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FREE TICKETS TO A GREAT MATCHMY BOYFRIEND and I would like to thank a middle-aged couple who offered us their extra set of grandstand tickets to the Singapore-Malaysia football match at the National Stadium on Saturday.The kind couple gave us the... [Read more]

Bellamy a 'scapegoat' for Liverpool's training-trip fracas
LIVERPOOL - CRAIG Bellamy has been made a scapegoat for Liverpool's training-camp ruckus in Portugal. Sources within the club suggest the 27-year-old Welsh international's bad-boy reputation was exploited to deflect blame from a large number of players involved in breaches of... [Read more]

Call-centre deal done improperly?
THE deal the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) had with Protonweb Solutions to run a call centre was a 'good deal', even though it was sealed without a 'proper' tender exercise. Cross-examined for the third day, former NKF finance manager Raghavan Gopinath... [Read more]

Where not to park a bicycle
PHOTO: ERIC CHOO/STOMP Mr Eric C. saw this bike hanging precariously from a block near his home in Jalan Bukit Merah. The 28-year-old assistant engineer was shocked at the danger it posed and sent a picture to Stomp, The Straits Times'... [Read more]

'Screams, but they couldn't get out'
DEWANA (INDIA) - THE fire was raging when the train roared into the tiny Dewana station, flames spurting from two cars filled with terrified, screaming passengers. 'I saw flames leaping out of the windows,' said Mr Vinod Kumar Gupta, the assistant... [Read more]

High-tech labs at polys, with help of tech giants
TWO polytechnics now have training labs with state-of-the-art equipment, supplied by leading multinational corporations, that can support interactive and digital media (IDM).Students and professionals will benefit from the polytechnics' courses in IDM using the advanced equipment.Nanyang Polytechnic's NYP-IBM Cell Broadband Engine... [Read more]

'We're gangsters. Both are gangsters'
IN A testimony peppered with glimpses of underworld dealings, accused gunman Tan Chor Jin yesterday gave his side of the story in the fatal shooting of his long-time friend, nightclub boss Lim Hock Soon. Tan, dubbed the 'One-eyed Dragon', told of... [Read more]

Why no new $10 polymer notes?
AFTER queuing for almost an hour at a POSB branch for its $500 Prosperity Pack, I was surprised to find that the new $10 notes were not of the polymer type, and the serial numbers were not in sequence. Has the... [Read more]

Thai Premier hits out at junta leader
BANGKOK - THAILAND'S army-installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday accused the junta leader of not doing enough to curb a separatist insurgency in the Muslim-majority south. General Sonthi Boonyarataglin, who heads the junta and Thailand's main security organisation, had failed to... [Read more]

ComCare has spent $68m to help 90,000 individuals, families
EIGHTEEN months after ComCare was launched to fund social assistance programmes, the scheme has delivered on its promise to deliver faster and better help to Singaporeans in need, an official report declared yesterday.So far, 90,000 individuals and families have benefited through... [Read more]

Disappointment after disappointment over CPF money
I called the Central Provident Fund on Jan 26 to enquire on my father's withdrawal of the balance from his retirement account. The operator checked his account and confirmed that he qualified for the withdrawal. She also informed us that if... [Read more]