Monthly Archives: February 2019
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Technology | Drivers, connect your Wi-Fi! iRacing a hit in NASCAR
Ray Alfalla got hooked on NASCAR in the late 1990s after his family left Cuba and settled in the Miami area. He’s the type of die-hard ... -
Greyhound adoptions set to complete by end-March
The process that aims to provide a solution for all the greyhounds from the former Macau Canidrome, will likely conclude by the end of next month, ... -
Education | UM appoints two new vice rectors
The University of Macau (UM) has appointed Ge Wei, an expert in reproductive biology, as its vice rector for Research, and the historian Billy So as ... -
Electoral Commission head commits to open election
The Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive (CE) Election, Song Man Lei, has pledged that the fifth CE election will be “open, ... -
Melco announces additional rest day for non-management staff
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has announced that effective from July 1, all non-management operational employees whose mandatory rest day falls on a statutory holiday will be ... -
HK’s pro-democracy lawmakers fear proposed update on extradition law
HONG Kong’s Security Bureau has proposed to allow extraditions to Macau, Taiwan and mainland China on a case-by-case basis, following a high-profile murder in Taiwan. Hongkonger ... -
Legislative Assembly | Ho Iat Seng ‘prudently considers’ CE candidacy
The president of the Legislative Assembly (AL), Ho Iat Seng, acknowledged yesterday to be “actively considering” his candidacy to be the next Chief Executive when the ... -
Briefs | Illegal football betting trial commences
The trial involving a group of 15 people, including Malaysian businessman Paul Phua, known for his connections to the gambling underworld, commenced earlier this week following ... -
Approvals of residential and commercial loans increase
Approvals of of both residential mortgage loans (RMLs) and commercial real estate loans (CRELs) in Macau rose in December 2018, the Monetary Authority of Macao revealed ... -
Dancing Water show suspended for refurbishment
Melco Resorts and Entertainment has suspended performances of its long-running show The House of Dancing Water (HODW) until April 24 for refurbishment and facility upgrades, according ... -
Residential property price index up 8.5pct in 2018
The overall residential property price index of Macau rose by 8.5 percent year-on-year to 265.5 in 2018, a slowdown from the 11.6 percent growth seen in ... -
Indonesia | Instagram removes gay Muslim comics after warning
Instagram has removed an account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia following a frenzy of moral outrage online in the ... -
Lawyers leading defense of Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn resign
Motonari Ohtsuru, the lawyer heading the defense for Nissan Motor Co.’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, has resigned. Ohtsuru’s office and a statement submitted to the court ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China organizes training trip to Shenzhen
Sands China Ltd. recently led a delegation to Shenzhen as part of the company’s professionalism training initiatives. The second “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Visit” was ... -
Tesla rushes Model 3s to China before trade war truce expires
At least three ships roughly the length of two football fields are slated to arrive at ports in China by the end of this month, each ... -
Sci-Fi writer sparks debate on slack in state economy
China’s most prestigious science fiction novelist revealed that a lot of his work was written during work hours at a state-owned power plant, sparking debate about ... -
Trade war | US, China envoys hold last talks before March 1 deadline
U.S. and Chinese negotiators are meeting this week for their final trade talks before President Donald Trump decides whether to escalate a dispute over technology with ... -
Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ dropped from Berlin film festival
The latest film from famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou has been dropped from the Berlin film festival for what the festival described as technical reasons. A ... -
North Korea | K-pop and fancy sneakers: Kim Jong Un’s cultural revolution
Dancers in hot pants. Factories pumping out Air Jordan lookalikes. TV dramas that are actually fun to watch. North Korean pop culture, long dismissed by critics ... -
South Korea | Lawmaker won’t apologize for Japan emperor remarks
The speaker of South Korea’s parliament said he had no intention to apologize for his comments about Japan’s emperor, suggesting the issue could continue to stoke ... -
Thailand | Party fighting for survival after gaffe with princess
The Thai political party that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister ... -
India | Short circuit likely caused deadly hotel fire
A fire at a budget hotel in India’s capital that killed 17 people was likely caused by a short circuit, police said yesterday. No foul play is ... -
Iran | Supreme leader says any talks with US can only ‘harm’
Iran’s supreme leader said yesterday that any negotiations with the U.S. “will bring nothing but material and spiritual harm” in remarks just ahead of an American-led ... -
Dutch fishermen try to avert EU ban on electric shocks
Dutch fishermen protested Tuesday outside parliament in a last-ditch attempt to avert a European Union ban on the practice of using electric shocks to stun fish ... -
Brazil | Slow-going restoration at fire-gutted museum
Five months after fire gutted Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum, the site that once held some of the nation’s greatest treasures remains a ruin of scorched walls, ... -
Spain | Budget defeat puts center-left government on ropes
Catalan separatist and right-wing lawmakers in the Spanish parliament’s lower house rejected yesterday the ruling Socialist government’s 2019 budget plan, likely paving the way for Prime ... -
Swiss set quotas for UK citizens in event of no-deal Brexit
British citizens hoping to work in Switzerland will face immigration quotas, just like people from countries such as Canada or Japan, in the event of a ... -
This Day in History | 1945 Thousands of bombs destroy Dresden
British and US bombers have dropped hundreds of thousands of explosives on the German city of Dresden. The city is reported to be a vital command ... -
Offbeat | Gucci creative head breaks silence over ‘blackface’ sweater
Gucci’s creative director broke his silence Tuesday over an USD890 sweater that resembled blackface, saying racism was never his intention. Alessandro Michele, a design force at ... -
Champions League | PSG inflicts Solskjaer’s 1st United loss
When the reality check came for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United, it wasn’t even handed out by a full- strength Paris Saint-Germain. A 2-0 victory ... -
In France, footballers fight workplace bullying in court
As it does with many footballers, the day finally came when Anatole Ngamukol’s club told the attacker it was time for him to move on. Embarking ... -
The Buzz | Purse lost in school in the 1950s to be reunited with owner
A purse containing a prom invitation, photos and other items from 1950s America will be returned to its now 82-year-old owner after workers found it while ... -
Philippines | Agents arrest journalist critical of president
The award-winning head of a Philippine online news site that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration was arrested yesterday by government agents in a libel ... -
World Briefs
EAST TIMOR An American missionary who was a hero in East Timor for founding children’s shelters that have operated for more than two decades has been expelled ... -
Girl About Globe | How China could end Rain and Snow – and avoid Typhoons
William is one of the top three names for newborn boys in the USA. Under Trump, it seems more and more people are making a Will. ...
