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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

‘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...

What fresh grads can do in the face of fewer vacancies, tougher job market

SINGAPORE: Amid the current tough job market, recent graduates...

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: Vivian Balakrishnan

Lee Hsien Yang says his love for his father and sister led him to pay ministers close to $620K

Court orders Lee Hsien Yang to pay $400,000 to PAP Ministers in damages

Lawyers say Lee Hsien Yang’s allegations against Shanmugam, Balakrishnan “are of the gravest kind”

Lee Hsien Yang served court injunctions by Shanmugam, Balakrishnan over defamatory Ridout Road post

Lee Hsien Yang suggests independent arbitration to resolve defamation suit by K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan

Leong Mun Wai’s complaints against Murali Pillai and Vivian Balakrishnan dismissed by Speaker Seah Kian Peng

Lee Hsien Yang congratulates President-elect Tharman, says the latter needs to be the independent president he said he would be, and speak truth to power

Shanmugam and Balakrishnan sue Lee Hsien Yang over Ridout Road allegations

Lee Hsien Yang claims he is “demanded to lie” in a “false public apology” to avoid lawsuit

OPINION | Lee family feud: Tit-for-tat turning into spits and spats