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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

MIDA champions Malaysia’s rise as Asia’s new supply chain hub through JS-SEZ partnership with Singapore

MALAYSIA: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) has expressed...

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...

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...

Relationships

After getting out of a bad relationship, a 30-year-old woman says she decided it’s better to be single than to date a poor guy

My mother complains about everything I do, mentally tortures me and says I am neither helpful nor smart enough to buy things

Fresh grad complains that his “incompetent” supervisor pushes all work to him while his supervisor “barely does anything”

Girlfriend says she can’t help but compare her current boyfriend with her ex-boyfriend, says her ex gave her more attention

36yo girlfriend complains that her 40yo boyfriend’s ex GF keeps messaging him and sharing her problems, even sends photos of her diary to him

Netizen earning $9K/month says he’s an orphan, lives alone, has no relatives, and doesn’t want to be with anyone

Girlfriend upset & angry with boyfriend who keeps having 1-on-1 outings with other female friends, says he should be with her instead

Man says his parents weaponize filial piety through guilt manipulation & emotional blackmail to dissuade him, asks for advice

How to Handle Workplace Sabotage: Strategies to Overcome Co-workers Undermining You

‘Besides BTO, why do guys wanna get married?’ — Netizen asks and says he sees no other benefits to marriage and having kids