Daily Archives: Thursday, May 24, 2018
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Trump cancels summit, citing ‘open hostility’ by North Korea
In a dramatic diplomatic turn, President Donald Trump canceled next month’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un today (Thursday), citing the “tremendous anger and open ... -
Gov’t to build on Pearl Horizon land, buyers allowed to acquire new units
The government will build on the land plot known as the “Pearl Horizon” in the Areia Preta district at its own expense, as stated yesterday afternoon ... -
Public libraries | Audit report slams book acquisition management
In a report released yesterday, the Commission of Audit (CA) slammed the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) for its management of the acquisition of books and publications ... -
April tourist arrivals increase 8 percent
Tourist arrivals totalled 2,960,879 in April 2018, up by 8 percent year-on-year and 8.3 percent month-to-month. According to information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), ... -
Drunken Dragon Festival returns
The traditional Drunken Dragon Festival kicked off on Tuesday, featuring a Chinese drunken dragon performance, sacrifice offering, as well as providing dragon boat rice to audiences. ... -
Urban renewal laws: each topic to be reviewed separately
The laws for urban renewal will be established independently for each urban renewal topic, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário revealed yesterday after ... -
Tourism | MGTO head elected PATA secretary/treasurer
Macau Government Tourism Office’s (MGTO) chief Helena de Senna Fernandes has been elected to be Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) “secretary/treasurer”. The election was held while ... -
Briefs | Local claims loss of RMB1.7 million to phone scam
A roughly 40-year-old local woman claimed to have lost RMB1.7 million in a phone scam, the Judiciary Police reported earlier this week. The woman said she ... -
Gaming | Suncity purchase just a rumor, says Beijing Imperial owner
A rumor that Alvin Chau’s Suncity Group Holdings Ltd had acquired the troubled Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel and Greek Mythology Casino was quashed yesterday in a filing ... -
Police reports illegal workers found by DSAL
Several cases of illegal workers caught by the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL) during surprise inspections have been referred to the Public Security Police Force (PSP). According ... -
Association claims | Breastfeeding mothers lack knowledge of Chinese medicine
The Macau Breastfeeding and Nurturing Promotion Association is conducting a survey concerning the consumption of Chinese medicine by mothers who are breastfeeding. Current survey results indicate ... -
Former SMG Chief appeals gov’t penalty
The former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, has submitted an appeal to the Court of Second Instance (TSI) against the ... -
Tens of thousands of Las Vegas casino workers OK strike
Las Vegas casinos could watch tens of thousands of employees walk off the job for the first time in more than three decades after union members ... -
How to lose USD23b in a market that’s surged 61,436pct
Making money in a booming Indian mobile-phone market that soared from fewer than 2 million users to more than a billion in less than two decades ... -
Analysis | Can anything stop China, foreign governments favors to Trump?
First came news that a Chinese government- owned company had signed on to help build an Indonesian project that will include a Donald Trump- branded hotel ... -
Airlines obey Beijing’s demand to call Taiwan part of China
British Airways, Lufthansa and Air Canada are among 20 carriers that now refer to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing considers its territory, as a part ... -
Malaysia | Stunning fall of Najib ushers in hopes of reform
Two weeks ago, Malaysia’s Najib Razak was supremely confident of being elected prime minister for a third term. Instead, in a dizzying political drama, he lost ... -
US, South Korea work to keep North Korea summit on track
The United States and South Korea are laboring to keep the highly anticipated U.S. summit with North Korea on track, even after President Donald Trump abruptly ... -
Literature | Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85
Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the elegiac lyricism of ... -
USA | A first for Georgia: Democrats pick black woman for governor
Georgia Democrats gave Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams a chance to become the first black female governor in American history on a primary night that ended well ... -
Offbeat | Baboon escapes crate at Texas airport; officers corner him
A baboon on his way to a South Texas wildlife sanctuary escaped his crate and kept officers busy for two hours at San Antonio International Airport. ... -
This Day in History | 1968 – De Gaulle: ‘Back me or sack me’
The President of France, Charles de Gaulle, has issued an ultimatum to striking students and workers who have brought the country to a standstill during three ... -
Football | Dads Ronaldo and Messi still seek WC title
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have put up impressive numbers — in life and on the field — going into a fourth World Cup. So much ... -
On the Road to WORLD CUP | Defender Escobar murdered after Colombia’s exit in 1994
Days after returning home from the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Colombia defender Andres Escobar was shot dead in his hometown of Medellin. The ... -
World briefs
KOREA The United States and South Korea are laboring to keep the U.S. summit with North Korea on track even after President Donald Trump abruptly said ... -
The Buzz | Malaysia says search for Flight 370 to end next week
Malaysia’s new transport minister says the latest search for Flight 370 will end next week. Malaysia signed a “no cure, no fee” agreement with Texas-based Ocean ... -
HK fashion retailer accused of sexism
Hong Kong fashion retailer Giordano came under fire this week for a range of clothing that netizens deemed sexist. One particular t-shirt in the company’s “Team ... -
Girl About Globe | Windsors v Weibo
So what now? I suggest Harry and Meghan go on a Royal Tour of China. A trade mission, or a piece of activism for the UK. ... -
Thursday, May 24, 2018 – edition no. 3053
* Gov’t proposes solution to P. Horizon buyers * Audit report | IC slammed for mismanaging over 100,000 public library books * April tourist arrivals increase 8 ...
