobless despite applying everywhere’ — Singaporeans share struggles in competitive job market

“This is a desperate plea for help” – Son seeks help online after elderly father gets retrenched

Unemployed man claims his wife threatened to divorce him after his job application was rejected yet again

‘What’s the fastest way to make S$200k?’ Man loses 2 businesses and 1 job in 4 years, faces S$200k debt

S’porean who’s been job hunting for 18 months says, “I am losing hope and feeling drained/helpless”

“I don’t know what to do anymore,” 27 yo S’porean man feels discouraged after a year of constant job rejections

‘Help, I’m reaching 1-year mark of unemployment and am feeling really helpless’

“Retrenched. Where do I go from here?” — 31yo man asks as he wonders if there’s still hope