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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...

24-year-old male student arrested in connection with voyeurism case at NTU

SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old has been arrested in connection with...

Not everyone agrees with Tan Kin Lian’s suggestion that Singaporeans face higher living costs than Malaysians

SINGAPORE: Former presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian apparently wanted...

Business

141 HDB resale flats sold for at least $1 million in April

SINGAPORE: Last month saw the highest number of Housing...

5-room Sengkang HDB flat sells for $1.058 million

SINGAPORE: A five-room HDB unit joined the million-dollar flat...

Newton condo resells for S$12M in April, resulting in S$6.5M profit

SINGAPORE: The resale market for condominiums, just like the...

Feeling invisible at work? Take back the spotlight with these power moves

In a Reddit post, a software engineer ranted because...

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)...

SG Economy

S$400b worth of food lost before reaching stores; in Singapore alone, S$2.54 billion gets lost in transit

Heng Swee Keat stays mindful of lessons from LKY, GCT to care for Singapore’s seniors

ESM Goh Chok Tong encourages polytechnic students to “embrace parenthood when your time comes”

Pritam Singh: “the PAP has adopted such political double standards”

Veteran architect criticises poorly designed pedestrian walkway that could have been improved “at very little cost”

A simple ramp took 7 years to build due to the PAP’s “political double standards” – Pritam Singh

Pritam Singh points out how unfair it is that defeated PAP candidates are made grassroots advisers in opposition wards

Will Singapore’s missing recession delay next GE?

Tan Chuan-Jin challenges Singaporeans to ‘fully embrace’ ageing, ’make it work for us all’

Pro-PAP fanpage tries to use the “ownself check ownself” line against WP chief Pritam Singh