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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

Yee Jenn Jong: Edwin Tong must have something better than the East Coast Plan

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party (WP) candidate Yee Jenn Jong was...

Battle for Punggol: Harpreet Singh vs Gan Kim Yong

SINGAPORE: One of the highlights of GE2025 is the...

‘He responded with integrity’: S’poreans want to give Andre Low a chance after apology for leaked messages

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party (WP) candidate Andre Low publicly apologised...

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

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

Featured News

Ex-politician calls it “surreal” to be reclassified as voter in new GRC after boundary changes

WP acknowledges “significant” boundary changes in the wards it has been active in

Lawyer highlights need for reasonable time gap between EBRC report release and Writ of Election

‘Jurong GRC is gone but our commitment remains’ – RDU to contest 6 wards in GE2025

“Unrecognisable” – Ex-NMP questions need for 5-member GRCs in GE2025 electoral map

EBRC report features big changes to GRCs formerly represented by Tharman, Iswaran and Tan Chuan-Jin

‘Maintenance cost me almost S$5,000 a month’ — Singaporean shares how owning his dream car for a year turned into a nightmare

Why Singaporeans are drooling over Malaysia’s insane “gold mine” EPF returns—SG financial expert explains

‘Things cost multiples more than I remember’ — Singaporean shocked by skyrocketing prices in SG when he returned from another country

‘I got promoted without increment’ — Employee wonders if he should demand a raise or just quit