SINGAPORE: An employer has come under fire online after questioning how her domestic helper could afford expensive items on a monthly salary of just S$800. In a post on the ‘Singapore Helpers’ Facebook group, the employer shared that her helper has every Sunday off and is also supporting her fami...
SINGAPORE: Migrant workers in Singapore are turning empty drink bottles and cans into extra income, with some earning about S$150 to S$160 monthly from deposit refunds. The return machine outside a supermarket at Woodlands Recreation Centre has become a popular spot for workers l...
INDONESIA: Hundreds of students gathered in Indonesia’s Palangkaraya late Friday to demand that the government do more to tackle a wildfire crisis that has shrouded their city and the wider region in toxic haze for months. According to New Straits Times ( NST ), many wore surgica...
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) issued an appeal on Oct 23 for information about Rachel Pun Ziqi, who was last seen the previous night. The 13-year-old was last spotted near Block 8, Lorong 39, Geylang, at around 11:35 pm on Oct 22. She was wearing a light-coloured T-...
SINGAPORE: Singapore will appoint legal, audit and investigative experts to probe companies potentially linked to fires behind the haze affecting the country. The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) announced the planned action on Oct 23, saying the Government wants to establish who caused ...
Sunday’s ballot was the first for secretary-general Lawrence Wong since he led the party through his first General Election as prime minister last year....