On April 14, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry lowered the country’s growth forecast for 2025 to zero percent from 2 percent due to the US-China tariff conflict. Some economists have even warned of a possible technical recession.
Hashtag: #Singapore
Singapore GE2025: “No one wins if SG ends up more deeply divided,” says PM Wong on foreign actors’ meddling
In a series of X posts, serving Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong urged Singaporeans to reject online attempts to divide Singaporeans votes, and asked the electorate to “never mix race and religion with politics”. He warned: “No one wins if SG ends up more deeply divided.”
Singapore: IMDA acts against online posts by foreigners ahead of GE2025
The posts were written by two Malaysian politicians from the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and a former Singaporean, Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, who is now an Australian citizen. They talked about religion and politics and supported certain opposition candidates.
GE2025: PM Wong warns of tougher challenges than pandemic-era election
At a press conference, PM Wong said the stakes are high in this general election and in many respects the challenges are more severe than when Singaporeans last went to the polls in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Singapore: Indian-origin man acquitted in maid abuse case
The incident purportedly happened in a Housing Board flat in Bidadari Park Drive at around 5 pm on July 3 that year.
PM Lawrence Wong urges Singaporeans to back PAP in GE2025 amid global uncertainty
A total of 97 parliamentary seats across 33 constituencies of the city-state where 2,753,226 voters — as per latest Provisional Registers of Electors as of February 1, 2025 — will be heading to the polls in the first week of May.
Singapore DPM Heng, SM Teo step down ahead of GE2025
As many as 20 PAP MPs will not be contesting in the 2025 General Election, including Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
20-year-old Indian man charged in Singapore for allegedly molesting flight stewardess
As per a police statement, preliminary investigation revealed that during the flight, the female crew was escorting a female passenger to use the lavatory when she noticed a piece of tissue paper on the floor of the lavatory.
Singapore GE2025: Public warned by CSA of scams and deepfakes riding on general elections
With a surge in deepfakes during the Singapore general elections (GE2025), Singaporeans are advised to beware of misinformation in the form of this Artificial Intelligence-enabled technology, in addition to phishing scams and malware attacks.
Camila Cabello to perform live in Singapore this August
The Diamond-certified and multi-award-winning singer will perform her biggest hits like ‘Senorita’, ‘Havana’, ‘Bam Bam’, and ‘Never Be The Same’.
