Millennial parents are creating tongue-twisting names for their childrenWhen 24-year-old Rachel Siu was looking for a name for her son, she went to Greek mythology for inspiration, searching through names of gods and emperors for something "bold and different".The...
Appointment of maintenance record officers seen as big help for ex-wivesMen who refuse to pay their former wives maintenance will now face more pressure to do so.The Sunday Times looks at the roles maintenance record officers empowered by changes...
Last year, Justice Choo Han Teck heard the request of a 48-year-old regional sales manager seeking $120,000 in alimony from her former husband, a 47-year-old senior prison officer.She earned slightly more than him. But under Singapore's maintenance laws, which...
When couples split up, their children's welfare can get lost amid the feuding. Insight looks at a law change aimed at addressing this problem.A young girl, caught in the middle of her parents' divorce, was told by her paternal...
He was duped into carrying 2.2kg of 'Ice' in suitcase from Shanghai to Perth in 2014When inmates came across Singaporean V. Jayakody during his 19 months in remand in Australian prisons, many would stop and ask: "You don't look...
SINGAPORE - A piece of metal that came off an escalator in Jurong East MRT station last night (March 5) caused commuters to flee in panic.Stomp contributor Faizal said in a phone interview that a man hurt his knee...
Few Singaporeans who value their olfactory senses will fancy a career dealing in faeces and urine.But not Mr Abdul Jabar.The 53-year-old has carved a niche in a "dirty job", cleaning sewage pipes, disposing trapped grease in septic tanks and...
As she counted down during the SG50 celebrations last year, Miss Gabriella Zhao remembers being so touched by the show of patriotism that she cried.That love spurred her to start United Singapore - a campaign that aims to bring...
At 13, he would prowl the streets and attack random strangers and people he deemed irritating - for no real reason, he admits.Now 25, Rif (not his real name) admits the attacks were sometimes unprovoked.He and his friends would...
He had stopped his container truck by the road after it had broken down.As Mr Zailee Othman, a 45-year-old Malaysian, waited for repairs to be done, he sat by the roadside and started to eat a packet of fried...
