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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

MIDA champions Malaysia’s rise as Asia’s new supply chain hub through JS-SEZ partnership with Singapore

MALAYSIA: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) has expressed...

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...

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...

Featured News

SG man earns over S$200K/year but remains extremely frugal due to fear of ‘going broke’

‘DO NOT HIRE A MAID IF…’: Singaporean calls out unrealistic expectations of employers

Former national runner and educator Renuka Satianathan passes away at 37

Ramadan bazaar success: M’sian vendor earns RM7,000 daily from selling 113 drink varieties

Let not the vanishing of Bukit Batok end the political career of Dr Chee Soon Juan

‘Are you sure he’s still alive?’ — S’poreans ask woman who saw her date still ‘alive’ at AMK after his mum told her that he died from an accident

Singapore gets ranked 2nd globally for cross-border land investments of nearly S$2B in 2024

Employer says her maid goes out on ‘unauthorized outings, breaks house rules, and changes phone number’

‘Is my market value less than a teh peng?’ — Woman stunned after her date asks her to pay him back for iced milk tea

Family seeks help for beloved 92-year-old grandmother after devastating stroke