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‘I feel confident about building a future here’: Why one expat chose S’pore for the long run

Gushcloud CFO Andrew Lim with two male colleagues.
Gushcloud CFO Andrew Lim with two male colleagues.

Dementia programme expanded to seven centres in Singapore, aims to reach 1,200 by 2028

Madam Maria Hadi, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2025, playing a cognitive game at NTUC Health’s Day Centre for Seniors in Kampung Admiralty. With her is NTUC Health staff member Kamaria Md Yassin.
Madam Maria Hadi, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2025, playing a cognitive game at NTUC Health’s Day Centre for Seniors in Kampung Admiralty. With her is NTUC Health staff member Kamaria Md Yassin.

‘She’s my best friend’: S’pore employer supported domestic worker’s English lessons, diploma studies

Madam Jamie Too (left), who received the Employer of the Year Award 2026, encouraged her domestic worker Ms Ika Septia Purnamasari to pursue higher education and funded part of it.
Madam Jamie Too (left), who received the Employer of the Year Award 2026, encouraged her domestic worker Ms Ika Septia Purnamasari to pursue higher education and funded part of it.

‘Living the dream’: Why a young Singapore lawyer chooses to serve migrant workers full-time

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Photos of MWC's only full time lawyer, Nur Shukrina, on Feb 10, 2026.
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Photos of MWC's only full time lawyer, Nur Shukrina, on Feb 10, 2026.

Helper seeking injury compensation feared seeing a lawyer, till she went to pro bono law centre

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Singapore's first Migrant Worker Law Centre, which is open five days a week to provide legal assistance for this community, is approaching the end of its first year. It was set up in April 2025 by the Migrant Workers' Centre and law charity Pro Bono SG. 

Photos of the Law Centre along Serangoon Road on Feb 10, 2026.
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Singapore's first Migrant Worker Law Centre, which is open five days a week to provide legal assistance for this community, is approaching the end of its first year. It was set up in April 2025 by the Migrant Workers' Centre and law charity Pro Bono SG. 

Photos of the Law Centre along Serangoon Road on Feb 10, 2026.

‘The emotional abuse is relentless’: Dad gets personal protection order for daughter against mum

Facade of Family Justice Courts(FJC), taken on Feb 6, 2026. PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG.
Facade of Family Justice Courts(FJC), taken on Feb 6, 2026. PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG.

Joo Chiat as tourist draw: Can it stay cool without losing its soul?

Tourists from China – Ms Cynthia Si, 30, and her mother, Ms Mia Cheng, 52 –  taking photos against the backdrop of colourful Peranakan houses in Koon Seng Road in Joo Chiat on Feb 20.
Tourists from China – Ms Cynthia Si, 30, and her mother, Ms Mia Cheng, 52 –  taking photos against the backdrop of colourful Peranakan houses in Koon Seng Road in Joo Chiat on Feb 20.

10,500 to benefit from $4.3 million in MUIS assistance during Ramadan

Guest of Honour, President of Singapore, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, at Muis buka puasa held at Al-Mawaddah Mosque, on Feb 20, 2026.
Guest of Honour, President of Singapore, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, at Muis buka puasa held at Al-Mawaddah Mosque, on Feb 20, 2026.

Amid global divides, Chinese community must stay rooted in multiculturalism, shared values: DPM Gan

DPM Gan Kim Yong greeting performers at the Spring Reception organised by Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Association on Feb 19.
DPM Gan Kim Yong greeting performers at the Spring Reception organised by Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Association on Feb 19.

Halfway houses help prevent inmates with drug history from reoffending: Prison service

Selarang Halfway House is one of the 11 such houses in Singapore that works with the Singapore Prison Service to help drug offenders during the tail end of their sentence.
Selarang Halfway House is one of the 11 such houses in Singapore that works with the Singapore Prison Service to help drug offenders during the tail end of their sentence.

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