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‘Customer is not always right’: Bukit Timah bakery denies bullying 86-year-old customer

SINGAPORE: The 'Dough' bakery at the interim Bukit Timah...

Singaporean man charged in Johor with trafficking over 10 kg of drugs

MALAYSIA: A Singaporean man has been charged with trafficking...

Tutor turns nasty after parent declines to make advance payment or loan him $500

SINGAPORE: A family's search for a private tutor ended...

Two arrested, weapons seized after video of vicious assault goes viral online

SINGAPORE: A man and a woman have been arrested...

Business

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...

Singaporeans on possibility of S$ parity with US$

SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar, like other Asian currencies, performed...

Johor businesses urged to tap JS-SEZ for growth and investment opportunities

MALAYSIA: Businesses in Johor have been strongly encouraged to...

Singapore Politics

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...

Long weekend or rising apathy? Some wonder at low voter turnout for GE2025

SINGAPORE: On Sunday (May 4), the Elections Department (ELD)...

Domestic Helpers

“My maid has been verbally abusing my aunt of special needs… What do I do?”

Domestic helper runs away because she “changed her mind about working”

Employer sends domestic helper on surprise 15-day holiday, at the end of it they tell her not to come back as they have another helper

Domestic helper works from 5 am to midnight daily, employer does not want to allow her to get a transfer

Employer Expresses Concern Over Maid’s Sudden Change in Behavior and Forgetting Tasks

Employer wants to give a list of deep cleaning chores to their maid during family holidays, asks “Will she be angry I’m going to enjoy my holiday while she has to work?”

Employer wants to buy “non-handphone” device for their maid to listen to music, netizen says “Get her hp, trust me sooner or later she’s going to have one hidden”

Woman says her maid likes to keep food in her mouth, found her chewing on uncooked rice

Employer: Will you hire a helper sent back to the agency by their previous employer because she was unsuitable for their household?

Employer says on maid’s days off, she cooks and brings food for her own 10 friends; netizens ask who pays for ingredients