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Shared-stadium concept a big blow for professional football in Singapore

THE re-named SPL (Singapore Professional League) kicks off this weekend with, for the first time, a shared-stadium concept, which has irked the football fraternity, who are crying out for a value-add professional league. Eight of the locally-based clubs will share...

Video of Chan Chun Sing blasting opposition for offering voters S$300 during election resurfaces, a day after Heng Swee Keat announces Bicentennial bonus

Some Singaporeans are sharing an old video of Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing blasting the opposition for offering voters $300 during the last election, a day after Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the Bicentennial Bonus that...

29-0. 21-0: You think these are football scores by our schoolboys?

THE image of football took another bashing when several parents questioned on the “excessive lop-sided” scores in the ongoing Singapore Schools ‘B’ Division tournament. “The scores resemble rugby and it is a major embarrassment to the teams and football’s image...

Lee Bee Wah’s own resident points out that rat problems in the area is from human littering not cat food

A resident in Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah's own ward has pointed out that the rat problems in the area is from rampant food being littered by humans - not from cat food that is set out, like...

BREAKING: Former DPP chief Ben Pwee applies to join the Singapore Democratic Party

Former Democratic People's Party (DPP) secretary-general Benjamin Pwee said today that he has applied to join the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). The 51-year-old wrote on Facebook: "After much internal discussion and consideration within my team, we have decided to submit...

Inane netizen flames NSman for chilling at McDonalds and “giving opportunity to terrorists to disturb our nation”

Local Redditors have blasted an inane netizen who flamed an NSman for chilling at a McDonalds outlet, thereby, "giving opportunity to would be terrorists and enemies to disturb our nation." The netizen, whose name was censored in the original Reddit...

“We are helping older Singaporeans stay in the workforce, so that they can earn and save more for retirement” – Heng Swee Keat

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat revealed today that the Government is "helping older Singaporeans stay in the workforce, so that they can earn and save more for retirement," as he delivered his budget speech in Parliament, today. Asserting that some...

Govt chooses potential election year to cut foreign worker quota to 35%

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat delivered his budget speech today and announced that the Government will significantly reduce the foreign worker quota and S Pass worker ratio for the services sector. The Dependency Ratio Ceiling (DRC), which prescribes the maximum permitted ratio...

S$1.1 billion Bicentennial bonus, rebates, and vouchers pour in ahead of the next General Election

As many Singaporeans expected, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced a Bicentennial bonus, rebates and vouchers as he delivered his Budget 2019 speech today. The bonuses, rebates and vouchers were on the back of speculation that the General Election may...

Heng Swee Keat says Singaporeans must work together to build a ‘strong and united Singapore’ in 2019 budget speech

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat in his budget speech said that Singaporeans have to play their part to build a "Strong, United Singapore". Touching on the 200th anniversary of Sir Stamford Raffles' arrival in Singapore as he delivered his opening...
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New maid ‘plays dead’ whenever she’s unhappy by lying down on the floor and refusing to get up

HONG KONG: A frustrated employer took to social media after her maid started playing dead and lying on the...
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Singapore hosts Archery Asia Cup 2023 first time in 20 years

SINGAPORE — After two decades, Singapore is currently hosting the Archery Asia Cup 2023 (Stage 3), taking place from Jun 5 to 10 at...

“Higher prices and yet lower quality” — Netizens respond to video of a couple showing “defects” in their new BTO unit

SINGAPORE: Netizens are reacting to a video wherein a couple in Singapore shared "defects" in their new BTO, with a collective outcry of dissatisfaction...

Singapore Turf Club to hold final race on Oct 24; handover site to govt by 2027 for redevelopment

SINGAPORE — The curtain will draw on a 180-year horse racing tradition in Singapore when the Singapore Turf Club holds its last race, the...

Abdul Shariff reiterates Workers’ Party’s commitment to better school class size on average

SINGAPORE — During a house visit at Block 123 in Simei recently, the Workers’ Party Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim had a meaningful conversation with...

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