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.

The police have frozen 121 bank accounts and recovered about S$2 million lost in the wake of the OCBC phishing scam Another S$2.2 million of victims’ funds have been traced to 89 overseas bank ...

Ms Rohani Bte Ahmand, 53, currently deployed at Changi Airport under Certis CISCO Aviation Security, and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Low Kay Wee with the Jurong Division were among ...

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Unhappy that his seven-year-old son was fidgeting while being scolded over schoolwork, a man took to hitting his child He slapped the child twice and hit him with a metal clothes hanger about 20 ...

Households will be able to access broadband speeds up to 10 times faster from 2025 This is aimed at "future proofing" Singapore's digital infrastructure for innovations and opportunities such as ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE — A total of 136 people died from traffic accidents in 2023, with more fatal accidents caused by red-light running, speeding and drink-driving, the police said on Tuesday (Feb 20).

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 ...

SINGAPORE — Saddled with debt, a man who has been in and out of jail over the years for cheating tricked a few more victims into handing him almost S$40,000. He did this by offering to book ...

The Ministry of Manpower received around 16,300 mandatory retrenchment notifications between 2019 and 2023, said Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng in Parliament Of these, around one in three (30 ...