Daily Archives: Friday, October 12, 2018
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Organizer hopes locals will come to support fundraising for quake-tsunami victims
Local international church Jesus Alive Ministry (JAM), the organizer of this Sunday’s “Day of Prayer & Fundraising for the Victims of 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami,” ... -
Contemporary artists from Lusophone countries showcase works
Clube Militar de is holding the “Lusophone Painters Exhibition” from until November 4, featuring 27 works that underlie the diversity and creativity of the visual arts ... -
US Congress renews call for universal suffrage for Macau
A U.S. Congress annual report highlighted that the region’s electoral system is not developing according to recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Committee The report also ... -
Q&A | Robin Moyer, Winner of World Press Photo Premier Award (1983): ‘Photojournalists are not dead, they are working really hard all around the globe’
With a career spanning almost 50 years, the American photographer, journalist and author Robin Moyer has photographed many of the world’s most interesting events, places and ... -
CRIME | Third victim reports sexual assault by 78-year-old suspect
A third alleged victim of the 78-year-old instructor of a local music and painting interest course has come forward, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported late Wednesday night. ... -
Briefs | Qatar Airways starts cargo services to Macau
The aeronautical authorities of Macau and the State of Qatar concluded bilateral Air Services Agreement (ASA) discussions yesterday in Macau and reached an agreement for the ... -
Gov’t pays attention to HK’s taxes on first-hand sale of vacant properties
The Financial Service Bureau (DSF) says that it will pay close attention to Hong Kong’s levying of new taxes on first-hand residential units which have remained ... -
Council wants to amend law targeting beauty salons
The Consumer Council (CC) said that it will soon amend the Consumer Protection Law following residents’ complaints about beauty salons’ aggressive sales tactics. CC receives an ... -
Real Estate Matters | How buying an investment property is like getting married
Sam Lee is a marketing manager and property consultant at JML Property. JML was established in 1994 and offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in ... -
BMW ramps up investment in China to meet electric demand
German automaker BMW is taking a majority stake in its China joint venture and investing 3 billion euros (USD3.5 billion) in factories there, underscoring the importance ... -
Billionaire Lau is said to redevelop Goldman’s London base
Joseph Lau’s Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd. has invited companies to pitch to redevelop Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s London headquarters after the bank vacates the building next ... -
Qatar pledges USD3b to spur interest in new free zones
Qatar plans to spend USD3 billion to attract foreign companies to its new free zones as the oil-rich country seeks to diversify its economy amid a ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China kept large-scale conference running smoothly during typhoon
When a super typhoon struck Macau last month, the Jeunesse Expo 9 was taking place at The Venetian Macao. In spite of the storm, the conference – ... -
Trade War | China, US jockey for global support as dispute ramps up
The U.S. and China are set to use the latest gathering of the world’s finance chiefs to marshal support for their respective cases in a trade ... -
Hackers are using stolen Apple ids to swipe cash in China
Ant Financial’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings Ltd. warned that cyber-attackers employed stolen Apple IDs to break into customers’ accounts and made off with an unknown amount ... -
Malaysia | Government says it will end death penalty for all crimes
Malaysia’s new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia ... -
Thailand | Authorities to deport 70 Pakistani asylum seekers
Thai authorities yesterday convicted 70 Pakistani asylum seekers of staying illegally in Thailand despite their protestations that they face persecution if they are sent home, as ... -
Indonesia | Grim search for disaster dead nears its end
Indonesia’s search for victims buried in neighborhoods annihilated by an earthquake and tsunami is nearing its end almost two weeks after the double disasters hit the ... -
India | Severe cyclone hits eastern coast; 8 killed
A severe cyclone damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles yesterday in eastern India, where eight people were killed and about 300,000 forced to ... -
Turkey | Saudi team after Post writer included soldiers, royal guards
Saudi royal guards, intelligence officers, soldiers and an autopsy expert were part of a 15-member team from the kingdom that targeted missing writer Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish ... -
Offbeat | Giant hammer artwork stolen in Northern California, police wants to nail thieves
Authorities in Northern California are looking for a hammer. A really, really big one. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat says police in Healdsburg in California’s wine country ... -
This Day in History | 2002 – Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion
Reports from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali say more than 50 people have been killed in two explosions. At least 10 foreigners died and more ... -
Football | Monaco fires Jardim after poor start to season
Relishing his team’s fifth consecutive top-three finish in the French league, Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev spoke in May about his dream to make Leonardo Jardim the ... -
Football | Attorney: Ronaldo rape report documents altered, fabricated
Cristiano Ronaldo’s new Las Vegas criminal defense lawyer went on the attack yesterday [Macau time], saying documents cited in media reports about a rape claim against ... -
World briefs
INDONESIA The heads of the World Bank and IMF appealed yesterday to the U.S. and China to cool their dispute over technology policy and play by ... -
The Buzz | Police: Trump’s UK visit used 10,000 officers, cost USD24M
British police chiefs say security for U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit in July involved almost 10,000 officers and cost nearly 18 million pounds (USD24 million), making ... -
US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing
Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe yesterday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket ... -
Bizcuits | Activists: Guiding us down Desire Paths
Desire paths are tracks worn by the wishes and feet of those gone before. As explained in an article in last week’s Guardian, they very often ... -
Friday, October 12, 2018 – edition 3148
* Macau | US report says freedom of speech threatened * More than 1,200 people on death row | Malaysia claims it will end death penalty ... -
Biblical Honey
• An Israeli farmer cashes in on frankincense, an exotic honey from a rare tree that produces a resin venerated in the Bible. His botanica can even ... -
‘The Hate U Give’ should be seen by everyone
The Hate U Give “ begins with a scene at the family dinner table where a father is giving his young kids “the talk” — the ... -
‘The Forgotten’ eyes evolution of white Trump voters
There have been many books, studies and feature stories on the rise of the alienated white voters who came out in large numbers to elect President ... -
Elvis Costello views misery on sumptuous ‘Look Now’
Like in “Anna Karenina,” the characters in “Look Now,” Elvis Costello’s sumptuous new album with The Imposters, are each unhappy in their own way. A woman ... -
News of the World | Israeli frankincense farmer cashes in on rare honey
An Israeli farmer has cashed in by making exotic honey from a rare tree that produces frankincense — the resin once worth its weight in gold ... -
The Mistaken Identity
Like the plot straight out of a book from the Romantic era, sometimes it takes a masqueraded or mistaken identity to survive. In the vinous world, ...
