2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (643+ words) SINGAPORE: More patients in Singapore will soon be able to recover at home or in nursing homes while still receiving hospital-level treatment, under expanded healthcare programmes designed to reduce unnecessary hospital stays and improve patient recovery. The Ministry of Health’s…...

8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (597+ words) MALAYSIA: When the elections ended in 2022 and Anwar Ibrahim was given the chance to form a new government, half of the country was in shock. The reactions on social networks were divided between exaltations for Anwar supporters and anger and…...

7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (869+ words) SINGAPORE: For the past few years, there’s been no shortage of people claiming that Gen Z, also called Zoomers, is doomed to struggle more than the previous generations, and looking around, it’s easy to see why. The job market has…...

10+ hour, 3+ min ago   (514+ words) SINGAPORE: A popular content creator from Somalia appeared to be utterly charmed by Singapore and could not stop praising the city-state in recent videos. On TikTok on July 11, Ilyas Selmi (@ilyaselmi_), who posts about his culture as well as his various…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (733+ words) SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has admitted that she has started questioning her relationship after seeing countless social media posts of her friends being driven around by their boyfriends. Posting on Reddit’s ‘Ask Singapore’ forum, the woman, who is in her…...

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13+ hour, 49+ min ago   (559+ words) SINGAPORE: After hearing about the recent GovTech layoffs, which saw 93 employees lose their jobs as part of a restructuring exercise, one employee admitted the news left her feeling anxious about her own future. Worried she could be next, she turned…...

20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (516+ words) SINGAPORE: A former hair salon employee who abused customers’ trust by stealing and spending their Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers has been sentenced to six weeks’ jail after admitting to the offences. The 31-year-old woman secretly forwarded voucher redemption links…...

19+ hour, 18+ min ago   (436+ words) SINGAPORE: Every person deserves a treat that can always be a conversation starter to anyone they will meet. Many Singaporeans have had at least one splurge in their lives that stood out as the most memorable one of all—it…...

22+ hour, 18+ min ago   (524+ words) SINGAPORE: A Singaporean jobseeker, who has been unemployed since late 2024, said he was starting to wonder whether companies were “simply choosing cheaper candidates” after submitting more than 1,000 applications and landing interviews with only 11 companies—about one to two interviews a month....