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Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

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...

Business

‘I’m just a burden,’ 35 year-old Singaporean mum feels defeated after months of job rejections following redundancy

SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old Singaporean mum of two felt completely...

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...

Singapore Politics

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

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...

Featured News

Brazen helicopter escape from French prison hollywood style

MP Indranee Rajah writes back against private Facebook post that claims she ‘disturbed’ senior couple during Tiong Bahru lunch walkabout

Video on how to dismantle oBike lock garners mixed reactions from netizens – dismantle or don’t?

Viral video of makcik cheating vegetable stallholder in broad daylight triggers racist insults

Govt has “lost moral high ground” on clean wage policy since it offers $365 annual parking permits to MPs

Trump worship as ‘god’ in India receives support from Americans

Democrats will be ‘beaten so badly’ if they campaign to abolish ICE, warns Trump

10 year jail sentence for former HSBC exec who scammed S$5m from elderly relatives and friends

Playing victim? Allegations surface that Ryde conducted phantom attacks against fellow ride-sharing app and ran them out of business

They “always play this same old trick” – Singaporeans react to Government hiking electricity tariffs a day after announcing GST vouchers