SINGAPORE — Whenever her air-conditioning unit broke down, Dr Chua Yen Ping used to wonder what needed to be fixed when the repair man could solve her woes in just minutes. So the 48-year-old ...

SINGAPORE — The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be raised from 7 to 9 per cent some time between 2021 and 2025, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced on Monday (Feb 19) in his Budget speech.

Singapore incurred a fiscal deficit of S$3.6 billion for the 2023 financial year Apart from a "better-than-expected" revenue collection, the Government had spent more than predicted Health ...

SINGAPORE — In a global environment that has “darkened dramatically”, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Friday (Feb 16) that the Government will spend ...

To help with the rising cost of living, 4,600 of OCBC's junior employees will each receive a one-off support payout of S$1,000, the bank announced on Tuesday (Feb 20) The move comes two weeks ...

Former Transport Minister S Iswaran, who is facing various bribery and corruption-related charges, has been given permission to leave Singapore temporarily Iswaran, 61, appeared in court on ...

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Around the world, 170 countries and territories have implemented some form of goods and services tax (GST) Singapore's GST is among the lowest in the world It is also perhaps the only country that ...

Singapore is a multicultural nation. With citizens of multiple ethnicities, we have progressed remarkably as “one united people” in our history as a nation. But in this age of globalisation ...

Who knew the simple fish burger holds so much meaning for the 59-year-old comedy icon?

SINGAPORE — A businessman was on Thursday (Feb 18) charged with another 195 counts of cheating and dishonesty in relation to a multi-million loan programme involving more than S$16 million ...

SINGAPORE — Singapore has the highest level of social cohesion compared to other countries from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), followed by Thailand and the Philippines, a ...