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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)...

Featured News

“Bakery price increase is getting insane!” — S’porean observes price going up from “3 for $3 in 2019, $3.50 in 2021, $4.00 in 2024 & $4.50 in 2025”

Ex-Big 4 employee earning S$4.5K/month says her life spiralled downwards after getting fired; now unemployed for a year with only S$3K offers

40-year-old man shocked to meet his 19-year-old girlfriend’s mum, whom he rejected back in secondary school

My first-class NUS honours graduate husband forces me to eat and sleep on the floor simply because he paid for the bed and furniture

American man who retires in Malaysia at age 60 says he would have worked till he was 80 years old if he was still in the US

Billionaire Richard Liu pays back $1,400 to each of his home villagers as a “Thank You” gift for funding his education at university 35 years ago

$6.50 for 4 strips of chicken meat “can accept?”

Singaporean says many people in SG earn over $4K yet make ludicrous complaints about not getting help from the govt to afford housing

“Domestic helpers are not slaves. Treat them well” — Maid’s employer urges appreciation of helpers for freeing families from household duties