Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on Nov 26, 2025

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MOH moves to stamp out costly health insurance riders

Patients who buy new IP riders from April 2026 will have to pay minimum deductibles and higher co-payment.

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Police order TikTok, Facebook to disable ex-ISA detainee’s accounts over inflammatory posts

He renounced his Singapore citizenship in 2020 and is now an Australian.

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Back to office? S’pore workers want free lunch, flexiwork, subsidised commutes: Polls

Discounts and local partnerships were among the valued workplace perks.

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URA releases Dairy Farm, Tanjong Rhu, Dover housing sites for sale

The sites can potentially yield around 480, 525 and 625 residential units respectively.

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Singtel’s Optus suffers emergency call outage near Melbourne

An Optus spokesperson says vandalism is to blame.

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Hong Kong writers seek creative freedom in Taiwan

The space for creative and publishing freedoms is perceived to have shrunk in their home city. 

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Jail for self-proclaimed ‘righteous and upright’ contractor who raped customer

He claimed that they had consensual sex after the woman made the first move by pulling his arm.

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Two men charged over creation of false quotations in NParks project

NParks says it does not have active contracts with the firms of the two men.

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Interactive sensory attraction Dopamine Land to open at RWS in Dec

It boasts nine themed rooms featuring light installations, ball pits and tactile experiences.

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Black Friday bargains, freebies: S’pore stores go all out to boost footfall

Pick up must-have household appliances and decor favourites from these top stores.

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