askST Jobs: I keep having to pick up a colleague’s work. How should I raise it with my boss?
Focus on how a colleague’s work affects your workload, and avoid making personal attacks.
Summary by The Singapore Editorial Desk · As published by Straits Times — Singapore · · 1 min read
Focus on how a colleague’s work affects your workload, and avoid making personal attacks.
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At 7am, only the north and the south registered normal readings.
Straits Times — Singapore · Oct 11, 2026

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Simpler sign-ups and welcome bonuses may be driving demand for investment-linked policies in Singapore, industry experts say.
CNA — Singapore · Oct 11, 2026
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SGX says it should not be faulted if stocks have poor liquidity. It has a point, but the bourse can do more, says former editor and financial journalist Ven Sreenivasan....
CNA — Singapore · Oct 11, 2026

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The Independent Singapore · Oct 11, 2026
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As fund-raising practices change, it is becoming harder for people to know whom to trust, despite the regulations in place.
Straits Times — Singapore · Oct 11, 2026
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But more needs to be done to protect its marine diversity from economic development.
Straits Times — Singapore · Oct 11, 2026

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The Independent Singapore · Oct 11, 2026

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SINGAPORE: A domestic helper took to social media to ask where she could report an upstairs neighbour who keeps watering plants and sending water cascading onto her laundry. In a post on the Complaint Singapore (Anonymous) Facebook group on Thursday (Oct 8), she vented her frustr...
The Independent Singapore · Oct 11, 2026

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SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old woman has shared how six months of unemployment and the responsibility of caring for a parent have left her “feeling like a failure,” especially as she watches her peers progress in their careers and enjoy financial independence. In a post on Reddit, the ...
The Independent Singapore · Oct 11, 2026


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The four-time world champion had never won or even achieved a pole position in nine previous attempts going back to his debut for Toro Rosso in 2015.
CNA — Latest · Oct 11, 2026

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SINGAPORE: Securing a good job and owning a home before turning 35, coping with long work hours, and going through National Service (NS) — Singaporeans are opening up about the daily norms they once thought were ordinary, but now find exhausting and anxiety-inducing. The conversa...
The Independent Singapore · Oct 11, 2026