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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

As General Election looms, PM Lee’s 2014 quote resurfaces on Facebook

Architect Tay Kheng Soon visualises a very different post-Covid landscape

Internationally acclaimed cartoonist urges National Arts Council to revise the way it distributes funds

PM Lee remains silent as his siblings reassert lack of confidence and trust in him

The younger Lee siblings rehash family feud three years later

“Don’t expect business-as-usual even after Singapore reopens” – Chan Chun Sing on Singapore’s future post-COVID

Netizens call to abolish providing “last-drawn salary” to avoid lowballing employers

Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang take to Facebook to denounce Lee Hsien Loong again

Chan Chun Sing: Govt will intensify efforts to bring the best foreign talent to Singapore

Daily brief- Coronavirus update for June 15, 2020, first imported case in over a month