Daily Archives: Tuesday, December 18, 2018
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Briefs | AL to finalize casino ban bill today
The Legislative Assembly (AL) of Macau is today expected to finalize the government-backed bill that seeks to bar employees of the gaming industry from entering casino ... -
Columnist and newspaper cleared of slander, but fined
Columnist Lei Kong, news outlet Son Pou and Director of the Son Pou Chao Chong Peng have been found not guilty of slander towards Polytec Asset ... -
IFFAM Goodridge gunning for film festival hat trick
Two-time film festival director Mike Goodridge says he hopes to return next year as the lead visionary behind the city’s growing International Film Festival and ... -
Democratic reform | CE has no intention of fulfilling election pledge, says Sulu Sou
With only one year remaining in Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On’s term, lawmaker Sulu Sou has called for a political reform plan after Macau’s top ... -
Sands Cares Ambassadors continue to make meaningful impact in local community
The Sands Cares Ambassador programme is holding its year-long series of celebratory activities leading up to its 10th anniversary in August 2019, with the theme Spreading ... -
Arts | Application for album production subsidy now open
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is calling for applications for this year’s Subsidy Programme for the Production of Original Song Albums, through which it will grant ... -
Housing | Youth unimpressed with gov’t plan for 2019
The latest survey of the youth policy team of the General Union of Neighborhood Associations of Macau (UGAMM) has shown that Macau’s youth are dissatisfied with ... -
Chui Sai On denies involvement in failed Jiangmen project
The Office of the Chief Executive has denied any involvement in an investment project in Jiangmen that allegedly used his name to give credibility to the ... -
Europe’s borrowers brace for death of easy money as 2019 looms
Bankers and borrowers are bracing themselves for a difficult year selling eurobonds now that the days of easy money are coming to an end. January’s often ... -
China sees bankruptcies surge amid slowing economy
China’s effort to cut the burden of insolvent companies weighing on its slowing economy has kicked into higher gear, with a slew of bankruptcy filings that’s ... -
Corporate bits | Sands China participates in human capital forum
Sands China Ltd. participated in the 2018 Macao China International Human Capital Forum at Sands Cotai Central, sending two of its top executives to represent the company. ... -
Locked away, forgotten: Uighur wives of Pakistani businessmen in China
The last time Chaudhry Javed Atta saw his wife was over a year ago — the Pakistani trader in dried and fresh produce was leaving their ... -
Belt & Road | Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
Cambodia’s largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity yesterday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial ... -
Report | Beijing is driving use of armed drones in Middle East
The use of armed drones in the Middle East, driven largely by sales from China, has grown significantly in the past few years with an increasing ... -
Canada gets access to detainee in China six days after arrest
Canada’s ambassador to China was given access last weekend to detained Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor six days after he was arrested, the country’s Global Affairs department ... -
India | Regular troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir protest march
Soldiers and police fanned out across Indian-controlled Kashmir yesterday to enforce a security lockdown for a second straight day to stop anti-India protests and foil a ... -
Malaysia | KL files criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB
Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former executives yesterday for their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB. Attorney ... -
Thailand | Philippines contestant Catriona Gray named Miss Universe
The Philippines’ Catriona Gray was named Miss Universe 2018 in a competition concluding yesterday in Bangkok, besting contestants from 93 other countries and delighting her home ... -
USA | White House closer to partial shutdown with wall demand
Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide USD5 billion to build a wall along the ... -
Somalia | US conducts six airstrikes against extremists, 62 dead
The U.S. military says it has carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe area of Somalia which killed a total of 62 al-Shabab extremist rebels. In ... -
Middle East | Saudi Arabia rejects US Senate’s ‘interference’ in kingdom
Saudi Arabia issued an unusually strong rebuke of the U.S. Senate yesterday, rejecting a bipartisan resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist ... -
Offbeat | Not into bingo, 84-year-old Texas woman gets college degree
After raising five kids and retiring at age 77 from her secretarial job, Janet Fein couldn’t be blamed for finally relaxing, but that’s not her. Fein, ... -
This Day in History | 1997 – Dawn of Scottish parliament
A bill giving Scotland its own parliament for the first time in three centuries has been unveiled in Glasgow today. Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar revealed his ... -
Football | Landmark Juve goal brings out contrasting sides of Ronaldo
TORINO 0, JUVENTUS, 1 Juventus reached another landmark this weekend — and it was fitting that Cristiano Ronaldo was the player to do it. But contrasting ... -
Football – Champions League | Three English teams face German opposition in last 16
One of the fiercest international rivalries in soccer will play out three times in the last 16 of the Champions League when a trio English teams ... -
Rugby | Michael Cheika to stay as Wallabies coach through World Cup
Rugby Australia has confirmed Michael Cheika will lead Australia to next year’s World Cup but from now on will work under the supervision of Scott Johnson, ... -
World briefs
CHINA The use of armed drones in the Middle East, driven largely by sales from China, has grown significantly in the past few years with an ... -
The Buzz | Top of mind: ‘Justice’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year
Racial justice. Obstruction of justice. Social justice. The Justice Department. Merriam-Webster has chosen “justice” as its 2018 word of the year, driven by the churning news ... -
Germany to compensate hundreds who fled Nazis as children
Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again, ... -
World Views | May’s delaying tactics are making Brexit worse
It’s unclear what U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May hoped to get from leaders of the European Union at their recent summit. As things turned out, she ... -
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 – edition no. 3194
* Polytec vs Son Pou | Court acquits columnist, newspaper of slander * MGTO confirms | Goodridge for film festival hat trick * Sou accuses Chui ...
