SINGAPORE: Comparisons between people start at an early time in their lives—from school grades, job salaries and titles, savings, and later on to bigger purchases such as real estate and the like. Given that people grow by comparing themselves to others, a recent discussion on Reddit raised a ver...
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The Singapore Embassy in Jakarta denied unfounded social media claims that two Indonesian public figures visited the Singapore ambassador's residence on oct. 18. According to The Straits Times , the embassy said it would work with Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital...
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SINGAPORE: A fire incident occurred in a rental flat unit located in Toa Payoh, and a 60-year-old man was rescued and taken to the hospital for medical assistance. As reported by Shin Min Daily News , the fire broke out at around 9 a.m. last October 25, and concerned citizens adm...
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The Arla Protein Salted Caramel Flavour Pudding (200g) is being recalled in Singapore. Singapore Food Agency (SFA) noted in an Oct. 27 press release that the Food Standards Australia New Zealand has issued a recall on the product due to the potential presence of glass fragments. ...
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A Japanese girl, known as Runa, passed away in December 2025, five months after she had been detained. The 16-year-old was locked up for 18 days and was not allowed to see her mother during that time. According to Japanese media, she developed post-traumatic stress disorder and a...
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The affected individuals comprise 51 students and two staff members. None were hospitalised.
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MOE is working closely with CDA, SFA and the affected kindergartens to assist in the investigations.
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The programme is supported by $2.2 million in funding from the Lien Foundation.
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A 46-year-old man is assisting with police investigations after an accident involving two cars along East Coast Road in the wee hours of Oct. 25. The incident was posted to Telegram group, sgfollowsall, and on ROADS.sg on Facebook. Damaged car In the video, a man in a red shirt c...
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A man in Singapore, who stopped to have lunch with three migrant workers at a void deck in Woodlands, has won praise online for taking the time to get to know them. Joshua Woo shared the encounter in a Facebook post , describing how a trip home for lunch turned into a conversatio...
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SINGAPORE: A Singaporean intern is wondering what the point of stacking up internships is after learning that he will not be getting a full-time offer because of his GPA, despite having previous Big Four internship experience and studying at one of Singapore’s top three universit...
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Singapore's three public health clusters commit to enhancing sustainability.
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The 10 Singapore-based companies that have been served legal notices by the National Environment Agency (NEA) over haze links have now all acknowledged their receipt. Previously , five of the 10 companies had publicly confirmed receiving the notices when NEA served the notices la...
