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Retirement age to be raised 64, re-employment age to 69 by July 1
"As previously announced, we will raise the retirement and re-employment ages to 64 and 69 respectively on 1 July 2026, this would keep us on track to raising them to 65 and 70 by 2030," said Manpo...
3 Singaporeans arrested for money laundering in connection with Prince Holding Group; S$350 million in assets seized
The police have arrested three Singapore citizens in a money laundering investigation involving transnational scam syndicate Prince Holding Group. According to a Mar. 3 police news release, this co...
Good intention, better execution? Tighter security checkpoints sparked huge traffic jams with clearance times reaching as long as 150 minutes
Increased security checks at land, sea, and air borders have caused severe traffic congestion, with traffic jams even stretching all the way back to the Johor Bahru border crossing. A woman complai...
No license getaway fails at its best! Driver arrested after hitting a roadblock, leaving his car and running from the police, but still got...
A man was arrested after attempting to flee a police checkpoint while driving without a license.
Business
‘No future growth for you’: Manager’s comment pushes 39-year-old to consider career switch after spending 11 years in the company
After hearing those words from his manager, a Singaporean man who devoted 11 years of his life to the company has finally started wonde...
Software engineer considers leaving S$3.5K job after company fails to deliver promised salary increase
According to him, the engineers who joined around the same time as him are earning more than S$6,000, which is nearly double his salary.
Block data analyst gets his hunch right of getting laid off because of AI after surviving 3 performance cuts
He did not expect to be included in its latest round of layoffs.
‘Consider your days numbered’: Analyst warns other tech workers as she shares what’s happening in tech companies
Story of woman's warning and her explanation of what has been happening in tech, what they were told to do, only to be replaced.
Singapore Politics
Fadli Fawzi has been surprising Kaki Bukit residents with Buka Puasa meals
Mr Fadli and his teams have been giving out coupons for Kueh Raya and IFTAR
Singaporeans applaud immediate 20% increase in tobacco tax, but ask if more should be done to curb smoking
SINGAPORE: During the rollout of the national Budget on...
Jamus Lim says Singapore should do more to help the poorest nations of the world
SINGAPORE: In a recent speech in Parliament, Workers’ Party...
Leon Perera: Are we Singaporeans more confident or more fearful about the future?
SINGAPORE: On the eve of the roll-out of Budget...