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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

SeaMoney becomes Monee in rebrand, CEO calls it ‘simple and cute’

SINGAPORE: Sea Limited, owner of popular e-commerce platform Shopee,...

My wife’s office manager keeps spiking her drink, yet the company still keeps the manager around

SINGAPORE: A concerned husband took to an online forum...

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...

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

Grab suspends driver for texting while driving after passenger files complaint

21 y/o woman who dated and rejected over 30 men in just 1 year says it’s exhausting & expensive to date in SG as it costs her $100+ for each date

$5.50 chicken rice meal is expensive, a diner complains, but others tell him the price is actually reasonable, even cheap

Why 1-room HDB prices are reaching record highs

“Ex-employer playing dirty” — Worker complains after her boss, who agreed to waive her 2-week resignation notice, deducts her final salary

‘Doctor in a vending machine’ at Tampines Shell station offers free teleconsultation, 24-7 medicine and even digital MC

Singapore’s Pan Pacific Orchard is named one of the world’s most beautiful hotels, NTU’s Gaia is named the world’s most beautiful campus

Singapore tops another most powerful passport list!

Career coach tells job seeker to just state his “address as Singapore without street name or postal code, or else you will get judged”

TADA investigates driver who threatened woman for boarding his car ‘from the wrong side’