Singapore will for the first time boast a gaming industry, when two integrated resorts (IR) open in 2010.
One of the resorts, Marina Bay Sands, is having difficulty in finding enough dealers. It has only managed to fill less than half the 4,500 positions needed to man the gaming tables.
Ken Davie, senior vice president of casino [...]
President Barack Obama on Thursday threw his support behind peace moves between the Philippines and Muslim rebels as he met with President Gloria Arroyo.
Holding his first White House summit with a Southeast Asian leader, Obama hailed the longstanding US alliance with the Philippines on a range of issues, including pressing Myanmar on democracy.
“Although the Philippines [...]
One of the first things we saw as we exited the interstate when we arrived in the Portland area was Mount Hood off in the distance. Mount Hood is located about 45 miles east of Portland and only about 30 or 35 miles east of where we were staying in Barton Park. We saw Mount [...]
STOMPer Elisha was furious when she came across these insensitive comments about NS men on an online forum. The author of the post proposes that NS men should not be allowed on public transport as she finds them smelly and dirty.
Outraged by the disrespect shown towards NS men, Elisha says that she wonders what [...]
Long awaited, the RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 has finally arrived in town, and it’s putting on quite a show. As the replacement to the RIM BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, the Tour offers 3G world roaming capabilities and brings a number of improvements in all three departments of design, features, and performance. While we’re disappointed by [...]
Samsung is back in the notebook segment here after a two-year break, launching five laptops under the N, X and R series on Thursday.
The N series features two netbooks preloaded with Windows XP. The 1.35kg pebble-shaped N310 (S$899, picture) comes with a chiclet-style keyboard, a scratch-proof exterior and screen, and a six-cell battery that lasts [...]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said the number of people using the online social networking service had climbed to 250 million.
“The rapid pace of our growth is humbling and exciting for us,” Zuckerberg said in a message posted at Facebook’s official blog.
“For us, growing to 250 million users isn’t just an impressive number; it [...]
Michael Owen got his Manchester United career off to a flyer on Saturday when he scored the winner on his debut as the Premier League champions struggled past a Malaysian XI 3-2.
The former Newcastle and England striker, who moved to Old Trafford on a free transfer this month, came on as a substitute for Wayne [...]
Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated high-explosive devices in two luxury Jakarta hotels popular with foreigners Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, officials said.
Witnesses described grim scenes with bloodied survivors fleeing in panic from the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels, as bomb attacks returned to the world’s most populous Muslim nation after four [...]
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Two teens publicly displaying their affection, by kissing and hugging on an escalator at Suntec City Mall.
He thought that this behaviour was a bad representation for the school and for the kids’ parents.
Says the STOMPer:
“I was standing at the edge of the level two escalator at Tropical Atrium (Suntec City Mall), when I spotted two young adolescents [...]
Are overseas judges too harsh, wonders STOMPer Stefanie. In this Taiwanese variety show, Kelly Poon performed some magic tricks. However, instead of commenting on her magic skills, the judges insulted her and called her dress sense ‘pasar malam’ style.
In an email to STOMP today (Jul 16), the STOMPer who sent us this video clip, [...]
Tiger Woods seeks a 15th major title and Padraig Harrington a third straight Claret Jug when Turnberry hosts the 138th Open Championship on Thursday.
Woods missed Royal Birkdale last year through injury as Ireland’s Harrington won back-to-back Open titles.
World number two Phil Mickelson is missing from the field of 156 to be with his wife who [...]
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement’s summit in Egypt.
The discussions between Manmohan Singh and Yousuf Raza Gilani are to focus on a possible resumption of peace talks.
Relations were badly strained by militant attacks in Mumbai last year, in which more than 160 people [...]
Because good things come in pairs, Singaporean pop duo BY2 is a one-for-one deal with twice the amount of charm and double the cheek, but it gets confusing as to who you ought to be looking at when the mirror images keep finishing each others’ sentences.
The peas-in-a-pod can only be told apart by their different [...]
The sixth Harry Potter film raked in a staggering 22.2 million dollars in its midnight premiere Wednesday, making box-office magic with the biggest such gross of all time, Variety reported.
“In a massive start… ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ easily scored the biggest midnight gross of all-time in earning 22.2 million dollars as it [...]
China on Sunday raised the injured toll from ethnic clashes a week ago to 1,680 — one more bit in the trickle of information the government has released on the unrest in the far west, though much remains unknown.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the number of people wounded during the ethnic violence that broke [...]
A private suburban swim club accused of racism after it canceled the memberships of dozens of minority children says it will seek a meeting with the kids’ camps to work out an agreement for them to return.
Amy Goldman, a member of The Valley Club, said those able to attend a hastily called meeting Sunday afternoon [...]
Michael Jackson was killed by a band of greedy hangers-on, his sister La Toya alleged in interviews with British Sunday newspapers.
The King of Pop’s sister spoke about her younger brother’s death and the aftermath with The Mail on Sunday and the News of the World weeklies.
“I believe Michael was murdered, I felt that from the [...]
Singapore’s Special Operations Task Force can gather resources from all three services of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in its battle against terrorism.
The new task force is headed by Singapore’s Chief Commando Officer, with the Commander of the Naval Diving Unit as his deputy.
The challenges facing the SAF’s elite team are numerous. These range from [...]
The iPhone has always been sexy and now it’s even more of an object of lust, with the iPhone 3GS.
The additional letter to its name promises an experience that never fails to set every heart pumping – – speed – – that’s what the “S” stands for in the iPhone 3GS.
But there’s much more to [...]
The probe into Michael Jackson’s death was stepped up on Thursday, as investigators subpoenaed medical records and a leading police officer refused to rule out homicide.
Coroners called for any records held by Jackson’s many doctors to be presented, “including radiology and psychiatric records,” the Los Angeles Times reported, part of an ongoing investigation into the [...]
A waxwork of Michael Jackson made to mark his planned “This Is It” London comeback concerts went on show in the British capital on Thursday.
The US singer, who died on June 25, had been due to play 50 gigs at London’s O2 Arena from July 13.
The depiction of Jackson at Madame Tussaud’s waxwork museum shows [...]
Emergency officials were evacuating more than 400,000 people on Friday after an earthquake hit southwest China, killing one person, injuring hundreds and flattening more than 18,000 homes.
A government relief official in Yao’an county, a mountainous area of picturesque Yunnan province, told AFP that one person had died and 328 had been injured.
The US Geological Survey [...]
Singapore came close to winning a bronze in table tennis on Sunday.
But Isabelle Li lost in the quarter-finals of the girls’ singles event.
Li, who had helped Singapore win a bronze in the mixed table tennis team event, was hoping for a second bronze when she took on North Korea’s Kim Song I.
The match was tied [...]
Singapore has confirmed 52 new cases of H1N1 flu, bringing the total to 1,055 so far. Investigations are ongoing for these 52 cases.
Of the 69 cases investigated on Sunday, 50 were local cases while 19 were imported ones.
Of the cumulative number of 1,003 cases investigated thus far, 591 were local cases and 412 were imported [...]