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Singtel And M1 Looking To Hire New Employees To Join Their Team StarHub, one of the three major telcos in Singapore, announced on Wednesday that it would be dismissing 300 full-time employees by the end of October. The retrenchments are part of its efforts to raise productivity. Although staff may be temporarily demoralised, we...

Affected StarHub Employees Are Mostly Back-End Staff 300 full-time employees from StarHub will be laid off. The telco giant announced this in a statement on Wednesday (3 Oct). The retrenchments are part of a massive restructuring exercise that will affect an eighth of its 2,500 employees Even C-suite officers weren't spared--StarHub's Chief Strategic Partnership...

IPPT Ties Up With PayNow You train all day and all night for your IPPT (or at least you're supposed to)--and you finally get that gold. Unfortunately, you have to wait 2 whole weeks for the $500 reward from the Government. That will soon be a thing of the past, since IPPT...

1 Straits Times Editor Will Be Demoted & The Other Will Be Redeployed: SPH A truly shocking announcement was made by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) on Wed (3 Oct) via The Straits Times. Two senior editors have been 'disciplined' as a result of an internal inquiry regarding allegations of "improper relations"...

Cooler Weather Expected In Singapore We love to position ourselves as sunny Singapore, but let’s be honest--the weather can be ridiculous at times, especially these past 2 weeks. We head out for lunch during midday and return to the office drenched in sweat and nearly collapsing due to heat exhaustion. But good...

Nasal Spray Issued By KK Hospital Found To Be Expired A concerned mother has alleged that KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) dispensed expired medication to her baby. She took to Facebook on Monday (1 Oct) to relate her experience. According to her post, her baby was barely one month old when KKH...

Rosmah Expected To Be Charged For Money Laundering On Thursday Wife of former Malaysian PM Najib Razak Madam Rosmah Mansor was arrested on Wednesday (3 October). She was arrested at around 3.20pm, while she was giving her statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Mdm Rosmah will likely be charged with money laundering...

Alleged Molester Tried To Grope A Woman & Caused A Scene At A Church A 26-year-old man was arrested after allegedly molesting a woman and causing a ruckus in a church on Saturday (29 Sep). He jumped into the Rochor Canal in an attempt to flee but was caught by a...

Rihanna Sweats It Out At Sephora Event If you're a world-famous pop star, you can control many things. But not the weather. Rihanna found this out the hard way during her surprise visit to Singapore on Monday (1 Oct). Singapore's met service noted that dry and warm weather conditions have been around...

AHTC Lawsuit Hearings Kick Off On Friday On Friday (5 October), Workers' Party (WP) MPs Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim and Pritam Singh head to the High Court for what appears to be the legal showdown of the year. The trio faces lawsuits related to their handling of the Aljunied-Hougang (AHTC)...