Monthly Archives: March 2019
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Macau’s Kim | Murder trial Malaysia won’t drop case against Vietnamese suspect
Malaysia’s attorney-general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, prosecutors ... -
Local newspapers fading away | The case of Waynesville
• Last September, Waynesville became a statistic. With the shutdown of its newspaper, the Daily Guide, this town of 5,200 people in central Missouri joined more ... -
Bizcuits | Labour protection: No value in values
Macau residents would not have been surprised by the Times’ exposé (Special Report March 8) of the conditions our most vulnerable workers are at times forced ... -
In ‘Triple Frontier,’ a special-ops heist goes awry
Job opportunities seldom diverge as greatly as they do for the former special forces operatives of J.C. Chandor’s “Triple Frontier.” There is selling condos or taking ... -
‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ will draw you in
Like a poignant song with lyrics that speak to your soul, “Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid will transport you to another place ... -
Johnny Cash’s cabin is setting for fine Todd Snider album
The microphone pops when Todd Snider delivers an especially emphatic lyric, and his chair creaks under the weight of his performance. The rustic charm of the ... -
Decline in readers, ads leads hundreds of newspapers to fold
Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and ... -
Travelog | Across Baghdad, a moment of respite and guarded hope
Baghdad’s main commercial district has seen more bombings than its residents can count. Death visited almost daily during times of war — most horrifically, a 2015 ... -
The Land of the Eagles II
(Continued from “Land of the Eagles” on 12 February 2019) To this day, the flag and coat-of-arms of Albania still prominently feature those of Gjergj Kastriot ... -
Friday, March 15, 2019 – edition no. 3249
* Academic wants Taipei in GBA | Taiwan at bay * US Report | Macau gov’t taking steps to curtail freedom of the press * Plastic ... -
Two in five pass civil servants’ assessment
Approximately 40 percent of this year’s civil servants’ bachelor-level examination attendees passed the exams. The government announced the assessment results yesterday. This is the first bachelor’s ... -
Vietnamese suspect in Kim killing looking for release
Just four days ago, the future for Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah looked bleak — she was two years into her detention in Malaysia and faced a possible ... -
Taobao business visas | Shangwu endorsements extended to three years
In January this year, the Guangdong government announced the extension of the Shangwu endorsement terms from one-year multiple entry to three-years multiple-entry. The news comes as ... -
Education | MUST invites over 200 companies for career day
The Macau University of Science and Technology kicked off its annual career day yesterday, inviting some 220 companies and institutions, 62 of which are from Greater ... -
What makes Macau | Public consultation on intangible cultural heritage opens
The public consultation for the recommended items to be included in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage opened yesterday and will last for 30 days until ... -
Basketball | Black Bears: Guangdong squad relocates to Macau, shows what it means to be a local team
Formerly known as Chong Son Kung Fu and based out of Guangdong’s Foshan city, Nanhai District until 2018, a Chinese basketball team playing in the ASEAN ... -
Hong Kong | HKD5.3m in annual wages for two GBA commissioners
Following the promulgation of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau of Hong Kong has ... -
HK peg defense activated as weakness persists
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank intervened to defend the local currency’s peg against the dollar for the second time in days. The Hong Kong Monetary ... -
Macau youth visit Brazil to promote entrepreneurship
A delegation of representatives of youth associations, five higher education institutions and various youth entrepreneurs from Macau visited two cities in Brazil, according to the government’s Economic ... -
Gaming | Caesars gives Carl Icahn three seats on company board
Caesars Entertainment Corp. gave Carl Icahn three seats on its board, putting the billionaire in position to influence the choice of a new chief executive officer ... -
Cathay does a U-Turn on budget carrier with HK Express talks
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is having a change of heart about the budget-airline business. At an earnings briefing in Hong Kong yesterday, a reporter asked Chairman ... -
Corporate Bits | Privé launches ‘Good France’ menu
In celebration of the global “Good France” event, Privé at Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 is introducing the “Good France” set menu from March 19 to ... -
Economy | Data dump to show investment recovery continuing in 2019
China’s first batch of major official indicators this year are forecast to show that an investment recovery that began in mid-2018 is set to continue, but ... -
Dongzheng Automotive Finance seeks USD428m in Hong Kong IPO
Shanghai Dongzheng Automotive Finance Co., which specializes in loans for luxury cars, is seeking to raise as much as USD428 million in a Hong Kong initial ... -
WH official: US, China in ‘final weeks’ of trade talks
The top U.S. trade negotiator suggests that the U.S. and China are nearing an agreement that would end their trade conflict, but wouldn’t commit to a ... -
New US ambassador warns of China’s ‘payday loan diplomacy’
The new U.S. ambassador to Australia said yesterday that he’s concerned about the way China lends money to developing Pacific nations in what he describes as ... -
Taiwan is said to court bank to loosen Beijing’s diplomatic squeeze
Taiwan is studying a bid to host a top meeting of Central America’s main regional bank, according to people with knowledge of the matter, in the ... -
Analysis | Why North Korean prosperity would be the ruin of Kim Jong Un
Vietnam seemed like the perfect place for Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to meet in late February for their latest summit on ... -
Indonesia says election targeted by Chinese, Russian hackers
Chinese and Russian hackers are attacking Indonesia’s voter data base in a bid to disrupt the country’s upcoming presidential election, according to a senior election commission ... -
Ethiopia to send plane’s black box abroad as grief grows
The black box from the Boeing jet that crashed and killed all 157 people on board will be sent overseas for analysis but no country has ... -
USA | CEO steps down as dozens ensnared in college admissions scam
A college admissions scandal moved from bombshell indictments to guilty pleas in a matter of hours, yet the full fallout from the federal case against the rich ... -
Offbeat | Harry Potter publisher Arthur A Levine leaves longtime job
The man who helped introduce J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books to U.S. audiences is leaving his longtime job at Scholastic and starting his own publishing house. ... -
This Day in History | 1964 – Jack Ruby sentenced to death
Jack Ruby has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F Kennedy. ... -
Football – Champions League | Ronaldo nets hat trick to send Juventus into CL quarters
JUVENTUS 3, ATLETICO 0 Cristiano Ronaldo made a mockery of Atletico Madrid’s vaunted defense, and then mocked its coach as well. Ronaldo scored a hat trick ... -
Football – Champions League | Man City routs Schalke, into Champions League quarters
MAN CITY 7, SCHALKE, 0 A record-tying victory in the last 16 and a quarterfinal lineup lacking at least three of Europe’s top teams suggests this just ...
