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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...

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

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

Business

New DBS CEO says businesses should ‘look at new opportunities where they can grow’ amid trade tensions

SINGAPORE: DBS Bank’s new CEO Tan Su Shan said...

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...

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)...

Featured News

Lee Hsien Yang’s public endorsement of PM Lee’s rival gains international traction

Singaporean guy capitalizes on death of Aloysius Pang to sell insurance

ESM Goh throws shade at his “very close friend” while he works for a “kinder and gentler society”

Is ESM Goh suggesting “there is no need to do a Mahathir in Singapore” like Tan Cheng Bock?

Angry ex-Malaysia PM Najib says again: ‘Lies. I never met Altantuya’

Elderly tissue seller insists for kind girl who offered him angpow to take tissue in touching video

Forum letter writer disputes Manpower Minister’s argument against lowering minimum CPF withdrawal age

Govt Agency draws criticism for ‘throwing away’ $30,000 on video competition instead of directly helping senior citizens

Aloysius Pang is the 8th Singaporean to have died in the past 1.5 years while serving the nation

NUH CEO apologises over $19,000 surgery doctor recommended to patient instead of also offering other treatments