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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

SeaMoney becomes Monee in rebrand, CEO calls it ‘simple and cute’

SINGAPORE: Sea Limited, owner of popular e-commerce platform Shopee,...

My wife’s office manager keeps spiking her drink, yet the company still keeps the manager around

SINGAPORE: A concerned husband took to an online forum...

Why does my mum’s former employer keep “accidentally” crediting salary and CPF to her and then ask her to pay back?

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has found herself in a...

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...

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...

SG Economy

Govt says there’s no need to revise CPF payout mechanism as they send yearly reminder letters

PM Lee wrote that he’ll “listen to all ideas” to make Singapore’s education better, so netizens start weighing in

Angry mother warns CPF Board: ‘It’s your fault if I can’t withdraw my savings and my son kills himself’

Calvin Cheng gets riled up at SDP: Our education system is based on the Brits, does Chee Soon Juan want to claim credit for that too?

SDP claims credit for proposing that streaming be scrapped in schools

Manpower Minister Josephine Teo pushes WP to state its position on foreign workers’ quota

No pay rise for many Singaporeans last year, says Hays Asia Salary Guide

Govt finally scraps streaming, nearly four decades after Tan Cheng Bock criticised it in Parliament

“I know what their kind are like” – Racist customer flamed for harassing teenagers at Starbucks

Trial of former Ang Mo Kio Town Council GM adjourned as he chooses to plead guilty to corruption charges