When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal in April last year, Singaporean Seumas Yeo was recovering from surgery and lying on a hotel bed in Kathmandu.The 27-year-old had planned to scale Mount Everest with three friends but his mission was...
It was a harrowing experience for Singaporean Sherin Syed Abdul Ravoof and her children who were escaping from their home in Aden, a port city in conflict-torn Yemen.Madam Sherin, 38, and her four children were in a vehicle on...
The Workers' Party's leadership succession plans are on track with more younger members joining its top decision-making body after yesterday's election, said party chief Low Thia Khiang.Among them are two who are new to the central executive - Mr...
A new eldercare course for maids was launched yesterday, adding to the suite of courses available here to train maids to care for their elderly charges.Launched by the Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training (Fast) in...
SINGAPORE - Former China tour guide Yang Yin has not been seen in public for almost two years.He has spent that time in Changi Prison, after being arrested by the police in September 2014, charged a month later and...
Stomp contributor Ferlyn was in a lorry on the way to meet a friend at Block 106B in Edgefield Plains yesterday (May 29) at around 3.30pm when she came across an unusual sight.In an email to Stomp, she said...
In yet another worrying case of what seems to be animal cruelty, a cat has been found dead at the foot of Block 884 Tampines Street 83.Stomp contributor Jaslynn and her mother happened to witness a guy slamming the...
SINGAPORE - A local photographer who has been taking bird's eye view shots of Singapore has one very famous person among his fans.In a Facebook post on Sunday (May 29), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shared a number of...
SIX people helped rescue a trapped passenger from a van after it collided with a sedan in Yio Chu Kang on Saturday.The accident involving a silver van and a black car occurred at about 10.40pm at the traffic junction...
The symmetry of Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth comes into stark focus in this shot by drone photographer Joel Chia, who was lauded by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a Facebook post yesterday for his "stunning aerial photos...
