Couple behind S$32 million luxury goods scam who fled Singapore, caught in JB Malaysia
The duo who scammed victims of over S$32 million was arrested in a hotel in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) received information on the couple’s presumed location on Wednesday (Aug 10) after fleeing Singapore on July 4.
Singaporean PMET dismissed from bank job after 20 years of service, believes dismissal due to ‘salary too high’ and not because of performance issues
A Singaporean man believes his high salary was the reason he was dismissed from his job at a local bank despite retaining a permanent position for over two decades.
The man, who wished to stay anonymous, reached out to The Independent Singapore to share his “sad story as a local Singaporean PMET (professional, managerial, executive and technical job categories).”
‘Uncomfortable and humiliated’ — Maid reveals her employer’s 14-year-old son spits on food in the fridge so that she can’t eat it, accuses her of stealing
A foreign domestic worker wrote in a Facebook post that she felt “uncomfortable and humiliated” by the way her employer’s 14-year-old son treated her for over two years.
In an anonymous Facebook post to FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the helper wrote that she worked for 6 years with her current family and everything was okay except for the way that the teenager treated her.
3 Ways to Save Money Amidst Rising Inflation in Singapore
After being hit with a global pandemic, worldwide recession, and an ongoing international conflict, it is no wonder that Singapore is experiencing a huge rise in inflation.
As of June, our core inflation (this excludes accommodation and private transport) is close to hitting an all-time high, coming in at a 4.4% increase as compared to June 2021. The last time we’ve seen such numbers was in November 2008, shortly after the 2008 financial crisis.
OPINION | The insidious fear that keeps the status quo
This week, a Facebook post made by the secretary-general of the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC), Ng Chee Mang, caught my eye. In a nutshell, Mr Ng’s post talked about the railway strikes in the United Kingdom and the mayhem that they had caused.
He used this as a pretext to toot the horn of the NTUC, saying that as a result of the efforts of the NTUC and other trade unions, the rights of workers in Singapore were well looked after and as such Singapore is safeguarded against such inconveniences.