Singapore-based Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing and delivery platform, lifted its full-year 2026 revenue and profit forecasts on Tuesday after posting stronger-than-expected second-quarter results, citing sustained demand across its mobility and delivery segments and a broadening push into financial services.…
A 23-year-old construction worker died on Monday morning after a formwork structure collapsed from the fifth storey of a building under construction at Jurong Port’s Integrated Construction and Prefabrication Hub along Jurong Port Road. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)…
The Workers’ Party’s decision to table a parliamentary motion on Singapore’s economic future is more than procedural opposition politics. It represents a substantive attempt to articulate an alternative economic framework — one that places distributional outcomes, local enterprise vitality, and…
PMI Climbs to 53.1 in July, Marking Eight Consecutive Months of Expansion South Korea’s manufacturing sector gathered momentum in July, with the latest purchasing managers’ index data pointing to a broad-based acceleration driven by a sharp upturn in external demand.…
Singapore’s National Space Agency (NSAS) has laid out a concrete institutional agenda since beginning operations on 1 April 2025, and the centrepiece of that agenda is a national satellite mission operations centre scheduled to be functional by the first half…
The European Union’s decision to require labels on authentic-looking AI-generated content, effective August 2, represents more than a consumer protection measure. It is a deliberate intervention in the architecture of digital truth — and its implications extend well beyond Europe’s…
What is self-care readiness, and why does it matter now? The World Health Organization defines self-care as the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease and manage illness — with or without direct professional support. In…
The numbers tell a story of contradictions. Singapore’s labour market expanded for a nineteenth consecutive quarter in Q2 2026, adding 10,700 jobs and keeping unemployment at a low 2 per cent — yet retrenchments climbed to their highest level since…
The Singapore government announced on Wednesday that hawkers operating cooked food stalls will receive S$1,200 in rental support while market stallholders will receive S$600, disbursed across six months from September 2026 to February 2027, as rising costs linked to the…
Every time someone opens Google Maps, streams a film, or asks ChatGPT to draft an email, they are placing a demand on physical infrastructure that many of them would rather not see built near their homes. That contradiction is now…
