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Local retail workers are set to get salary increases of 8.4 percent to 8.5 percent annually over the next three years under a proposed wage ladder to boost low wages in the sector. This is expected to take effect from Sept 1 this year to…

Heatwaves are predicted to become more frequent and intense in East Asia with climate change, increasing the risks to human health and agriculture and creating an urgent need to develop strategies to adapt, scientists said in a recent…

A Singaporean woman was killed and seven others, including her four compatriots, injured when a car she was driving hit a small tour bus while coming downhill on a hilly road in Muang district on Friday (Aug 12) night. The accident was…

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said on Saturday (Aug 13) that it will increase the allowance given to foster families from Sep 1 to better support them in caring for foster children. The monthly allowance will be…

The couple at the center of an alleged multi-million-dollar luxury goods scam were charged in court on Friday (Aug 12), a day after they were handed over to Singapore police following their arrest in Malaysia. Singaporean Pi Jiapeng, 26,…

The couple allegedly linked to a scam involving luxury bags and watches worth $32 million were arrested at a budget hotel in Skudai, a 20-minute drive from the Causeway. Plainclothes Malaysian police officers caught Pi Jiapeng, 26, and his…

The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) intends to contest Sembawang GRC at the next general election, said the opposition party's chairman Paul Tambyah on Tuesday (Aug 9). SDP contested in the constituency in 2006 and 2011. "Many people…

About 25,000 people gathered at the Marina Bay floating platform to mark Singapore's 57th birthday on Tuesday (Aug 9), in a show that recognised the hardships inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic and celebrated a return to relative normalcy.…

Three Singaporeans with a long record of public service have been conferred the Distinguished Service Order, one of the Republic's top national honors, for their contributions to the country over the years. They are among 6,258…

More than 1,000 residents of Ang Mo Kio GRC gathered on Tuesday morning (Aug 9) to celebrate Singapore's 57th birthday in the constituency's first National Day Observance Ceremony in two years. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attended the…