With pomp and pageantry, US President Barack Obama welcomed Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the White House this morning (US time).In their speeches in front of the stately building, both leaders acknowledged the close ties the two...
The parking aunty. Someone both feared and hated by drivers in Singapore.However, if one such parking attendant was ever threatened, would you step in to help?In a social experiment conducted by the Stomp team, we set out to find...
They would exchange some counterfeit $1,000 casino chips for genuine ones of a smaller value, mix the real chips with additional fake ones and exchange the whole lot for cash at Marina Bay Sands (MBS).To evade detection, the runners...
The case for electric cars is now more compelling than ever, given the global commitment to improve air quality and reduce pollution-related costs, especially with the move towards achieving the goals of COP 21 (the 2015 Paris Climate Conference).Singapore...
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is fully committed to comprehensively address the problem of sexualised activities at its orientation camps, but needs the time and space to do so over the next few weeks and months.In his first...
Get-well wishes for former president S R Nathan continued to stream in from visitors yesterday, a day after he was hospitalised for a stroke.Among the many leaders, senior civil servants and long-time friends who went to see him at...
The National Arts Council (NAC) has defended the high fees paid to consultants of a centralised refuse collection project in the Civic District, saying it was "not a simple bin centre to build".There were many technical challenges to consider,...
A Canadian judge has turned down a Singaporean's bid for refugee protection in Vancouver, finding his claims of alleged potential persecution in Singapore to be unfounded.Jedidiah Ian Tan, 23, who was exempted from national service on medical grounds after...
He was going to take a toilet break from working at his mother's stall at Haig Road Market and Food Centre on Sunday afternoon.But what greeted Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) national serviceman Hamka Afiq, 19, was a sight...
The tip of shipyard worker V. Anbazhaga's right index finger is missing. It was crushed by some falling metal last September, when the 57-year-old from India was at work.The mangled fingertip had to be amputated. But an orthopaedic practice...
