Migrant workers in Singapore left in limbo after paying large sums to agency promising jobs in Poland; Ministry of Manpower investigating (www.todayonline.com)
The Big Read: Malaysia's brain drain to Singapore — winners and losers in the long run not so clear-cut (www.todayonline.com)
Doubs river disappearing in drought-hit France (www.todayonline.com)
'Underwhelming' application rate of 1.4 for October BTO exercise as new non-selection penalty kicks in (www.todayonline.com)
SINGAPORE — The Build-to-Order (BTO) sales exercise for October saw an overall application rate of about 1.4 times its available supply, a few hours before applications for flats were slated to close on Tuesday (Oct 10) night.
New Zealand man wrongly jailed for 18 years wins S$4m payout (www.todayonline.com)
Rallies ‘not encouraged’ for Presidential Election, each candidate's campaign spending capped at S$812,822: ELD (www.todayonline.com)
SINGAPORE — Rallies are “not encouraged” for the Presidential Election as they may be divisive and incongruent with the unifying role of Singapore's head of state, said the Elections Department (ELD) on Saturday (Aug 12) as it announced campaign guidelines for the upcoming poll.
Singapore sees highest number of suicides in over 20 years, with most cases among those in their 20s: SOS (www.todayonline.com)
SINGAPORE — In the latest set of data released, Singapore saw its highest number of suicide rates since 2000, and the greatest number of deaths was among young people aged 20 to 29.
7 men arrested for allegedly selling, renting bank accounts to scammers (www.todayonline.com)
Worker missing after structure collapses at Tanjong Pagar work site, search operations ongoing (www.todayonline.com)
Meta to launch Twitter-like app named Threads (www.todayonline.com)
CALIFORNIA — Meta Platforms plans to launch a microblogging app, Threads, days after Twitter executive chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site.
