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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

‘Still no job since graduation’: 22-year-old S’porean diploma holder questions if full-time uni is the better path

SINGAPORE: Yet another young Singaporean has taken to social...

‘I’m working 7 days a week at this point’: Overworked intern opens up about toxic boss and senior colleagues

SINGAPORE: Despite having worked at the company for only...

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...

Singapore Politics

Gan Kim Yong promotes “Not a Stranger” hashtag after Punggol GRC resident appears to snub him in viral video

SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong has promoted...

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...

Featured News

Despite CNA apologising for mismatching countries & flags for SEA Games medal tally table, netizens have a field day

‘More foreign workers required’ — Singapore Business Federation on SG’s manpower shortage

Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, to open Singapore office

MAS imposes $100K civil penalty on woman for false trading

Singapore: Two men cheat & falsified applications under the Professional Conversion Programmes (PCP) to get Government grants

Woodlands HDB executive flat selling for over S$1M, Netizen says, ‘Then town area HDB flats S$2M or more. How can my children afford it?’

Woman screams & kicks young boy in public at Boon Keng, netizen says, “If she can do this in public, imagine what happens behind closed doors”

Ong Ye Kung: COVID-19 cases rising, public express concern if it will trigger changes to Safe Management Measures (SMMs)

Loud noise from HDB neighbour for about a dozen years, woman says authorities could not do anything

Pritam Singh promises to keep working on his ‘limited conversational Mandarin’