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It is perhaps the most admired and heartwarming tradition in modern sports. At this year's World Cup, Japanese fans have again been praised for staying behind to clean up the stands after their 2-2 draw against Holland. Using blue trash bags, the fans move through rows of seats to collect...

When property prices are disconnected from basic economic growth and outpace median salary growth, they hurt economic productivity. When real estate yields high, speculative and passive returns, capital flows into property instead of into entrepreneurial ventures, technology or business...

MOM's latest quarterly labour market report shows that lay-offs have risen to 3,830 in Q1 2026, which is an increase from 3,690 in Q4 in 2025. While MOM claims this is mostly driven by restructuring or re-organisation rather than cost-cutting, with retrenchments mainly in manufacturing...

Talk about privilege and entitlement, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited Lucky’s Steakhouse in the U.S. for a lavish meal, costing around US$10,000, they had no intention to pay. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex expected restaurant owner, Brian Robbins to waive the charges for the US$500...

The Hamas commander who orchestrated the 7 Oct 2023 kidnapping of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin was eliminated by the Israeli Defense Force. Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage while attending the Supernova music festival inside Israel, and was held captive in Gaza for a year before he and...

Since PAP Ministers are paid elite private sector salaries because they supposedly possess rare expertise, the govt should be able to insulate S'poreans better from global economic forces. When domestic policies like successive hikes to GST coincide with global inflation, critics feel the govt...

Throughout history, immigrant minority groups that have over generations, achieved significant economic success within their host countries are often resented. Chinese minorities in Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines are prominent examples. During racial riots in Indonesia in 1998, over 1,000...

I agree 100% that the root issue is economic anxiety, and not racism which Edwin Tong is using to distract everyone. True blue local born S'poreans of all races feel marginalised in our own country; there is a genuine crisis of identity where our men are expected to shoulder the responsibility...

In 1849, the Spanish colonial govt assigned Spanish surnames to all Filipinos for taxation and admin purposes. Therefore, a family name like Fernandez or Martinez indicates historical imposition rather than any Spanish heritage. More than 90% of Filipinos ended up with Spanish surnames, leading...

Escalating inflation in private healthcare is obviously unsustainable. The reality is that private medical care is a business where operators of clinics and hospitals are responsible to their shareholders in terms of profits and dividends. Private hospitals in S'pore are also operated by a few...

NTUC has also seen more cases of layoffs owing to business restructuring in recent years. In 2025, NTUC handled over 3,900 retrenchment and termination-related cases for PMETs which is 5% more than in 2024. The offshoring and relocation of foreign companies as well as AI were blamed, but no...

The economic model of S'pore is divided into a 2-tier system: 1. The Elites - Expats, landowners and govt-linked developers who thrive on skyrocketing asset values and structural efficiency. 2. The Citizens - Average S'poreans who work longer hours trapped between stagnant wages and an...

Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash does not know what he is talking about because he has absolutely no entrepreneurial experience. He was parachuted in as co-chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee under S'pore's Economic Strategy Review. Dinesh served as a Brigadier General in the...

A 44-year-old woman Ho Hui Ling, was sentenced to 5 days’ jail for shoved an 8-year-old against a wall, causing pain to the victim’s head and shoulder. Ho and the girl were walking along the platform at Buona Vista MRT station at around 9 am on 16 Jan 2025, when the child bumped slightly into...

The perception of most S'poreans is that the govt's policies have driven up the cost of living, making the Little Red Dot the most expensive city in the world. A common critique is that state land sales drive up the cost of commercial space and residential properties. Higher rents for eateries...

"Why are people giving respect to food delivery riders?" A S'porean man says: "My income is higher; I look down on them because $5K full-time job isn’t hard to find"...

Critics argue that StanChart CEO Bill Winters' comments were demeaning, insensitive and reduced employees to mere line items on a balance sheet. The CEO's supporters argue that he was just being a realist, telling the brutal truth about the changing job landscape in the age of AI. The writer of...

Covid-19 symptoms in 2026 present predominantly as upper respiratory and flu-like symptoms such as a sore throat, blocked or runny nose, fatigue, headaches, dry cough and even diarrhea. The first sign to watch for is waking up feeling dizzy in the morning and lightheaded as the day progresses...

According to this new Institute of Policy Studies study based on a 2024 survey of 4,000 residents, more S'poreans are using Singlish at work as well as social settings. The study found that Singlish has gained wider acceptance and is increasingly seen as part of our national identity. However...

A 40-year-old Muslim man Mohammad Arif Ismail was jailed in 2024 after telling an Israeli that he would kill him did not learn his lesson in prison. He then verbally abused a 14-year-old boy who was wearing a Jewish skullcap in 2026. He was deservedly was sentenced to 20 weeks’ jail on May 21 on...