Daily Archives: Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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Cinema | Students finding inspiration, mentorship in local filmmakers
Student filmmakers who will have their projects screened at the Cinematheque Passion’s student film festival this month say that more established local directors are an influence ... -
MGM program highlights Chinese traditional culture
MGM has launched a program called “Explore the Beauty of Chinese Embroidery” which showcases Chinese traditional culture and a series of heritage crafts as shown in ... -
Environment | New vehicles’ emissions requirements tightened
To improve the air quality in Macau and protect the health of local residents, the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) have changed ... -
HK man arrested for sexually assaulting five male students
A 35-year-old Hong Kong man has been arrested for sexually assaulting five male students, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday. The suspect is a tutor at ... -
Money exchange gangs pose a threat to region’s security
The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, presented the crime statistics for the first nine months of 2018 yesterday. At the press conference, the secretary noted ... -
Strange car accident puzzles police
A male resident over 30 years old has been charged after a car accident occurred at Estrada do Altinho de Ka Ho in the early hours of ... -
Advertorial | Sands China leading sustainability initiatives in the SAR
Sustainability has long been the core of Sands China’s business spectrum, with the company leading a series of initiatives in a bid to make a difference ... -
Flora bear passes away, IACM to install a memorial wall
BoBo, the Asian black bear living in Flora Garden after being rescued in the mid- 1980s from a restaurant located at Rua da Felicidade in central ... -
Int’l business in banking sector rises
The proportion of international business in the local banking sector rose in the third quarter of 2018, according to the latest data released by the Monetary ... -
Briefs | Macau Orchestra performs French music at local universities
The Macau Orchestra (OM) last week performed a series of concerts dedicated to French classical music at the Macao Polytechnic Institute, the University of Macau and ... -
Credit set for worst year since 2008 as crashes roil market
Credit markets are set for the worst year since the global financial crisis as investors abandon hope of a late-2018 rally. High-yield and investment-grade notes are ... -
Malaysia, Japan among nations that benefit from trade war
Asia, at the broad level, will lose from the U.S.-China trade war, but a few countries will emerge as relative winners. Nomura Holdings Inc. found that ... -
Corporate bits | City of Dreams to host Michelin guide Hong Kong Macau anniversary
To mark the 11th anniversary of the annual Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau, City of Dreams will present a gala dinner themed “Metamorphosis” on Dec. 11. For one ... -
Angola wants to increase bilateral cooperation with Portugal
The Angolan President will seek to increase the level of bilateral cooperation with Portugal during an official visit to the country from November 22 to 24, ... -
Mindelo to host the 23rd edition of the Cape Verde Int’l Fair
The city of Mindelo, on São Vicente Island, will host the 23rd edition of the Cape Verde International Fair (FIC 2019), which will take place from ... -
Backlash at Chinese university shows limits to surveillance
A Chinese university’s plan to conduct a blanket search of student and staff electronic devices has come under fire, illustrating the limits of the population’s tolerance for ... -
Hong Kong | US Navy to make port call after earlier refusal
China is allowing a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and its battle group to make a port call in Hong Kong after it earlier turned down a ... -
Amid popular protests | Xi visits Philippines to deepen ties with US ally
Chinese President Xi Jinping received a red-carpet welcome in the Philippines yesterday, as he paid his first visit to the U.S. treaty ally with offers of ... -
Taiwanese student accused of school threat to be deported
A Taiwanese exchange student accused of threatening to “shoot up” his high school near Philadelphia was spared additional time in prison at his sentencing yesterday [Macau time], ... -
Papua New Guinea | Police storm Parliament for APEC summit pay
Disgruntled police, military and prison guards stormed Papua New Guinea’s Parliament yesterday in a violent pay dispute stemming from an international summit hosted by the impoverished ... -
Thailand | Court sentences three to prison over smuggling of rhino horns
A Thai court yesterday sentenced three people to prison over the smuggling of nearly two dozen rhinoceros horns from Ethiopia worth USD1.5 million. The bags carrying the ... -
Korean War | Remains of US soldier killed in action identified
THERE’S now a national veterans cemetery not far from where John Martin grew up along the upper Hudson River, but when it came time to pick ... -
Brexit | May gets rebellion reprieve, but faces warning from allies
British Prime Minister Theresa May got a reprieve in one of her Brexit battles yesterday as party rebels said they did not yet have the strength ... -
North America | Judge bars Washington from enforcing Trump asylum ban
A federal judge barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Nov. 9 ... -
This Day in History | 1995 Balkan leaders agree to peace
A peace settlement for war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina has been brokered in the United States. US President Bill Clinton announced the deal after 21 days of seemingly deadlocked ... -
Offbeat | Treasure hunter flip flops on returning missing gold coins
A treasure hunter has taken back a pledge to turn over 500 missing coins minted from gold found in a shipwreck off the South Carolina coast. ... -
Basketball | Walker new NBA scoring leader, Hornets top Celtics 117-112
The NBA’s new scoring leader was determined his latest big night wouldn’t go to waste. Kemba Walker scored 43 points, giving him 103 in his last ... -
Football | Portugal unaware of joint World Cup bid with Spain, Morocco
A Portuguese official says Spain has made no approach about the possibility of presenting a three-way bid to host the 2030 World Cup with Morocco. Education Minister ... -
The Buzz | Lift horror: Six survive 84-floor drop drama in Chicago
People trapped in a falling lift in the U.S. city of Chicago thought they were going to die as they plummeted 84 floors to the ground, ... -
Scorsese feted at MoMA by friends De Niro, DiCaprio, Hill
Many young boys grow up with superheroes adorning their walls. Jonah Hill grew up with a picture of Martin Scorsese on his. The actor related the ... -
World Briefs
HONG KONG China is allowing a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and its battle group to make a port call in Hong Kong after it earlier turned down ... -
World Views | Russian leadership would spell the end of Interpol
Imagine an alternative history of New York City in which John Gotti becomes police commissioner and obtains arrest warrants for the U.S. attorneys who prosecuted the ... -
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 – edition no. 3175
* Tutor arrested for abusing minors * Flora bear dies old | The strange story of BoBo * Student film festival starts Sunday * Money exchange ...
