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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...

‘I find myself paying S$10 for fried noodles at a business district’: Resident asks Singaporeans how they are coping with rising costs

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

NTUC Union and Link members to enjoy 50 cents hot kopi or teh in May, plus ongoing 50% off essentials

SINGAPORE: NTUC Union and Link members will be able...

Business

CLAS reports 4% YoY gross profit increase for Q1 FY2025

SINGAPORE: CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) reported a 4% year-on-year...

ST Engineering bags S$4.4B in new contracts for Q1 2025, boosted by defence and public security and commercial aerospace deals

SINGAPORE: Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) secured S$4.4 billion...

Singapore banks drive share buybacks, set to be biggest in four years, after dip in share prices

SINGAPORE: Singapore banks are seizing the opportunity presented by...

Study finds leader well-being drives organisational well-being and performance

SINGAPORE: Leader well-being was seen as the most significant...

Singapore Politics

Pritam Singh: Maybe SM Lee only wants to present one side of facts on Income-Allianz deal

SINGAPORE: The thwarted deal between Income and Allianz last...

WP’s Andre Low: Ng Chee Meng and I represent 2 very different kinds of candidates

SINGAPORE: At a doorstep interview on Sunday (Apr 27),...

Pritam Singh: If PM says he needs over 2/3 of Parliament to be PAP MPs to govern properly, that’s a ‘serious problem’

SINGAPORE: In a doorstep interview on Sunday (April 27),...

GE2025: Which candidates could lose their deposits?

SINGAPORE: With less than a week to go before...

Travel

3 month trial to shorten flight times on 38 routes between Singapore and 9 cities in Australia and New Zealand

Scoot flight from Jeju Island to Singapore diverted to Taiwan due to technical issue during the flight

SG to JB: Best times for a smooth car ride to Johor Bahru without getting stuck in long traffic jams

Cambodian traveller’s posh experience on Singapore Airlines wows millions on TikTok

Singapore hotel staff gives rat traps to Malaysian tourists for complaining about rodent infestation; they end up sleeping on the streets

SIA, Scoot flights to take “slightly longer than usual” as they stopped flying over Iranian airspace amid Middle East tensions

Singapore tops solo travellers’ wishlist for 2024

Changi Airport passenger traffic hits 99.3% of pre-pandemic levels in H1 2024

Changi Airport is now also the best shopping centre in the world!

Travellers say Changi Airport is one of their favourites in the world because it “always kept its high standards”