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Cost of living, home affordability, govt accountability are top concerns for GE2025—survey

SINGAPORE: A survey from Milieu Insight released shortly before...

Neighbour won’t spay her cat — now their area is full of mess and strays, says resident

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

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...

Business

‘Still no job since graduation’: 22-year-old S’porean diploma holder questions if full-time uni is the better path

SINGAPORE: Yet another young Singaporean has taken to social...

‘I’m working 7 days a week at this point’: Overworked intern opens up about toxic boss and senior colleagues

SINGAPORE: Despite having worked at the company for only...

Travel platform RateHawk reports 67% global bookings surge in 2024 as travel demand rebounds

B2B travel solutions firm RateHawk reported a 67% increase...

IWG adds 115 new workspaces in Asia Pacific amid growing demand for hybrid work solutions

SINGAPORE: International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 115 new...

Singapore Politics

Desire to contribute more to society led Liyana Dhamirah to accept call to join politics

When Red Dot United (RDU) founding member Liyana Dhamirah...

Inderjit Singh predicts cost of living, impact of GST hike, and housing affordability may influence voting patterns

SINGAPORE: Former People's Action Party (PAP) MP Inderjit Singh...

Ravi Philemon grilled on RDU’s Citizens’ Dividend for all—but wins resonance with younger voters

SINGAPORE: In his recent appearance on The Daily Ketchup...

‘Trust us, we’ll take care of you’ — PAP says amid GST hikes, soaring costs

SINGAPORE: At the People’s Action Party (PAP) rally in...

Featured News

‘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

‘It’s a pity’: Sylvia Lim expresses disappointment over Aljunied GRC boundary change

‘All those hard years of work diluted with the stroke of a pen’: Chee Soon Juan laments erasure of Bukit Batok SMC

SPP promises to extend Chiam See Tong’s legacy as opposition giant turns 90

11 years on, Malaysia is still committed to searching for missing MH370

‘Much of the EBRC’s decision-making remains unexplained’ — PSP questions the rationale behind new boundary changes