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Singaporean man charged in Johor with trafficking over 10 kg of drugs

MALAYSIA: A Singaporean man has been charged with trafficking...

Tutor turns nasty after parent declines to make advance payment or loan him $500

SINGAPORE: A family's search for a private tutor ended...

Two arrested, weapons seized after video of vicious assault goes viral online

SINGAPORE: A man and a woman have been arrested...

24-year-old male student arrested in connection with voyeurism case at NTU

SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old has been arrested in connection with...

Business

Singaporeans on possibility of S$ parity with US$

SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar, like other Asian currencies, performed...

Johor businesses urged to tap JS-SEZ for growth and investment opportunities

MALAYSIA: Businesses in Johor have been strongly encouraged to...

Sick of being broke? Eliminate these 8 silent budget killers now—before they sink you

Living paycheck to paycheck is like running on a...

Singapore SMEs eye JS-SEZ for growth amid rising costs and global trade tensions

SINGAPORE: The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is emerging...

Singapore Politics

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...

Long weekend or rising apathy? Some wonder at low voter turnout for GE2025

SINGAPORE: On Sunday (May 4), the Elections Department (ELD)...

Featured News

Singapore should consider reviewing water agreement as a “gesture of goodwill,” given Malaysia’s RM 1 trillion debt: M’sia Finance Minister

95 years in prison for ‘scary’ illegal alien who is MS-13 gang member

Ho Ching remains Temasek CEO nearly a decade after failed leadership succession plans

While Trump supporters have been likened to Nazis, one fan of the President documents nationwide violence against them

WP members do not openly mingle with other parties “for fear of being targeted by leadership”: opposition sec-gen

Former NSP Chief Lim Tean urges Singapore Opposition parties to take a leaf out of M’sia’s books

Keppel Corp donates $1 million to President’s Challenge even as scandal-ridden O&M revenue could further decline

Overseas Chinese are very cautious of their words, even in Singapore

RIP bromance: Photos of warm relationship between PM Lee and Najib trend as toppled M’sia PM faces corruption case

Why doesn’t Temasek disclose management costs and annual salary paid to CEO like other sovereign wealth funds?