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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

Why does my mum’s former employer keep “accidentally” crediting salary and CPF to her and then ask her to pay back?

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has found herself in a...

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

‘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...

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

Pritam Singh seconds Tommy Koh’s sentiment that Singapore needs loving critics

ELD remains resolute on not changing rules to accommodate unwell assentors

Ng Chee Meng says NTUC is involved in administering Govt scheme “simply because we care”

Netizens call MOM officer’s rude behaviour “disgraceful” as he ticks off foreign worker for not wearing a mask

WP chairman urges Govt to be more sensitive to senior citizens who have trouble using digital services

Lee Suet Fern’s quilted handbag draws comparisons between her and Ho Ching

Daily brief- Coronavirus update for June 11, 2020, average number of community cases on the increase

Sylvia Lim questions why COVID relief scheme is administered by NTUC when it involves funds from past reserves

Singapore approves anti-viral drug for COVID-19 patients

New ELD election rule may disadvantage opposition candidates