Monthly Archives: June 2018
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Damaged cars crowding limited parking spaces
A number of flood-damaged vehicles are crowding Macau’s underground car parks, reports the South China Morning Post, while parking spaces in the small city continue to command ... -
Festival between China and Lusophone countries to be held next month
The first edition of “Encounter in Macau – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese- speaking Countries” will be held in July, and will feature ... -
Letter to the editor | Anthony Bourdain: An ambassador of the people, lost to memory
Dear Editor, “People are generally nice… if you’re nice” (Anthony Bourdain in an interview with Money Magazine) Writer, travel raconteur and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain passed ... -
UM and Zhejiang University sign medical cooperation agreement
The University of Macau (UM) and Zhejiang University (ZU) recently signed an agreement on collaboration in the field of life sciences. Under the agreement, both parties ... -
Chui hails HKZMB as proof of ‘advanced building capabilities’
The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, said the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) was an example of the country’s advanced capability in building key, large-scale, infrastructure. During ... -
Gaming | Shuttered USD2.4b Atlantic City casino readies for second chance
For months, there was little, if any, sign that Atlantic City’s former Revel casino, a USD2 billion bust, was getting ready to reopen. Colorado developer Bruce ... -
Now the personal injury lawyers have scooters in their sights
Bird Rides Inc. and other scooter startups have drawn fire from pedestrian advocates, politicians and annoyed citizens. Now they have a new nemesis: personal-injury lawyers. In ... -
Corporate Bits | Apple to open second store in Cotai
Apple is constructing a second retail location adjacent to the Sands Cotai Central resort, featuring its logo on the building’s façade. A chromed Apple logo and ... -
PRC influence in Pacific parried with subsea cable
Australia announced yesterday it will help fund a new telecommunications cable stretching from Sydney to the Solomon Islands, squeezing out a bid by Huawei Technologies Co., ... -
BRIC inventor says G-7 ‘irrelevant’ as China and India left out
Donald Trump was right to call for a shakeup in the Group of Seven membership. He just picked the wrong emerging market to add, according to ... -
Fraud claims | Carson Block is shorting Chinese tutoring firm TAL education
Carson Block, a short-seller who runs Muddy Waters, said he’s wagering against Chinese tutoring company TAL Education Group. The firm’s ADRs plunged on the news. “It’s ... -
Beijing wary of closer US-N. Korea ties
The outcome of the Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was good news for one absent but key player: ... -
Cambodia scorns US sanctions against senior military officer
Cambodian authorities reacted with scorn yesterday to an announcement by the United States that it has blacklisted an important senior army officer over human rights abuses, ... -
Australia | PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to child sex abuse victims as part of the government’s response to a long-running inquiry that ... -
North Korea | Farmers focus on fields, not summit
Away from the political developments that have rocketed their country back into the international headlines, North Korean farmers are preparing for the summer season with hopes ... -
Maldives | Ex-strongman sentenced to 19 months in jail
A Maldives court yesterday sentenced a former strongman accused of plotting to overthrow the government to 19 months in prison for failing to cooperate with the ... -
Saudi-led forces begin assault on Yemen port city of Hodeida
A Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s exiled government began an assault yesterday morning on Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, a crucial battle in the 3-year-old conflict that ... -
US | Dennis Hof, Nevada’s most famous pimp, wins GOP primary
Pimp Dennis Hof, the owner of half a dozen legal brothels in Nevada and star of the HBO adult reality series “Cathouse,” won a Republican primary ... -
With US-N. Korea summit over, US envoy to brief Asia allies
A day after their historic summit, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un returned to their respective strongholds yesterday — but to far different receptions. In Pyongyang, ... -
Offbeat | Distillery has new bourbon flavored by beaver secretion
Beaver-flavored whiskey, anyone? A New Hampshire distillery has a new bourbon, Eau De Musc, flavored partly by the secretion from a beaver’s castor sacs. Tamworth Distilling ... -
This Day in History | 1940 – German troops enter Paris
German troops marched into Paris in the early hours of this morning as French and allied forces retreated. The enemy met no resistance as it entered ... -
Spain replaces fired Lopetegui with Hierro
With only two days to go before Spain’s opening match at the World Cup, Julen Lopetegui was fired as national team coach after accepting a job ... -
North American trio beats Morocco to host 2026 World Cup
North America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted for the financial and logistical certainty of a United States-led bid over a ... -
ON THE ROAD TO WORLD CUP | Brazil humiliated by Germany at home in 2014
Getting what you wish for doesn’t always work out well. Brazil had partly wanted to host the 2014 World Cup to exorcise the ghosts of the ... -
World briefs
CAMBODIA Authorities reacted with scorn yesterday to an announcement by the United States that it has blacklisted an important senior army officer over human rights ... -
The Buzz | Institute for Tourism Studies collaborates for TEd Summit 2018
The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) collaborated with the Regency Art Hotel Macao in hosting this year’s Tourism Education Student Summit – 2018 event (TEd Summit ... -
Clinton’s debut novel sells 250,000 copies its 1st week
Bill Clinton’s debut novel had the year’s biggest opening so far for a work of fiction. “The President is Missing,” the thriller he co-wrote with James ... -
Made in Macao | I think therefore I create: on traffic and romance
One of the greatest miseries we face living in Macao is traffic. Being stuck in traffic is not that bad if we compare to those who ... -
Thursday, June 14, 2018 – edition no. 3068
* Land reclamation | Criticism over lack of plans for Zone A * Association claims fewer tourists are looking for antiques in Macau * Taiwan promotes ... -
President shows Kim a video laying out the stakes of summit
President Donald Trump, the former reality television star with a knack for theatrics, tried a dose of Hollywood drama as he sought to sway North Korean ... -
Consulate in favor of proposed job agencies bill
The Philippine Consulate General in the SAR celebrated the 120th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence yesterday, themed “Change we fought for, an offering to ... -
Crime | Local man scammed while trying to help friend
A local man was involved in a phone scam that resulted in a loss of RMB10,000, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a press conference. He ... -
Military Club holds Food and Wine Festival
THE Military Club de Macau is holding Portugal’s Food and Wine Festival (Spring 2018 edition) in celebration of its 148th anniversary until June 17, featuring two ... -
Lawmaker Pereira Coutinho questions lifting of immunity
Recently, suspended lawmaker Sulu Sou declared that his conviction last month was unlawful, arguing that the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) decision to lift his prosecutorial immunity was ... -
Low Jho thought to be hiding in town
Citing an unidentified government source, The Malaysian Reserve is reporting that authorities believe wanted businessman Low Taek Jho is hiding out in the Macau SAR. The ...
