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Job seeker asks: ‘Is it really that hard to get hired now, or is it just me?’

SINGAPORE: A job seeker who has been applying for...

Singapore negotiating US concessions on pharmaceutical exports and high-end AI chips access

SINGAPORE: Singapore is negotiating concessions with the United States...

‘I find myself paying S$10 for fried noodles at a business district’: Resident asks Singaporeans how they are coping with rising costs

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

NTUC Union and Link members to enjoy 50 cents hot kopi or teh in May, plus ongoing 50% off essentials

SINGAPORE: NTUC Union and Link members will be able...

Business

CLAS reports 4% YoY gross profit increase for Q1 FY2025

SINGAPORE: CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) reported a 4% year-on-year...

ST Engineering bags S$4.4B in new contracts for Q1 2025, boosted by defence and public security and commercial aerospace deals

SINGAPORE: Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) secured S$4.4 billion...

Singapore banks drive share buybacks, set to be biggest in four years, after dip in share prices

SINGAPORE: Singapore banks are seizing the opportunity presented by...

Study finds leader well-being drives organisational well-being and performance

SINGAPORE: Leader well-being was seen as the most significant...

Singapore Politics

Pritam Singh: Maybe SM Lee only wants to present one side of facts on Income-Allianz deal

SINGAPORE: The thwarted deal between Income and Allianz last...

WP’s Andre Low: Ng Chee Meng and I represent 2 very different kinds of candidates

SINGAPORE: At a doorstep interview on Sunday (Apr 27),...

Pritam Singh: If PM says he needs over 2/3 of Parliament to be PAP MPs to govern properly, that’s a ‘serious problem’

SINGAPORE: In a doorstep interview on Sunday (April 27),...

GE2025: Which candidates could lose their deposits?

SINGAPORE: With less than a week to go before...

Celebrity

Desmond Tan posts shirtless photo again, but commenters focus on his coffee mug instead

Tasha Low performs hot dance with wet hair, but Rui En tells her ‘Your hair never dry properly I lend u my Dyson’ hair dryer

Beauty influencer shares how kids can easily be kidnapped in Singapore, says ‘it’s just too safe here’

Naomi Neo shares her car racing experience, but netizens say ‘there’s no footage of her actually driving’ and that she’s a ‘pick me girl’

Kim Lim goes to her own kind of therapy; shopping & buying new luxurious items for herself

‘I don’t care what they think’ — Dawn Ying Yuen breaks free from all traditional barriers to achieve what she wants

Hong Hui Fang partners with Catwalk Taiwan, but netizen thinks it’s her last day in Mediacorp

Wang Lei once struggled with $300K gambling debts and targeted by 11 loan sharks, sings about the horrors in Namewee’s new ‘The 20th Floor’ MV

Ya Hui leaves Mediacorp after 15 years; says it’s time to explore things on her own

James Seah’s best co-star in his recent drama is a… cockroach!