The annual Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) returns from 16 May to 1 June with the theme ‘More Than Ever’. Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL) and commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), this 2025 edition of Singapore’s top festival of performing arts presents a dynamic line-up.
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Trump names “highly respected entrepreneur” Anji Sinha as new US Ambassador to Singapore
Announcing his nominee on Truth Social, President Trump said: “Anji is a highly respected entrepreneur, with an incredible family. The United States’ relationship with Singapore is vital, and I have no doubt that Anji will strongly represent our nation’s interests, and put America first.”
Tiffin Room, Raffles Hotel Singapore, lays out special Holi 2025 experience with innovative take on classic Indian food
Drawing inspiration from Chef Kuldeep Negi’s extensive travels across India, this limited-time multi-course dining experience captures the vibrant and colourful spirit of Holi, celebrating the rich flavours through a showcase of classic dishes and innovative creations.
Singapore develops AI-driven hunting tools to stop digital scams and disrupt malicious websites
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its cousin Machine Learning (ML) were harnessed by the Scam Analytics and Tactical Intervention System (SATIS), jointly developed by GovTech and the Home Team’s science and technology agency HTX.
“We will always stand with you”: PM Wong to Singaporeans on cost-of-living support
Explaining in an X video the reason for the GST hikes, PM Wong reiterated what he had said during his speech during the Singapore Budget 2025 discussion in parliament — global events were driving up costs in the small and open economy of Singapore even before the GST rate hike, so the tax alone did not cause a spike in the cost of living.
4,000+ cases of illegal vaping reported in Singapore in 2023 and 2024, says MoS Health
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore had received 4,000 to 5,000 reports of illegal vaping in the country in 2023 and 2024. These reports were sent to HSA by the Singapore Police Force. In at least one case, the parents of the child caught vaping had brought the child to the police station.
“Where is the turbo-charging?” asks PM Wong in response to Pritam Singh in Singapore Budget 2025 debate
PM Wong cited some Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures between 2022 and 2024. He illustrated that even as GST was increased by 1 percentage point each in January 2023 and January 2024, the CPI inflation in Singapore went down from 6.1 per cent in 2022 to 4.8 per cent in 2023 and 2.4 per cent in 2024.
Singapore: Bettr Coffee opens its first sit-down cafe at The Foundry
Bettr Coffee opens its first sit-down cafe at The Foundry
Artificial Intelligence brings “murder mystery” gaming experience to National Gallery Singapore from March 1
“FRAMED” interacts with players through an AI chatbot “Void Deck Cat”, providing clues to uncover hidden elements at the DBS Singapore Gallery, UOB Southeast Asia Gallery and the ArchiGallery.
Pritam Singh states “poor fiscal marksmanship”, GST hikes fanned “flames of inflation” in Singapore
Speaking in Parliament on February 26, addressing the Singapore Budget 2025 presented by Prime Minister and Finance Lawrence Wong last week, Pritam Singh criticised the Singapore Government’s decision to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2023 and 2024, stating that these moves had fanned the “flames of inflation”. The country’s “exceedingly healthy fiscal position” made the GST hikes unnecessary, he said.
