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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

‘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...

4 Singapore tour bus operators suspended from entering Malaysia for unauthorised express services and selling tickets online

SINGAPORE: Four tour bus companies based in Singapore had...

What fresh grads can do in the face of fewer vacancies, tougher job market

SINGAPORE: Amid the current tough job market, recent graduates...

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

“Is this permissible?” — HDB resident asks after her neighbour’s burning container in the corridor caused smoke to enter multiple homes

New year… but still the same old you: The brutal reality of New Year resolutions

‘I just feel so tired,’ S’porean shares his father backed out of financially supporting his uni education

Singaporean says she feels out of place at work because most of her colleagues communicate in Mandarin

Oatly announces closure of Singapore factory, impacting 34 employees

My dad beat me up for not giving my seat to an elderly man on the bus

Singaporeans react to “Yishun 5-bedroom HDB flat downpayment cost less than $15K in 1984”

“Did my boyfriend get scammed?” — Woman asks after her foreign BF paid $600 for manicure & pedicure at Chinatown salon

I got “fired without notice” by my boss over the phone because he didn’t want to pay my bonus

Maid says her husband stole all her earnings and burned her house down back home, but she kept working in SG for the sake of her children