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More Singaporeans expect price inflation in coming year: SMU
According to a survey conducted by the Singapore Management University (SMU), more Singaporeans are expecting the prices of essential items to increase over the next year. The quarterly Singapore...
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Two bloody creepy incidents in Ang Mo Kio over the weekend
No doubt it's Halloween season. Over the weekend, two bloody incidents related to the Ang Mo Kio neighbourhood were reported. On Oct. 18, an unidentified man appeared at the Presbyterian High School...
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Effing Gross: Diner finds finger plaster in bowl of rice
Don't know what it is about a finger plaster — used or not — in food that sounds so disgusting, but it does. Someone called Lim, recently wrote to Stomp about discovering one in the bowl of rice served...
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Hawker food in Singapore more expensive, but still affordable: CASE
A survey conducted by the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) reveals that common prices for hawker food have increased by 10 to 20 percent. This applies to food like chicken rice and chicken...
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President Tony Tan making historic state trip to the UK next week
Photo: President Tony Tan at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting; Markus Possel The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that President Tony Tan will be making a state visit to the United...
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WTA Finals set for an electrifying debut at Singapore Sports Hub this week
The newly minted Singapore Sports Hub complex plays host to one of the world’s biggest events in women’s tennis this week — the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2014. Held in Asia-Pacific for the first time...
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UPDATE: Cecilia Cheung's new man 'Martin' is actually Potato Head Folk's Earn...
Hong Kong star Cecilia Cheung, who recently moved with her two children to Singapore after a divorce, is reported to have a new man, and he's not what you'd expect. The 34-year-old beauty known for...
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The Substation to host 2-day horror film festival this week
Halloween gets the local filmic arts treatment this week at The Substation in Nightmare on Armenian Street, featuring 18 short films dedicated to all things horror. The two-day movie screening...
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New online vulnerability could endanger public Wi-Fi users
A new internet vulnerability has been exposed, and it could well affect users of public wi-fi here. Last Thursday, the Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCERT) reported the discovery of...
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The Flaming Lips set to return to Singapore in December
Grammy Award-winning psychedelic rock group The Flaming Lips is set to perform in Singapore again after their last concert here in 2010. Despite already having more than 10 albums under their belt,...
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NTU and NUS EMBA programmes make it to Financial Times' Top 10
Singapore’s executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA) graduates are living the life with healthy annual salaries, and the Financial Times have the statistics to prove it. According to the...
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Michael Bublé performing in Singapore next year
Canadian crooner Michael Bublé is performing in Singapore next year, according to his official Facebook page. The concert is part of his global tour, which will travel across Asia in January and...
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Rethink Aids music festival to take place in November
World AIDS day is observed on Dec. 1 every year, and it’s important to remember that it’s still a major pandemic afflicting at least 35.3 million people all over the world currently with no cure in...
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Serena Williams relieves concerns over injured knee, wins WTA Finals opener
Photo: Serena Williams of the US doing a split at the opening match of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) championship in Singapore against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic; AFP / Roslan Rahman An all-action...
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Singapore buys Tokyo's Pacific Century Place
GIC has acquired through its affiliate, the office component of Pacific Century Place Marunouchi in Tokyo. The section consists of levels 8 to 31 of the 32-storey mixed-use development, which has a...
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Singapore crowned Lonely Planet's top travel destination for 2015
The Lonely Planet has named Singapore the top travel destination for 2015. The world's largest travel guide book publisher has launched its latest edition of the Best in Travel series, which collates...
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Singapore theatre director Ivan Heng invited to state banquet at Buckingham...
Cultural Medallion winner and artistic director of W!ld Rice Ivan Heng, has been invited to a state banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II. The event held on Oct. 21 at the Buckingham Palace, honours...
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Singapore startup gets $7m to make phone numbers obsolete
What's easier to remember, a series of eight numbers or a website address? It’s probably a question you’ve never thought of, but now you don’t have to. A Singapore startup, GNum, has made it possible...
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Roy Ngerng called up for police questioning over September protest
Singapore blogger Roy Ngerng has been called up for questioning by the police, related to his participation in a protest against the country's mandatory retirement fund on Sept. 27. The protest had...
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Telok Blangah flat fire leaves once-wealthy 77-year-old man dead
A fire broke out in a flat along Telok Blangah Crescent yesterday morning, where firefighters found a burnt body in the unit. According to a press release by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF),...
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