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Cost of living, home affordability, govt accountability are top concerns for GE2025—survey

SINGAPORE: A survey from Milieu Insight released shortly before...

Neighbour won’t spay her cat — now their area is full of mess and strays, says resident

SINGAPORE: A frustrated resident took to an online forum...

Job seeker asks: ‘Is it really that hard to get hired now, or is it just me?’

SINGAPORE: A job seeker who has been applying for...

Singapore negotiating US concessions on pharmaceutical exports and high-end AI chips access

SINGAPORE: Singapore is negotiating concessions with the United States...

Business

Travel platform RateHawk reports 67% global bookings surge in 2024 as travel demand rebounds

B2B travel solutions firm RateHawk reported a 67% increase...

IWG adds 115 new workspaces in Asia Pacific amid growing demand for hybrid work solutions

SINGAPORE: International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 115 new...

Hiring slows in Singapore, with fewer jobs and rising unemployment in Q1

SINGAPORE: According to Ministry of Manpower (MOM) data featured...

Maybank, PUJB forge strategic partnership to boost Johor entrepreneurs in JS-SEZ

MALAYSIA: The Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and Perbadanan Usahawan...

Singapore Politics

WP’s Jackson Au: ‘You can be good in Parliament and good on the ground’

SINGAPORE: Jackson Au, a candidate for The Workers’ Party...

Parliament needs more female members: Sylvia Lim

SINGAPORE: Workers' Party (WP) chairperson Sylvia Lim has called on...

Quality of PAP ministers ‘leaves very much to be desired’: Chee Soon Juan

SINGAPORE: Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan...

WP’s Michael Thng: ‘We don’t want to be told that the sky is white when we see it is blue’

SINGAPORE: Before Nomination Day, the Workers Party (WP) introduced...

Featured News

Employer says her maid keeps breaking things around the house, even after being reminded multiple times to be careful

‘Finally!’ — Singaporeans are now happy about price labels on all dishes at economy rice stalls at Koufu outlets

Upstairs neighbour’s ‘constant, relentless stomping’ for the past 5 years has driven me insane; AMK flat resident complains

‘For most of us, the job is awful; we are there just for the money’ — Singaporeans share their thoughts about when it’s time to quit

30-year-old Singaporean man who was retrenched last year is now down to his last S$4.4K savings

First-time employer asks, ‘Do you give your helper or maid a salary increment or bonus?’

‘Possible or not?’ — Singaporean man shocked after his friend, a fresh grad, gets offered S$7K/month salary job

‘They’ve never respected my privacy’ — 17 y/o Singaporean discovers her parents secretly placed a tracker in her school bag

‘Pay your own uni fees and give us a third of your salary’ — Singaporean man’s parents say

Mother-in-law pressures her son-in-law to let her daughter ‘stay at home and be a full-time housewife’ because he earns S$6-7K/month