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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

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...

‘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...

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...

Featured News

High Speed Rail project only “postponed”, not completely scrapped: Mahathir

Yahoo News promotes Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to “President”

PM Lee “probably made a difference” in US-North Korea summit: Trump

mrbrown schools the New York Times on how to pronounce PM Lee’s name, saying “Lee Hsien Loong name is not liddat pronoun one”

It’s a government initiative, not a people’s movement – let’s not get carried away by one summit

Top brass of leaders in local think tanks should go

69-year-old South Korean protests outside Capella hotel; demands that North Korea return her father

Kim commits to complete denuclearisation, as Trump promises security guarantees: Details of agreement revealed

MP Lim Biow Chuan clarifies comment: “Easy to say that the police ought to give offenders a second chance”, after much flak online

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un confirm denuclearisation process will start very quickly, as they sign “important” agreement